The Open American Standard Version (OASV) is an open-source update to the venerable 1901 American Standard Version (ASV).
The 1901 ASV is a truly classic Bible, long considered to be one of the most accurate translations in the English language. It is currently in the Public Domain, which means it is free to quote, reprint, copy and use for any purpose. Unfortunately, the language of the ASV is archaic and outdated, making it nearly inaccessible to the modern reader.
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Dr. Joshua Thaxter Dickey
[GEN.1.1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
[GEN.1.2] And the earth was formless and empty; and darkness was on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.
[GEN.1.3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
[GEN.1.4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
[GEN.1.5] And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
[GEN.1.6] And God said, Let there be a space in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
[GEN.1.7] And God made the space, and divided the waters which were under the space from the waters which were above the space: and it was so.
[GEN.1.8] And God called the space Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
[GEN.1.9] And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
[GEN.1.10] And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas: and God saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.11] And God said, Let the earth produce grass, plants yielding seed, and the fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seed in it, on the earth: and it was so.
[GEN.1.12] And the earth produced grass, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with the seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.13] And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
[GEN.1.14] And God said, Let there be lights in the space of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
[GEN.1.15] and let them be for lights in the space of the heavens to give light on the earth: and it was so.
[GEN.1.16] And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
[GEN.1.17] And God set them in the space of the heavens to give light on the earth,
[GEN.1.18] and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.19] And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
[GEN.1.20] And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the space of the heavens.
[GEN.1.21] And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.22] And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
[GEN.1.23] And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
[GEN.1.24] And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.
[GEN.1.25] And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.26] And God said, Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
[GEN.1.27] And God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
[GEN.1.28] And God blessed them: and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
[GEN.1.29] And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be your food:
[GEN.1.30] and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps on the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.
[GEN.1.31] And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
[GEN.2.1] And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.
[GEN.2.2] And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
[GEN.2.3] And God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because on it he rested from all his work which God had created and made.
[GEN.2.4] These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
[GEN.2.5] And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet grown; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a human to till the ground;
[GEN.2.6] but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
[GEN.2.7] And Jehovah God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
[GEN.2.8] And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
[GEN.2.9] And out of the ground Jehovah God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
[GEN.2.10] And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was split, and became four heads.
[GEN.2.11] The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which encircles the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
[GEN.2.12] and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
[GEN.2.13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that encircles the whole land of Cush.
[GEN.2.14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goes in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
[GEN.2.15] And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
[GEN.2.16] And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
[GEN.2.17] but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die.
[GEN.2.18] And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper to match him.
[GEN.2.19] And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them to the man to see what he would call them: and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
[GEN.2.20] And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper to match him.
[GEN.2.21] And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead of it:
[GEN.2.22] and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man.
[GEN.2.23] And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
[GEN.2.24] Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will cling to his wife: and they will become one flesh.
[GEN.2.25] And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
[GEN.3.1] Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said to the woman, Did God really say, You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
[GEN.3.2] And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
[GEN.3.3] but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, or you will die.
[GEN.3.4] And the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die:
[GEN.3.5] for God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes will be opened, and you will be as God, knowing good and evil.
[GEN.3.6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
[GEN.3.7] And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves coverings.
[GEN.3.8] And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God among the trees of the garden.
[GEN.3.9] And Jehovah God called to the man, and said to him, Where are you?
[GEN.3.10] And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
[GEN.3.11] And he said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree, whereof I commanded you that you should not eat?
[GEN.3.12] And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
[GEN.3.13] And Jehovah God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
[GEN.3.14] And Jehovah God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life:
[GEN.3.15] and I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring: he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
[GEN.3.16] To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pain and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.
[GEN.3.17] And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil shall you eat of it all the days of your life;
[GEN.3.18] thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the herb of the field;
[GEN.3.19] in the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and to dust shall you return.
[GEN.3.20] And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
[GEN.3.21] And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
[GEN.3.22] And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—
[GEN.3.23] therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
[GEN.3.24] So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.
[GEN.4.1] And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah.
[GEN.4.2] And again she bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
[GEN.4.3] And in the process of time it happened that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Jehovah.
[GEN.4.4] And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah respected Abel and his offering:
[GEN.4.5] but to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
[GEN.4.6] And Jehovah said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face fallen?
[GEN.4.7] If you do well, shall it not be lifted up? and if you do not do well, sin crouches at the door: and to you shall be its desire, but you should rule over it.
[GEN.4.8] And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.
[GEN.4.9] And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I do not know: am I my brother's keeper?
[GEN.4.10] And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
[GEN.4.11] And now cursed are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;
[GEN.4.12] when you till the ground, it shall not yield to you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shall you be in the earth.
[GEN.4.13] And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
[GEN.4.14] Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from your face shall I be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will happen, that whoever finds me will kill me.
[GEN.4.15] And Jehovah said to him, Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark upon Cain, so that whoever found him should not kill him.
[GEN.4.16] And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and lived in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
[GEN.4.17] And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
[GEN.4.18] And to Enoch was born Irad: and Irad fathered Mehujael: and Mehujael fathered Methushael: and Methushael fathered Lamech.
[GEN.4.19] And Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
[GEN.4.20] And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
[GEN.4.21] And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.
[GEN.4.22] And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
[GEN.4.23] And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to my speech: for I have killed a man for wounding me, and a young man for striking me:
[GEN.4.24] If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
[GEN.4.25] And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: For, said she, God has appointed me another offspring instead of Abel; for Cain killed him.
[GEN.4.26] And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.
[GEN.5.1] This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
[GEN.5.2] male and female he created them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
[GEN.5.3] And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
[GEN.5.4] and the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years: and he had sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.5] And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
[GEN.5.6] And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh:
[GEN.5.7] and Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
[GEN.5.8] and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
[GEN.5.9] And Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan:
[GEN.5.10] and Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:
[GEN.5.11] and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
[GEN.5.12] And Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel:
[GEN.5.13] and Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:
[GEN.5.14] and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
[GEN.5.15] And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared:
[GEN.5.16] and Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:
[GEN.5.17] and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years: and he died.
[GEN.5.18] And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch:
[GEN.5.19] and Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
[GEN.5.20] and all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years: and he died.
[GEN.5.21] And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah:
[GEN.5.22] and Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
[GEN.5.23] and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years:
[GEN.5.24] and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
[GEN.5.25] And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech:
[GEN.5.26] and Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:
[GEN.5.27] and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years: and he died.
[GEN.5.28] And Lamech lived a hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son:
[GEN.5.29] and he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which comes from the ground which Jehovah has cursed.
[GEN.5.30] And Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:
[GEN.5.31] and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years: and he died.
[GEN.5.32] And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[GEN.6.1] And it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
[GEN.6.2] that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took for themselves wives from all whom they chose.
[GEN.6.3] And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
[GEN.6.4] The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
[GEN.6.5] And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
[GEN.6.6] And Jehovah regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
[GEN.6.7] And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; man, and animal, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for I regret that I have made them.
[GEN.6.8] But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
[GEN.6.9] These are the records of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
[GEN.6.10] And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[GEN.6.11] And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
[GEN.6.12] And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
[GEN.6.13] And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
[GEN.6.14] Make an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall you make in the ark, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.
[GEN.6.15] And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
[GEN.6.16] A window shall you make for the ark, and in a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in its side; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it.
[GEN.6.17] And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.
[GEN.6.18] But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
[GEN.6.19] And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every kind shall you bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
[GEN.6.20] Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind shall come to you, to keep them alive.
[GEN.6.21] And you, take to yourself of all food that is eaten, and gather it to you; and it shall be for food for you, and for them.
[GEN.6.22] Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
[GEN.7.1] And Jehovah said to Noah, Come you and all your household into the ark; for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
[GEN.7.2] Of every clean beast you shall take to you seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female;
[GEN.7.3] of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
[GEN.7.4] For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.
[GEN.7.5] And Noah did according to all that Jehovah commanded him.
[GEN.7.6] And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
[GEN.7.7] And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
[GEN.7.8] Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that crawls upon the ground,
[GEN.7.9] there went in two and two to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
[GEN.7.10] And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
[GEN.7.11] In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
[GEN.7.12] And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
[GEN.7.13] In the same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
[GEN.7.14] they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
[GEN.7.15] And they went in to Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.
[GEN.7.16] And those that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.
[GEN.7.17] And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted above the earth.
[GEN.7.18] And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
[GEN.7.19] And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
[GEN.7.20] Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
[GEN.7.21] And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man;
[GEN.7.22] all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
[GEN.7.23] And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and those that were with him in the ark.
[GEN.7.24] And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
[GEN.8.1] And God remembered Noah, and all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;
[GEN.8.2] the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
[GEN.8.3] and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
[GEN.8.4] And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
[GEN.8.5] And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
[GEN.8.6] And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
[GEN.8.7] and he sent out a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
[GEN.8.8] And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
[GEN.8.9] but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in to him into the ark.
[GEN.8.10] And he stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
[GEN.8.11] and the dove came in to him at evening; and behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
[GEN.8.12] And he stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she did not return again to him any more.
[GEN.8.13] And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
[GEN.8.14] And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, was the earth dry.
[GEN.8.15] And God spoke to Noah, saying,
[GEN.8.16] Go forth from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
[GEN.8.17] Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
[GEN.8.18] And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
[GEN.8.19] every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
[GEN.8.20] And Noah built an altar to Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
[GEN.8.21] And Jehovah smelled the sweet odor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground anymore for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike anymore everything living, as I have done.
[GEN.8.22] While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
[GEN.9.1] And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.
[GEN.9.2] And the fear of you and the terror of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the heavens; with all that moves on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are delivered.
[GEN.9.3] Every moving thing that lives will be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
[GEN.9.4] But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
[GEN.9.5] And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; from every animal will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
[GEN.9.6] Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
[GEN.9.7] And you, be fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
[GEN.9.8] And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
[GEN.9.9] And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;
[GEN.9.10] and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every animal of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, to every animal of the earth.
[GEN.9.11] And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there be again a flood to destroy the earth.
[GEN.9.12] And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
[GEN.9.13] I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
[GEN.9.14] And it will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
[GEN.9.15] and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
[GEN.9.16] And the rainbow will be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.
[GEN.9.17] And God said to Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.
[GEN.9.18] And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
[GEN.9.19] These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth populated.
[GEN.9.20] And Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard:
[GEN.9.21] and he drank of the wine, and became drunk. And he was uncovered within his tent.
[GEN.9.22] And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
[GEN.9.23] And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
[GEN.9.24] And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
[GEN.9.25] And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants will he be to his brothers.
[GEN.9.26] And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.
[GEN.9.27] God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.
[GEN.9.28] And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
[GEN.9.29] And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
[GEN.10.1] Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and to them were sons born after the flood.
[GEN.10.2] The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
[GEN.10.3] And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
[GEN.10.4] And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
[GEN.10.5] Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his language, after their families, in their nations.
[GEN.10.6] And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
[GEN.10.7] And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca: and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
[GEN.10.8] And Cush fathered Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
[GEN.10.9] He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
[GEN.10.10] And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
[GEN.10.11] Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
[GEN.10.12] and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
[GEN.10.13] And Mizraim fathered Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
[GEN.10.14] and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from where went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
[GEN.10.15] And Canaan fathered Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
[GEN.10.16] and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
[GEN.10.17] and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
[GEN.10.18] and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.
[GEN.10.19] And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
[GEN.10.20] These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
[GEN.10.21] And to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
[GEN.10.22] The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
[GEN.10.23] And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
[GEN.10.24] And Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.
[GEN.10.25] And to Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
[GEN.10.26] And Joktan fathered Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
[GEN.10.27] and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
[GEN.10.28] and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
[GEN.10.29] and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
[GEN.10.30] And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
[GEN.10.31] These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
[GEN.10.32] These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
[GEN.11.1] And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.
[GEN.11.2] And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they stayed there.
[GEN.11.3] And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
[GEN.11.4] And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth.
[GEN.11.5] And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of humans had built.
[GEN.11.6] And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withheld from them, which they plan to do.
[GEN.11.7] Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand each other's speech.
[GEN.11.8] So Jehovah scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth: and they stopped building the city.
[GEN.11.9] Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Jehovah confused the language of all the earth: and from there Jehovah scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
[GEN.11.10] These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
[GEN.11.11] And Shem lived after he became the father of Arpachshad five hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.12] And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah.
[GEN.11.13] And Arpachshad lived after he became the father of Shelah four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.14] And Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber.
[GEN.11.15] And Shelah lived after he became the father of Eber four hundred and three years, and had sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.16] And Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.
[GEN.11.17] And Eber lived after he became the father of Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.18] And Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.
[GEN.11.19] And Peleg lived after he became the father of Reu two hundred and nine years, and had sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.20] And Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.
[GEN.11.21] And Reu lived after he became the father of Serug two hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.22] And Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
[GEN.11.23] And Serug lived after he became the father of Nahor two hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.24] And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
[GEN.11.25] And Nahor lived after he became the father of Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and had sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.26] And Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
[GEN.11.27] Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot.
[GEN.11.28] And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
[GEN.11.29] And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
[GEN.11.30] And Sarai was barren; she had no child.
[GEN.11.31] And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and stayed there.
[GEN.11.32] And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
[GEN.12.1] Now Jehovah said to Abram, Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
[GEN.12.2] And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great. And be a blessing.
[GEN.12.3] And I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you will all the families of the earth be blessed.
[GEN.12.4] So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
[GEN.12.5] And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they left to go to the land of Canaan, and into the land of Canaan they came.
[GEN.12.6] And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
[GEN.12.7] And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land, and there he built an altar to Jehovah, who appeared to him.
[GEN.12.8] And he moved from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.
[GEN.12.9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
[GEN.12.10] And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to live there, for the famine was severe in the land.
[GEN.12.11] And it came to pass, when he was close to entering into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look upon.
[GEN.12.12] And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, This is his wife. And they will kill me, but they will save you alive.
[GEN.12.13] Say, I pray you, that you are my sister, that it may be well with me because of you, and that my soul may live because of you.
[GEN.12.14] And it came to pass that, when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
[GEN.12.15] And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
[GEN.12.16] And he treated Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep, and oxen, and male donkeys, and male and female servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
[GEN.12.17] And Jehovah struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
[GEN.12.18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
[GEN.12.19] Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now, therefore, behold your wife, take her, and go your way.
[GEN.12.20] And Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
[GEN.13.1] And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
[GEN.13.2] And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
[GEN.13.3] And he went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
[GEN.13.4] to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
[GEN.13.5] And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
[GEN.13.6] And the land was not able to support them, that they might live together; for their possessions were great, so that they could not live together.
[GEN.13.7] And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
[GEN.13.8] And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I ask you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
[GEN.13.9] Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I ask you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.
[GEN.13.10] And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
[GEN.13.11] So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot moved east: and they separated themselves from one another.
[GEN.13.12] Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
[GEN.13.13] Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.
[GEN.13.14] And Jehovah said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, Lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
[GEN.13.15] for all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your descendants forever.
[GEN.13.16] And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.
[GEN.13.17] Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for to you will I give it.
[GEN.13.18] And Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar to Jehovah.
[GEN.14.1] And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,
[GEN.14.2] that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).
[GEN.14.3] All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
[GEN.14.4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
[GEN.14.5] And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings that were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
[GEN.14.6] and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
[GEN.14.7] And they returned, and came to Enmishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
[GEN.14.8] And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar); and they set the battle in order against them in the valley of Siddim;
[GEN.14.9] against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against five.
[GEN.14.10] Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the hills.
[GEN.14.11] And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.
[GEN.14.12] And they took Lot, Abram's nephew, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
[GEN.14.13] And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies with Abram.
[GEN.14.14] And when Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
[GEN.14.15] And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
[GEN.14.16] And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
[GEN.14.17] And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the strike of Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (the same is the King's Valley).
[GEN.14.18] And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.
[GEN.14.19] And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
[GEN.14.20] and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
[GEN.14.21] And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.
[GEN.14.22] And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
[GEN.14.23] that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latch nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich:
[GEN.14.24] save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.
[GEN.15.1] After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not fear, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.
[GEN.15.2] And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
[GEN.15.3] And Abram said, Behold, you have given me no offspring: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.
[GEN.15.4] And, behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, This man shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of your own body shall be your heir.
[GEN.15.5] And he brought him outside, and said, Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them: and he said to him, So shall your offspring be.
[GEN.15.6] And he believed in Jehovah; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
[GEN.15.7] And he said to him, I am Jehovah that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.
[GEN.15.8] And he said, Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
[GEN.15.9] And he said to him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
[GEN.15.10] And he took him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other: but the birds he did not divide.
[GEN.15.11] And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
[GEN.15.12] And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, look, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
[GEN.15.13] And he said to Abram, Know certainly that your descendants shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
[GEN.15.14] and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great wealth.
[GEN.15.15] But you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
[GEN.15.16] And in the fourth generation they shall come back here; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.
[GEN.15.17] And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
[GEN.15.18] On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
[GEN.15.19] the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
[GEN.15.20] and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
[GEN.15.21] and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
[GEN.16.1] Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children: and she had an Egyptian maidservant, whose name was Hagar.
[GEN.16.2] And Sarai said to Abram, See now, Jehovah has kept me from having children: go in to my maidservant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
[GEN.16.3] And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her maidservant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
[GEN.16.4] And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
[GEN.16.5] And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be upon you: I have given my maidservant into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and you.
[GEN.16.6] But Abram said to Sarai, See, your maidservant is in your hand; do to her whatever you think is best. And Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
[GEN.16.7] And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
[GEN.16.8] And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maidservant, where did you come from? And where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.
[GEN.16.9] And the angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.
[GEN.16.10] And the angel of Jehovah said to her, I will greatly multiply your descendants, so that they will not be numbered for multitude.
[GEN.16.11] And the angel of Jehovah said to her, See, you are with child, and shall bear a son; and you shall call his name Ishmael, because Jehovah has heard your affliction.
[GEN.16.12] And he will be a wild man; his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall live in the presence of all his relatives.
[GEN.16.13] And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, You are a God who sees: for she said, Have I even here looked after him who sees me?
[GEN.16.14] Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; see, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
[GEN.16.15] And Hagar bore Abram a son: and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.
[GEN.16.16] And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
[GEN.17.1] And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be perfect.
[GEN.17.2] And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.
[GEN.17.3] And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
[GEN.17.4] As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
[GEN.17.5] Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.
[GEN.17.6] And I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.
[GEN.17.7] And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
[GEN.17.8] And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
[GEN.17.9] And God said to Abraham, And as for you, you shall keep my covenant, you, and your seed after you throughout their generations.
[GEN.17.10] This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you: every male among you shall be circumcised.
[GEN.17.11] And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant between me and you.
[GEN.17.12] And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with your money of any foreigner that is not of your seed.
[GEN.17.13] He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
[GEN.17.14] And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.
[GEN.17.15] And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
[GEN.17.16] And I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her: yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
[GEN.17.17] Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
[GEN.17.18] And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before you!
[GEN.17.19] And God said, Yes, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
[GEN.17.20] And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
[GEN.17.21] But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year.
[GEN.17.22] And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
[GEN.17.23] And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
[GEN.17.24] And Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
[GEN.17.25] And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
[GEN.17.26] In the same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
[GEN.17.27] And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
[GEN.18.1] And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
[GEN.18.2] and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw three men standing across from him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
[GEN.18.3] and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, do not pass away, I beg you, from your servant:
[GEN.18.4] let a little water, I beg you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
[GEN.18.5] and I will get a morsel of bread, and comfort your heart; after that you shall pass on: since you have come to your servant. And they said, So do, as you have said.
[GEN.18.6] And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, Quickly make ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.
[GEN.18.7] And Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it to the servant; and he hurried to prepare it.
[GEN.18.8] And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
[GEN.18.9] And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, There, in the tent.
[GEN.18.10] And he said, I will certainly return to you when the season comes, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
[GEN.18.11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
[GEN.18.12] And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have grown old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
[GEN.18.13] And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I indeed bear a child, who am old?
[GEN.18.14] Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes, and Sarah will have a son.
[GEN.18.15] Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh.
[GEN.18.16] And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to send them on the way.
[GEN.18.17] And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I do;
[GEN.18.18] seeing that Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
[GEN.18.19] For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.
[GEN.18.20] And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
[GEN.18.21] I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which has come to me; and if not, I will know.
[GEN.18.22] And the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah.
[GEN.18.23] And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
[GEN.18.24] Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city: will you indeed sweep away and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are there?
[GEN.18.25] That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
[GEN.18.26] And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake.
[GEN.18.27] And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:
[GEN.18.28] perhaps there will lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there.
[GEN.18.29] And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Perhaps there will be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.
[GEN.18.30] And he said, Oh do not let the Lord be angry, and I will speak: perhaps there will thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
[GEN.18.31] And he said, Behold now, I have taken on myself to speak to the Lord: perhaps there will be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.
[GEN.18.32] And he said, Oh do not let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: perhaps there will be ten found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
[GEN.18.33] And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.
[GEN.19.1] And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;
[GEN.19.2] and he said, See now, my lords, turn aside, I ask you, into your servant's house, and stay all night, and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will stay in the street all night.
[GEN.19.3] And he urged them greatly; and they turned aside to him, and entered into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
[GEN.19.4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
[GEN.19.5] and they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that came in to you this night? bring them out to us, so we may know them.
[GEN.19.6] And Lot went out to them at the entrance, and shut the door after him.
[GEN.19.7] And he said, I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
[GEN.19.8] Look now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Let me, I beg you, bring them out to you, and do to them as is good in your eyes. Only to these men do nothing; for they have come under the shadow of my roof.
[GEN.19.9] And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one came to live here, and he will always act as a judge. Now we will deal worse with you, than with them. And they pressed hard upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
[GEN.19.10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
[GEN.19.11] And they struck the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping to find the door.
[GEN.19.12] And the men said to Lot, Have you anyone else here? son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whoever you have in the city; bring them out of the place:
[GEN.19.13] for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them has grown great before Jehovah; and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
[GEN.19.14] And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Get up, get out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one that mocked.
[GEN.19.15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, Get up, take your wife, and your two daughters that are here; lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.
[GEN.19.16] But he lingered; and the men held his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him: and they brought him forth, and set him outside the city.
[GEN.19.17] And it happened, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, Escape for your life; don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed.
[GEN.19.18] And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my lord:
[GEN.19.19] see now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have showed to me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:
[GEN.19.20] look now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live.
[GEN.19.21] And he said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
[GEN.19.22] Hurry, escape there; for I cannot do anything until you get there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
[GEN.19.23] The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
[GEN.19.24] Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
[GEN.19.25] and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
[GEN.19.26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
[GEN.19.27] And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:
[GEN.19.28] and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and saw, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
[GEN.19.29] And it happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
[GEN.19.30] And Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to live in Zoar: and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.
[GEN.19.31] And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:
[GEN.19.32] come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, so we may preserve seed from our father.
[GEN.19.33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[GEN.19.34] And it happened on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, Look, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and you go in, and lie with him, so we may preserve seed from our father.
[GEN.19.35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[GEN.19.36] Thus both of the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
[GEN.19.37] And the firstborn bore a son, and named his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.
[GEN.19.38] And the younger, she also bore a son, and named his name Ben-ammi: he is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
[GEN.20.1] And Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and stayed between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
[GEN.20.2] And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
[GEN.20.3] But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are but a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.
[GEN.20.4] Now Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, will you slay even a righteous nation?
[GEN.20.5] Did he not himself say to me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.
[GEN.20.6] And God said to him in the dream, Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me: therefore I did not allow you to touch her.
[GEN.20.7] Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you shall live: and if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours.
[GEN.20.8] And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were very afraid.
[GEN.20.9] Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? you have done deeds to me that ought not to be done.
[GEN.20.10] And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see, that you have done this thing?
[GEN.20.11] And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me for my wife's sake.
[GEN.20.12] And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:
[GEN.20.13] and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, This is your kindness which you shall show to me: at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
[GEN.20.14] And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.
[GEN.20.15] And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: dwell where it pleases you.
[GEN.20.16] And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you; and in respect of all you are righted.
[GEN.20.17] And Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants; and they bore children.
[GEN.20.18] For Jehovah had closed up fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
[GEN.21.1] And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
[GEN.21.2] And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
[GEN.21.3] And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
[GEN.21.4] And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
[GEN.21.5] And Abraham was one hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him.
[GEN.21.6] And Sarah said, God has made me laugh; everyone that hears will laugh with me.
[GEN.21.7] And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah should nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
[GEN.21.8] And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
[GEN.21.9] And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
[GEN.21.10] Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, Isaac.
[GEN.21.11] And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.
[GEN.21.12] And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the lad, and because of your bondwoman; in all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called.
[GEN.21.13] And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is your seed.
[GEN.21.14] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
[GEN.21.15] And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
[GEN.21.16] And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
[GEN.21.17] And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What ails you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
[GEN.21.18] Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in your hand; for I will make him a great nation.
[GEN.21.19] And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
[GEN.21.20] And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.
[GEN.21.21] And he lived in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
[GEN.21.22] And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.
[GEN.21.23] Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land wherein you have lived.
[GEN.21.24] And Abraham said, I will swear.
[GEN.21.25] And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
[GEN.21.26] And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today.
[GEN.21.27] And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
[GEN.21.28] And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
[GEN.21.29] And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?
[GEN.21.30] And he said, These seven ewe lambs you shall take of my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.
[GEN.21.31] Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they swore both of them.
[GEN.21.32] So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
[GEN.21.33] And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
[GEN.21.34] And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.
[GEN.22.1] And it happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here I am.
[GEN.22.2] And he said, Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of.
[GEN.22.3] And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
[GEN.22.4] On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
[GEN.22.5] And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.
[GEN.22.6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together.
[GEN.22.7] And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here I am, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?
[GEN.22.8] And Abraham said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son: so they went both of them together.
[GEN.22.9] And they came to the place which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.
[GEN.22.10] And Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
[GEN.22.11] And the angel of Jehovah called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here I am.
[GEN.22.12] And he said, Do not lay your hand upon the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.
[GEN.22.13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering instead of his son.
[GEN.22.14] And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it will be provided.
[GEN.22.15] And the angel of Jehovah called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,
[GEN.22.16] and said, By myself have I sworn, says Jehovah, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
[GEN.22.17] that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore. And your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies;
[GEN.22.18] and in your descendants will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.
[GEN.22.19] So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba.
[GEN.22.20] And it happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she has also born children to your brother Nahor:
[GEN.22.21] Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
[GEN.22.22] and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
[GEN.22.23] And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
[GEN.22.24] And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
[GEN.23.1] And the life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.
[GEN.23.2] And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
[GEN.23.3] And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,
[GEN.23.4] I am a stranger and a foreigner with you: give me possession of a burial place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
[GEN.23.5] And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
[GEN.23.6] Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our burial places bury your dead; none of us shall withhold his burial place from you, that you may bury your dead.
[GEN.23.7] And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
[GEN.23.8] And he spoke with them, saying, If it is your will that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
[GEN.23.9] that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burial place.
[GEN.23.10] Now Ephron was sitting among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
[GEN.23.11] No, my lord, hear me: the field I give you, and the cave that is in it, I give it to you; in the presence of the children of my people I give it to you: bury your dead.
[GEN.23.12] And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land.
[GEN.23.13] And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if you will, please hear me: I will give the price of the field; take it from me, and I will bury my dead there.
[GEN.23.14] And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
[GEN.23.15] My lord, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? Bury your dead.
[GEN.23.16] And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
[GEN.23.17] So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border of it round about, were made sure
[GEN.23.18] to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
[GEN.23.19] And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.23.20] And the field, and the cave that is in it, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burial place by the children of Heth.
[GEN.24.1] And Abraham was old, and well advanced in age: and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.
[GEN.24.2] And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, that ruled over all that he had, Put your hand under my thigh:
[GEN.24.3] and I will make you swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
[GEN.24.4] but you will go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac.
[GEN.24.5] And the servant said to him, Maybe the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I bring your son again to the land from where you came?
[GEN.24.6] And Abraham said to him, Beware that you do not bring my son there again.
[GEN.24.7] Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To your offspring I will give this land; he will send his angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.
[GEN.24.8] And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be clear from this my oath; only you will not bring my son there again.
[GEN.24.9] And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
[GEN.24.10] And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, having all good things of his master in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
[GEN.24.11] And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
[GEN.24.12] And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, I pray you, send me good fortune this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
[GEN.24.13] Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
[GEN.24.14] and let it come to pass, that the young woman to whom I will say, Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink; and she will say, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also: let her be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.
[GEN.24.15] And it came to pass, before he had finished speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
[GEN.24.16] And the young woman was very beautiful to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her; and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
[GEN.24.17] And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink.
[GEN.24.18] And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hastened, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
[GEN.24.19] And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.
[GEN.24.20] And she hastened, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.
[GEN.24.21] And the man wondered at her, holding his peace, to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.
[GEN.24.22] And it came to pass, as the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
[GEN.24.23] and said, Whose daughter are you? Tell me, please, is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge in?
[GEN.24.24] And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.
[GEN.24.25] She said moreover to him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
[GEN.24.26] And the man bowed his head, and worshiped Jehovah.
[GEN.24.27] And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master: as for me, Jehovah has led me on the way to the house of my master’s relatives.
[GEN.24.28] And the young woman ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.
[GEN.24.29] And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out to the man, to the fountain.
[GEN.24.30] And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me; that he came to the man; and behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain.
[GEN.24.31] And he said, Come in, blessed of Jehovah; why do you stand outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
[GEN.24.32] And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels; and he gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.
[GEN.24.33] And there was set food before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my business. And he said, Speak on.
[GEN.24.34] And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.
[GEN.24.35] And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly; and he has become great: and he has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
[GEN.24.36] And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to my master when she was old: and he has given all that he has to him.
[GEN.24.37] And my master made me swear, saying, You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
[GEN.24.38] but you will go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.
[GEN.24.39] And I said to my master, Maybe the woman will not follow me.
[GEN.24.40] And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way; and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives, and from my father's house:
[GEN.24.41] then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they give her not to you, you will be clear from my oath.
[GEN.24.42] And I came this day to the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go:
[GEN.24.43] behold, I am standing by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden that comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink;
[GEN.24.44] and she will say to me, Both drink yourself, and I will also draw for your camels: let the same be the woman whom Jehovah has appointed for my master's son.
[GEN.24.45] And before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the fountain, and drew: and I said to her, Let me drink, please.
[GEN.24.46] And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will also give your camels drink: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
[GEN.24.47] And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bore to him: and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
[GEN.24.48] And I bowed my head, and worshiped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for his son.
[GEN.24.49] And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
[GEN.24.50] Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from Jehovah: we cannot speak to you bad or good.
[GEN.24.51] Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as Jehovah has spoken.
[GEN.24.52] And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he worshiped Jehovah, bowing himself to the earth.
[GEN.24.53] And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
[GEN.24.54] And they ate and drank, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they arose in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master.
[GEN.24.55] And her brother and her mother said, Let the young woman abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she will go.
[GEN.24.56] And he said to them, Do not hinder me, seeing Jehovah has prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
[GEN.24.57] And they said, We will call the young woman, and ask her.
[GEN.24.58] And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.
[GEN.24.59] And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
[GEN.24.60] And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your offspring possess the gate of those that hate them.
[GEN.24.61] And Rebekah arose, and her maidens, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
[GEN.24.62] And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.
[GEN.24.63] And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.
[GEN.24.64] And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.
[GEN.24.65] And she said to the servant, What man is this that walks in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her veil, and covered herself.
[GEN.24.66] And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
[GEN.24.67] And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
[GEN.25.1] And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.
[GEN.25.2] And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
[GEN.25.3] And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
[GEN.25.4] And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
[GEN.25.5] And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.
[GEN.25.6] But to the sons of the concubines, whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he still lived, eastward, to the east country.
[GEN.25.7] And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred seventy-five years.
[GEN.25.8] And Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
[GEN.25.9] And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre,
[GEN.25.10] the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.
[GEN.25.11] And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.
[GEN.25.12] Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.
[GEN.25.13] And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
[GEN.25.14] and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
[GEN.25.15] Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
[GEN.25.16] These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes according to their nations.
[GEN.25.17] And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred thirty-seven years. And he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
[GEN.25.18] And they lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He fell in the presence of all his relatives.
[GEN.25.19] And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac.
[GEN.25.20] And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
[GEN.25.21] And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
[GEN.25.22] And the children struggled together within her. And she said, If it is so, why am I like this? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
[GEN.25.23] And Jehovah said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated even from your internal parts. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people, and the elder shall serve the younger.
[GEN.25.24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
[GEN.25.25] And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment. And they called his name Esau.
[GEN.25.26] And after that his brother came out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel. And his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
[GEN.25.27] And the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
[GEN.25.28] Now Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his venison. And Rebekah loved Jacob.
[GEN.25.29] And Jacob cooked stew. And Esau came in from the field, and he was tired.
[GEN.25.30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray you, with that same red stew, for I am tired. Therefore was his name called Edom.
[GEN.25.31] And Jacob said, Sell me first your birthright.
[GEN.25.32] And Esau said, Look, I am about to die, and what profit shall the birthright do to me?
[GEN.25.33] And Jacob said, Swear to me first. And he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob.
[GEN.25.34] And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. And he ate and drank, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
[GEN.26.1] And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.
[GEN.26.2] And Jehovah appeared to him, and said, Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land which I will tell you of.
[GEN.26.3] Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
[GEN.26.4] And I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands. And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
[GEN.26.5] Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
[GEN.26.6] And Isaac lived in Gerar.
[GEN.26.7] And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife, because, he thought, the men of the place might kill him for Rebekah because she was fair to look upon.
[GEN.26.8] And it happened, when he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah his wife.
[GEN.26.9] And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is your wife. How did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, I might die because of her.
[GEN.26.10] And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.
[GEN.26.11] And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
[GEN.26.12] And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And Jehovah blessed him.
[GEN.26.13] And the man became great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
[GEN.26.14] And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.
[GEN.26.15] Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
[GEN.26.16] And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.
[GEN.26.17] And Isaac departed from there, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
[GEN.26.18] And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. And he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
[GEN.26.19] And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
[GEN.26.20] And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
[GEN.26.21] And they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.
[GEN.26.22] And he moved from there, and dug another well. And over that they did not quarrel. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.
[GEN.26.23] And he went up from there to Beersheba.
[GEN.26.24] And Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.
[GEN.26.25] And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well.
[GEN.26.26] Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.
[GEN.26.27] And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?
[GEN.26.28] And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah was with you. And we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
[GEN.26.29] that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of Jehovah.
[GEN.26.30] And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
[GEN.26.31] And they rose up early in the morning, and swore to one another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
[GEN.26.32] And it happened the same day that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.
[GEN.26.33] And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
[GEN.26.34] And when Esau was forty years old, he took Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, to be his wives.
[GEN.26.35] And they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.
[GEN.27.1] And it came to pass, when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Here I am.
[GEN.27.2] And he said, See now, I am old, I do not know the day of my death.
[GEN.27.3] Now therefore take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt me some game;
[GEN.27.4] and make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.
[GEN.27.5] And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for game, and to bring it.
[GEN.27.6] And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
[GEN.27.7] Bring me some game, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Jehovah before my death.
[GEN.27.8] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I order you.
[GEN.27.9] Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good young goats; and I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves:
[GEN.27.10] and you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.
[GEN.27.11] And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
[GEN.27.12] My father may feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
[GEN.27.13] And his mother said to him, Upon me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go get them for me.
[GEN.27.14] And he went, and got them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
[GEN.27.15] And Rebekah took the finely crafted garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.
[GEN.27.16] And she put the skins of the young goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
[GEN.27.17] and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
[GEN.27.18] And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here I am; who are you, my son?
[GEN.27.19] And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done according as you asked me: arise, please sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.
[GEN.27.20] And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah your God gave me success.
[GEN.27.21] And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I beg you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.
[GEN.27.22] And Jacob went near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
[GEN.27.23] And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
[GEN.27.24] And he said, Are you really my son Esau? And he said, I am.
[GEN.27.25] And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's game, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he ate: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
[GEN.27.26] And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
[GEN.27.27] And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his garment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah has blessed:
[GEN.27.28] And God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine:
[GEN.27.29] Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be those who curse you, and blessed be those who bless you.
[GEN.27.30] And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
[GEN.27.31] And he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's game, that your soul may bless me.
[GEN.27.32] And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.
[GEN.27.33] And Isaac trembled violently, and said, Who then is he that has taken game, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.
[GEN.27.34] When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and very bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
[GEN.27.35] And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.
[GEN.27.36] And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and see, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
[GEN.27.37] And Isaac answered and said to Esau, See, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with grain and new wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now for you, my son?
[GEN.27.38] And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
[GEN.27.39] And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall be your dwelling, and away from the dew of heaven from above;
[GEN.27.40] And by your sword shall you live, and you shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.
[GEN.27.41] And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I kill my brother Jacob.
[GEN.27.42] And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah; and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, See, your brother Esau, as touching you, comforts himself, purposing to kill you.
[GEN.27.43] Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran;
[GEN.27.44] and remain with him a few days, until your brother's fury turn away;
[GEN.27.45] until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forget that which you have done to him: then I will send, and fetch you from there: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
[GEN.27.46] And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
[GEN.28.1] And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and commanded him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
[GEN.28.2] Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. And take for yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
[GEN.28.3] And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of people.
[GEN.28.4] And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your descendants with you. That you may inherit the land where you are a foreigner, which God gave to Abraham.
[GEN.28.5] And Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
[GEN.28.6] Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take for himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him, he gave him a command, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
[GEN.28.7] And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
[GEN.28.8] And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father.
[GEN.28.9] Then Esau went to Ishmael, and took to the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
[GEN.28.10] And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
[GEN.28.11] And he reached a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
[GEN.28.12] And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
[GEN.28.13] And behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie, to you will I give it, and to your descendants.
[GEN.28.14] And your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth. And you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
[GEN.28.15] And behold, I am with you, and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of.
[GEN.28.16] And Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place. And I did not know it.
[GEN.28.17] And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
[GEN.28.18] And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
[GEN.28.19] And he called the name of that place Bethel. But the name of the city was called Luz at the first.
[GEN.28.20] And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to wear,
[GEN.28.21] So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then Jehovah will be my God,
[GEN.28.22] And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you shall give me I will surely give the tenth to you.
[GEN.29.1] Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.
[GEN.29.2] And he looked, and saw a well in the field, and, see, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone on the well's mouth was large.
[GEN.29.3] There all the flocks were gathered. They rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.
[GEN.29.4] Jacob said to them, My relatives, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.
[GEN.29.5] And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
[GEN.29.6] And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And, see, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep.
[GEN.29.7] And he said, Look, it is still high day, neither is it time that the livestock should be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.
[GEN.29.8] And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep.
[GEN.29.9] While he spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep. For she kept them.
[GEN.29.10] It came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
[GEN.29.11] Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
[GEN.29.12] Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father.
[GEN.29.13] It came to pass, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
[GEN.29.14] Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him for a month.
[GEN.29.15] Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?
[GEN.29.16] Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
[GEN.29.17] Leah's eyes were tender, but Rachel was beautiful and well-favored.
[GEN.29.18] Jacob loved Rachel. He said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
[GEN.29.19] Laban said, It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.
[GEN.29.20] Jacob served seven years for Rachel. They seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.
[GEN.29.21] Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
[GEN.29.22] Laban gathered all the men of the place, and made a feast.
[GEN.29.23] It came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. And he went in to her.
[GEN.29.24] Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
[GEN.29.25] It happened in the morning that, see, it was Leah. He said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?
[GEN.29.26] Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
[GEN.29.27] Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me still seven other years.
[GEN.29.28] Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
[GEN.29.29] Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.
[GEN.29.30] He went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
[GEN.29.31] Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
[GEN.29.32] Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said, Because Jehovah has looked upon my affliction, for now my husband will love me.
[GEN.29.33] She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also. And she called his name Simeon.
[GEN.29.34] She conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore was his name called Levi.
[GEN.29.35] She conceived again, and bore a son, and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah. Therefore she called his name Judah, and she ceased bearing.
[GEN.30.1] And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
[GEN.30.2] And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
[GEN.30.3] And she said, See, my maid Bilhah, go in to her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.
[GEN.30.4] And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife: and Jacob went in to her.
[GEN.30.5] And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
[GEN.30.6] And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
[GEN.30.7] And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
[GEN.30.8] And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
[GEN.30.9] When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as wife.
[GEN.30.10] And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.
[GEN.30.11] And Leah said, Fortune has come: and she called his name Gad.
[GEN.30.12] And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.
[GEN.30.13] And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.
[GEN.30.14] And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I ask, of your son's mandrakes.
[GEN.30.15] And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? and would you take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes.
[GEN.30.16] And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
[GEN.30.17] And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
[GEN.30.18] And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
[GEN.30.19] And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
[GEN.30.20] And Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
[GEN.30.21] And afterward she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
[GEN.30.22] And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
[GEN.30.23] And she conceived, and bore a son: and said, God has taken away my reproach:
[GEN.30.24] and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.
[GEN.30.25] And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
[GEN.30.26] Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go: for you know my service by which I have served you.
[GEN.30.27] And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay: for I have divined that Jehovah has blessed me for your sake.
[GEN.30.28] And he said, Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.
[GEN.30.29] And he said to him, You know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me.
[GEN.30.30] For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude; and Jehovah has blessed you wherever I turned: and now when shall I provide for my own house also?
[GEN.30.31] And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.
[GEN.30.32] I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
[GEN.30.33] So shall my righteousness testify for me hereafter, when you shall come concerning my hire that is before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be counted stolen with me.
[GEN.30.34] And Laban said, Look, I would it might be according to your word.
[GEN.30.35] And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;
[GEN.30.36] and he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
[GEN.30.37] And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
[GEN.30.38] And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flock in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.
[GEN.30.39] And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
[GEN.30.40] And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the ringstraked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and did not put them in Laban's flock.
[GEN.30.41] And it came to pass, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
[GEN.30.42] but when the flock were feeble, he did not put them in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
[GEN.30.43] And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
[GEN.31.1] And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and from that which was our father's has he gotten all this wealth.
[GEN.31.2] And Jacob saw the look on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
[GEN.31.3] And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your family, and I will be with you.
[GEN.31.4] And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock,
[GEN.31.5] and said to them, I see your father's look, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
[GEN.31.6] And you know that with all my power I have served your father.
[GEN.31.7] And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God did not allow him to hurt me.
[GEN.31.8] If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus, The streaked shall be your wages; then all the flock bore streaked.
[GEN.31.9] Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father, and given them to me.
[GEN.31.10] And it happened at the time when the flock conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
[GEN.31.11] And the angel of God said to me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here I am.
[GEN.31.12] And he said, Lift up your eyes, and see, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
[GEN.31.13] I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your family.
[GEN.31.14] And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
[GEN.31.15] Are we not counted by him as foreigners? for he has sold us, and has quite devoured our money.
[GEN.31.16] For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's: now then, whatever God has said to you, do.
[GEN.31.17] Then Jacob rose, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
[GEN.31.18] and he carried away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, the livestock of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father to the land of Canaan.
[GEN.31.19] Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the images that were her father's.
[GEN.31.20] And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he was fleeing.
[GEN.31.21] So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
[GEN.31.22] And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
[GEN.31.23] And he took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
[GEN.31.24] And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad.
[GEN.31.25] And Laban came to Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
[GEN.31.26] And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?
[GEN.31.27] Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
[GEN.31.28] and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.
[GEN.31.29] It is in the power of my hand to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad.
[GEN.31.30] And now, though you desire to go to your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?
[GEN.31.31] And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.
[GEN.31.32] With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our relatives discern what is yours with me, and take it for yourself. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
[GEN.31.33] And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maidservants; but he did not find them. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
[GEN.31.34] Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but did not find them.
[GEN.31.35] And she said to her father, Do not let my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before you; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the images.
[GEN.31.36] And Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?
[GEN.31.37] Seeing that you have felt about all my things, what have you found of all your household things? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
[GEN.31.38] These twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flocks I have not eaten.
[GEN.31.39] That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
[GEN.31.40] Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
[GEN.31.41] These twenty years have I been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock: and you have changed my wages ten times.
[GEN.31.42] Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.
[GEN.31.43] And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
[GEN.31.44] And now come, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you.
[GEN.31.45] And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
[GEN.31.46] And Jacob said to his relatives, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they ate there by the heap.
[GEN.31.47] And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
[GEN.31.48] And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and you this day. Therefore the name of it was called Galeed:
[GEN.31.49] and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
[GEN.31.50] If you shall afflict my daughters, and if you shall take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.
[GEN.31.51] And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set between me and you.
[GEN.31.52] This heap is witness, and the pillar is witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
[GEN.31.53] The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
[GEN.31.54] And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread: and they ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
[GEN.31.55] And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them: and Laban departed and returned to his place.
[GEN.32.1] And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
[GEN.32.2] And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's camp: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
[GEN.32.3] And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
[GEN.32.4] And he commanded them, saying, This is what you shall say to my lord Esau: Your servant Jacob says this, I have stayed with Laban, and stayed until now:
[GEN.32.5] and I have oxen, and donkeys, flocks, and male-servants, and female-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.
[GEN.32.6] And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and also he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
[GEN.32.7] Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two companies;
[GEN.32.8] and said, If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left shall escape.
[GEN.32.9] And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who said to me, Return to your country, and to your kindred, and I will do you good:
[GEN.32.10] I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
[GEN.32.11] Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mother with the children.
[GEN.32.12] And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted for multitude.
[GEN.32.13] And he lodged there that night, and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother:
[GEN.32.14] two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
[GEN.32.15] thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-donkeys and ten foals.
[GEN.32.16] And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
[GEN.32.17] And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where do you go? and whose are these before you?
[GEN.32.18] then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and, look, he is also behind us.
[GEN.32.19] And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, This is what you shall speak to Esau when you find him;
[GEN.32.20] and you shall say, Look, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; it may be that he will accept me.
[GEN.32.21] So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.
[GEN.32.22] And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two female-servants, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.
[GEN.32.23] And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.
[GEN.32.24] And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
[GEN.32.25] And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.
[GEN.32.26] And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go unless you bless me.
[GEN.32.27] And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
[GEN.32.28] And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.
[GEN.32.29] And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray, your name. And he said, Why is it that you ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
[GEN.32.30] And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
[GEN.32.31] And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.
[GEN.32.32] Therefore the children of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh which is upon the hollow of the thigh, to this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the thigh.
[GEN.33.1] And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two servants.
[GEN.33.2] And he put the servants and their children in front, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
[GEN.33.3] And he passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
[GEN.33.4] And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
[GEN.33.5] And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant.
[GEN.33.6] Then the servants came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
[GEN.33.7] And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and afterward Joseph came near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
[GEN.33.8] And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
[GEN.33.9] And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what you have be yours.
[GEN.33.10] And Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then receive my gift from my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
[GEN.33.11] Take, please, my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
[GEN.33.12] And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go in front of you.
[GEN.33.13] And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me are nursing; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
[GEN.33.14] Let my lord, please, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according to the pace of the cattle that go before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.
[GEN.33.15] And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people that are with me. And he said, Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
[GEN.33.16] So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
[GEN.33.17] And Jacob traveled to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made shelters for his cattle: that is why the name of the place is called Succoth.
[GEN.33.18] And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and camped before the city.
[GEN.33.19] And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.
[GEN.33.20] And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
[GEN.34.1] And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
[GEN.34.2] And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humiliated her.
[GEN.34.3] And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman.
[GEN.34.4] And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this young woman as a wife.
[GEN.34.5] Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.
[GEN.34.6] And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
[GEN.34.7] And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had committed disgrace in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
[GEN.34.8] And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as a wife.
[GEN.34.9] And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
[GEN.34.10] And you shall live with us: and the land shall be before you; live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.
[GEN.34.11] And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what you say to me I will give.
[GEN.34.12] Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say to me: but give me the young woman for a wife.
[GEN.34.13] And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
[GEN.34.14] and said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
[GEN.34.15] Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
[GEN.34.16] then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will live with you, and we will become one people.
[GEN.34.17] But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.
[GEN.34.18] And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
[GEN.34.19] And the young man did not hesitate to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.
[GEN.34.20] And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
[GEN.34.21] These men are peaceful with us; therefore let them live in the land, and trade in it; for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
[GEN.34.22] Only on this condition will the men consent to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
[GEN.34.23] Will not their livestock and their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us.
[GEN.34.24] And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
[GEN.34.25] And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, and came upon the city secretly, and killed all the males.
[GEN.34.26] And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
[GEN.34.27] The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
[GEN.34.28] They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;
[GEN.34.29] and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives they took captive and plundered, even all that was in the house.
[GEN.34.30] And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and strike me; and I will be destroyed, I and my house.
[GEN.34.31] And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?
[GEN.35.1] And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there. And make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.
[GEN.35.2] Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments.
[GEN.35.3] And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
[GEN.35.4] And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
[GEN.35.5] And they journeyed: and a terror from God was upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
[GEN.35.6] So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people that were with him.
[GEN.35.7] And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
[GEN.35.8] And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak: and its name was called Allon-bacuth.
[GEN.35.9] And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
[GEN.35.10] And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.
[GEN.35.11] And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come out of your body;
[GEN.35.12] and the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your descendants after you will I give the land.
[GEN.35.13] And God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
[GEN.35.14] And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering on it, and poured oil on it.
[GEN.35.15] And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
[GEN.35.16] And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
[GEN.35.17] And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; for now you shall have another son.
[GEN.35.18] And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
[GEN.35.19] And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
[GEN.35.20] And Jacob set up a pillar on her grave: that is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
[GEN.35.21] And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
[GEN.35.22] And it came to pass, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
[GEN.35.23] The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;
[GEN.35.24] the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
[GEN.35.25] and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;
[GEN.35.26] and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.
[GEN.35.27] And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
[GEN.35.28] And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
[GEN.35.29] And Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
[GEN.36.1] Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom).
[GEN.36.2] Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
[GEN.36.3] and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
[GEN.36.4] Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel;
[GEN.36.5] and Oholibamah bore Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, that were born to him in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.36.6] Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the members of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
[GEN.36.7] For their substance was too great for them to live together; and the land of their travels could not keep them because of their cattle.
[GEN.36.8] So Esau lived in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
[GEN.36.9] And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
[GEN.36.10] these are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.
[GEN.36.11] The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
[GEN.36.12] And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.
[GEN.36.13] And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
[GEN.36.14] And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
[GEN.36.15] These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,
[GEN.36.16] chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
[GEN.36.17] And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came from Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
[GEN.36.18] And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah; these are the chiefs that came from Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
[GEN.36.19] These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: these are Edom.
[GEN.36.20] These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,
[GEN.36.21] and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that came from the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
[GEN.36.22] And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
[GEN.36.23] And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
[GEN.36.24] And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
[GEN.36.25] And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
[GEN.36.26] And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.
[GEN.36.27] These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.
[GEN.36.28] These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
[GEN.36.29] These are the chiefs that came from the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,
[GEN.36.30] chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came from the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
[GEN.36.31] And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
[GEN.36.32] And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
[GEN.36.33] And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
[GEN.36.34] And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
[GEN.36.35] And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
[GEN.36.36] And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
[GEN.36.37] And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place.
[GEN.36.38] And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
[GEN.36.39] And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
[GEN.36.40] And these are the names of the chiefs that came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,
[GEN.36.41] chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
[GEN.36.42] chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
[GEN.36.43] chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their living places in the land of their possession. Esau is the father of the Edomites.
[GEN.37.1] And Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.37.2] These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and he was a boy with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought to his father their evil report.
[GEN.37.3] Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.
[GEN.37.4] And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.
[GEN.37.5] And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers: and they hated him yet more.
[GEN.37.6] And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
[GEN.37.7] for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and bowed down to my sheaf.
[GEN.37.8] And his brothers said to him, Will you indeed reign over us? or will you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet more for his dreams and for his words.
[GEN.37.9] And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.
[GEN.37.10] And he told it to his father, and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow down ourselves to you to the earth?
[GEN.37.11] And his brothers envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
[GEN.37.12] And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
[GEN.37.13] And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
[GEN.37.14] And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
[GEN.37.15] And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What are you seeking?
[GEN.37.16] And he said, I am seeking my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they are feeding the flock.
[GEN.37.17] And the man said, They have moved on from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
[GEN.37.18] And they saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
[GEN.37.19] And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes.
[GEN.37.20] Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
[GEN.37.21] And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.
[GEN.37.22] And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him; that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
[GEN.37.23] And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
[GEN.37.24] and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
[GEN.37.25] And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
[GEN.37.26] And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
[GEN.37.27] Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers were content.
[GEN.37.28] Then there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
[GEN.37.29] And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
[GEN.37.30] And he returned to his brothers, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
[GEN.37.31] And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;
[GEN.37.32] and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is your son's coat or not.
[GEN.37.33] And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.
[GEN.37.34] And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
[GEN.37.35] And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to the grave to my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
[GEN.37.36] And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
[GEN.38.1] And it happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
[GEN.38.2] And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.
[GEN.38.3] And she conceived, and gave birth to a son; and he called his name Er.
[GEN.38.4] And she conceived again, and gave birth to a son; and she called his name Onan.
[GEN.38.5] And she yet again gave birth to a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she gave birth to him.
[GEN.38.6] And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
[GEN.38.7] And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him.
[GEN.38.8] And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother.
[GEN.38.9] And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, unless he should give seed to his brother.
[GEN.38.10] And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also.
[GEN.38.11] Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up; for he said, lest he also die, like his brothers. And Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
[GEN.38.12] And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
[GEN.38.13] And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, your father-in-law goes up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
[GEN.38.14] And she put off her garments of widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given to him as a wife.
[GEN.38.15] When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
[GEN.38.16] And he turned to her by the way, and said, Allow me to come in to you; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?
[GEN.38.17] And he said, I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?
[GEN.38.18] And he said, What pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
[GEN.38.19] And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
[GEN.38.20] And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he did not find her.
[GEN.38.21] Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road? And they said, There has been no prostitute here.
[GEN.38.22] And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There has been no prostitute here.
[GEN.38.23] And Judah said, Let her keep it, unless we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.
[GEN.38.24] And it happened about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burned.
[GEN.38.25] When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, discern, I ask you, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.
[GEN.38.26] And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I; because I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
[GEN.38.27] And it happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.
[GEN.38.28] And it happened, when she travailing, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, This came out first.
[GEN.38.29] And it happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out: and she said, How you have broken forth! this breach be upon you: therefore his name was called Perez.
[GEN.38.30] And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah.
[GEN.39.1] And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.
[GEN.39.2] And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
[GEN.39.3] And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
[GEN.39.4] And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
[GEN.39.5] And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.
[GEN.39.6] And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not anything he had, except the food which he did eat. And Joseph was handsome, and well-favored.
[GEN.39.7] And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
[GEN.39.8] But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master knows not what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand:
[GEN.39.9] There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
[GEN.39.10] And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
[GEN.39.11] And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there were none of the men of the house there within.
[GEN.39.12] And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got out.
[GEN.39.13] And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had fled,
[GEN.39.14] that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
[GEN.39.15] and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got out.
[GEN.39.16] And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
[GEN.39.17] And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me:
[GEN.39.18] and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled.
[GEN.39.19] And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did your servant to me; that his anger was kindled.
[GEN.39.20] And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
[GEN.39.21] But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
[GEN.39.22] And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
[GEN.39.23] The keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and that which he did, Jehovah made it to prosper.
[GEN.40.1] And it happened after these things, that the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
[GEN.40.2] And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, against the chief of the cupbearers and against the chief of the bakers.
[GEN.40.3] And he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.
[GEN.40.4] And the captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be with them, and he served them: and they continued for a season in custody.
[GEN.40.5] And they each dreamed a dream, both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
[GEN.40.6] And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.
[GEN.40.7] And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, Why do you look so sad today?
[GEN.40.8] And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and nobody can interpret it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, I beg you.
[GEN.40.9] And the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
[GEN.40.10] And on the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters produced ripe grapes.
[GEN.40.11] And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
[GEN.40.12] And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
[GEN.40.13] In three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head, and restore you to your place: and you will deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when you were his cupbearer.
[GEN.40.14] But remember me when it shall be well with you, and show kindness, I beg you, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
[GEN.40.15] For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
[GEN.40.16] When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:
[GEN.40.17] And in the uppermost basket there was all manner of food for Pharaoh; and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.
[GEN.40.18] And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it: the three baskets are three days;
[GEN.40.19] In three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.
[GEN.40.20] And it happened on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
[GEN.40.21] And he restored the chief cupbearer to his position again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
[GEN.40.22] But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
[GEN.40.23] Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.
[GEN.41.1] And it happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream: and he was standing by the river.
[GEN.41.2] And behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed grass.
[GEN.41.3] And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other cows on the brink of the river.
[GEN.41.4] And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed cows ate up the seven well-favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.
[GEN.41.5] And he slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven ears of grain came up on one stalk, plump and good.
[GEN.41.6] And behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
[GEN.41.7] And the thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
[GEN.41.8] And it happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men: and Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
[GEN.41.9] Then spoke the chief butler to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults today:
[GEN.41.10] Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:
[GEN.41.11] And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each one according to the interpretation of his dream.
[GEN.41.12] And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he interpreted.
[GEN.41.13] And it happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored to my office, and him he hanged.
[GEN.41.14] Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
[GEN.41.15] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it: and I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.
[GEN.41.16] And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
[GEN.41.17] And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:
[GEN.41.18] And behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat-fleshed and well-favored; and they fed in the reed grass:
[GEN.41.19] And behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
[GEN.41.20] And the lean and ill-favored cows ate up the first seven fat cows:
[GEN.41.21] And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
[GEN.41.22] And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, full and good:
[GEN.41.23] And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
[GEN.41.24] And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was no one who could explain it to me.
[GEN.41.25] And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
[GEN.41.26] The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
[GEN.41.27] And the seven lean and ill-favored cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they are seven years of famine.
[GEN.41.28] That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.
[GEN.41.29] Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
[GEN.41.30] And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will consume the land;
[GEN.41.31] And the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very severe.
[GEN.41.32] And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
[GEN.41.33] Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.34] Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
[GEN.41.35] And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
[GEN.41.36] And the food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land will not perish through the famine.
[GEN.41.37] And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
[GEN.41.38] And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?
[GEN.41.39] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you:
[GEN.41.40] You will be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be governed: only in the throne will I be greater than you.
[GEN.41.41] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.42] And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
[GEN.41.43] And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.44] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.45] And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as a wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.46] And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.47] And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
[GEN.41.48] And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, he laid up in the same.
[GEN.41.49] And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
[GEN.41.50] And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
[GEN.41.51] And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For, God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
[GEN.41.52] And the name of the second he called Ephraim: For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
[GEN.41.53] And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.
[GEN.41.54] And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
[GEN.41.55] And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do.
[GEN.41.56] And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.57] And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain; because the famine was severe in all the earth.
[GEN.42.1] Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look at one another?
[GEN.42.2] And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: go down there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.
[GEN.42.3] And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
[GEN.42.4] But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps harm befall him.
[GEN.42.5] And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.42.6] And Joseph was the governor over the land; it was he that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
[GEN.42.7] And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly with them; and he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
[GEN.42.8] And Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.
[GEN.42.9] And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you have come.
[GEN.42.10] And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food are your servants come.
[GEN.42.11] We are all one man's sons; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.
[GEN.42.12] And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land you have come.
[GEN.42.13] And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.
[GEN.42.14] And Joseph said to them, It is what I spoke to you, saying, You are spies:
[GEN.42.15] Hereby you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, except your youngest brother come here.
[GEN.42.16] Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.
[GEN.42.17] And he put them all together in custody three days.
[GEN.42.18] And Joseph said to them the third day, Do this, and live: for I fear God:
[GEN.42.19] if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison-house; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses:
[GEN.42.20] and bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so.
[GEN.42.21] And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
[GEN.42.22] And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
[GEN.42.23] And they did not know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
[GEN.42.24] And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
[GEN.42.25] Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the journey: and thus it was done to them.
[GEN.42.26] And they loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
[GEN.42.27] And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
[GEN.42.28] And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, look, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God has done to us?
[GEN.42.29] And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,
[GEN.42.30] The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
[GEN.42.31] And we said to him, We are honest men; we are not spies:
[GEN.42.32] we are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.42.33] And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way;
[GEN.42.34] and bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men: so I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.
[GEN.42.35] And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
[GEN.42.36] And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
[GEN.42.37] And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Kill my two sons, if I do not bring him to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to you again.
[GEN.42.38] And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which you go, then will you bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
[GEN.43.1] And the famine was severe in the land.
[GEN.43.2] And it happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
[GEN.43.3] And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.
[GEN.43.4] If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food:
[GEN.43.5] but if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.
[GEN.43.6] And Israel said, Why did you treat me so badly, as to tell the man you had another brother?
[GEN.43.7] And they said, The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our family, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you another brother? And we told him according to these questions: could we in any way know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
[GEN.43.8] And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.
[GEN.43.9] I will be surety for him; of my hand shall you require him: if I do not bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever:
[GEN.43.10] for except we had lingered, surely by now we would have returned this second time.
[GEN.43.11] And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best products in the land in your vessels, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
[GEN.43.12] and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand, perhaps it was an oversight:
[GEN.43.13] take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man:
[GEN.43.14] and may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
[GEN.43.15] And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
[GEN.43.16] And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and kill, and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon.
[GEN.43.17] And the man did as Joseph ordered; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
[GEN.43.18] And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks' mouths at the first time are we brought in; that he may find occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us as slaves, and our donkeys.
[GEN.43.19] And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
[GEN.43.20] and said, O sir, we indeed came down at the first time to buy food:
[GEN.43.21] and it happened, when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
[GEN.43.22] And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food: we do not know who put our money in our sacks.
[GEN.43.23] And he said, Peace be to you, do not be afraid: your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out to them.
[GEN.43.24] And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed.
[GEN.43.25] And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
[GEN.43.26] And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
[GEN.43.27] And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?
[GEN.43.28] And they said, Your servant our father is well, he is still alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
[GEN.43.29] And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son.
[GEN.43.30] And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his room, and wept there.
[GEN.43.31] And he washed his face, and went out; and he controlled himself, and said, Set on bread.
[GEN.43.32] And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, who ate with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
[GEN.43.33] And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another.
[GEN.43.34] And he took and sent portions to them from before him: but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
[GEN.44.1] And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in the mouth of his sack.
[GEN.44.2] And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
[GEN.44.3] As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
[GEN.44.4] When they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Get up, follow after the men; and when you do overtake them, say to them, Why have you returned evil for good?
[GEN.44.5] Is not this that from which my lord drinks, and whereby he indeed divines? You have done evil in doing so.
[GEN.44.6] And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.
[GEN.44.7] And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing.
[GEN.44.8] Behold, the money, which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we brought back to you out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of your lord's house silver or gold?
[GEN.44.9] With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves.
[GEN.44.10] And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found shall be my slave; and you shall be blameless.
[GEN.44.11] Then they quickly took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
[GEN.44.12] And he searched, and started with the oldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
[GEN.44.13] Then they tore their clothes, and loaded every man his donkey, and returned to the city.
[GEN.44.14] Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they fell before him on the ground.
[GEN.44.15] And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?
[GEN.44.16] And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants: behold, we are my lord's slaves, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.
[GEN.44.17] And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.
[GEN.44.18] Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
[GEN.44.19] My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father, or a brother?
[GEN.44.20] And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.
[GEN.44.21] And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.
[GEN.44.22] And we said to my lord, The boy cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
[GEN.44.23] And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.
[GEN.44.24] And it came to pass when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
[GEN.44.25] And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
[GEN.44.26] And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
[GEN.44.27] And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons:
[GEN.44.28] and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:
[GEN.44.29] and if you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
[GEN.44.30] Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; seeing that his soul is bound up in the boy's soul;
[GEN.44.31] it shall come to pass, when he sees that the boy is not with us, that he will die: and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
[GEN.44.32] For your servant became surety for the boy to my father, saying, If I don't bring him to you, then shall I bear the blame to my father forever.
[GEN.44.33] Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy a slave to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
[GEN.44.34] For how shall I go up to my father, if the boy is not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
[GEN.45.1] Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, Have every man go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
[GEN.45.2] And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
[GEN.45.3] And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father still live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
[GEN.45.4] And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I ask you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
[GEN.45.5] And now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here: for God sent me before you to preserve life.
[GEN.45.6] For these two years the famine has been in the land: and there are still five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.
[GEN.45.7] And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
[GEN.45.8] So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.45.9] Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt: come down to me, do not wait.
[GEN.45.10] And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have:
[GEN.45.11] and there will I sustain you; for there are still five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have.
[GEN.45.12] And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
[GEN.45.13] And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen: and you shall hurry and bring down my father here.
[GEN.45.14] And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
[GEN.45.15] And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them: and after that his brothers talked with him.
[GEN.45.16] And the report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
[GEN.45.17] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your beasts, and go, get yourselves to the land of Canaan;
[GEN.45.18] and take your father and your households, and come to me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.
[GEN.45.19] Now you are commanded, do this: take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
[GEN.45.20] Also do not regard your belongings; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
[GEN.45.21] And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
[GEN.45.22] To all of them he gave each man changes of clothes; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of clothes.
[GEN.45.23] And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.
[GEN.45.24] So he sent his brothers away, and they departed: and he said to them, See that you do not quarrel on the way.
[GEN.45.25] And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father.
[GEN.45.26] And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he did not believe them.
[GEN.45.27] And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
[GEN.45.28] and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive: I will go and see him before I die.
[GEN.46.1] And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
[GEN.46.2] And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am.
[GEN.46.3] And he said, I am God, the God of your father: do not fear to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation:
[GEN.46.4] I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also surely bring you up again: and Joseph shall close your eyes.
[GEN.46.5] And Jacob rose from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
[GEN.46.6] And they took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his descendants with him:
[GEN.46.7] his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his descendants, he brought with him into Egypt.
[GEN.46.8] And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
[GEN.46.9] And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
[GEN.46.10] And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
[GEN.46.11] And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[GEN.46.12] And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
[GEN.46.13] And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.
[GEN.46.14] And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
[GEN.46.15] These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the persons of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
[GEN.46.16] And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
[GEN.46.17] And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.
[GEN.46.18] These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen persons.
[GEN.46.19] The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
[GEN.46.20] And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
[GEN.46.21] And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
[GEN.46.22] These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the persons were fourteen.
[GEN.46.23] And the sons of Dan: Hushim.
[GEN.46.24] And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
[GEN.46.25] These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob: all the persons were seven.
[GEN.46.26] All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his body, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the persons were sixty-six;
[GEN.46.27] and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
[GEN.46.28] And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
[GEN.46.29] And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
[GEN.46.30] And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.
[GEN.46.31] And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, I will go up, and speak to Pharaoh, and will say to him, My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me;
[GEN.46.32] and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
[GEN.46.33] And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
[GEN.46.34] that you shall say, your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
[GEN.47.1] Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and they are in the land of Goshen.
[GEN.47.2] And from among his brothers he selected five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
[GEN.47.3] And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.
[GEN.47.4] And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to stay in the land; because there is no pasture for your servants' flocks; for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, we request you, let your servants stay in the land of Goshen.
[GEN.47.5] And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you:
[GEN.47.6] the land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land make your father and brothers stay; in the land of Goshen let them live: and if you know any capable men among them, then make them overseers over my livestock.
[GEN.47.7] And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
[GEN.47.8] And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many years are the days of your life?
[GEN.47.9] And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my journeys are a hundred and thirty years: few and difficult have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their journeys.
[GEN.47.10] And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
[GEN.47.11] And Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
[GEN.47.12] And Joseph provided his father, and his brothers, and all his father's household, with food, according to their families.
[GEN.47.13] And there was no food in all the land; for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
[GEN.47.14] And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
[GEN.47.15] And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us food: for why should we die in your presence? for our money fails.
[GEN.47.16] And Joseph said, Give your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.
[GEN.47.17] And they brought their livestock to Joseph: and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
[GEN.47.18] And when that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent; and the herds of livestock are my lord's; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
[GEN.47.19] why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for food, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
[GEN.47.20] So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was severe upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's.
[GEN.47.21] And as for the people, he made them servants from one end of the border of Egypt to the other end of it.
[GEN.47.22] Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.
[GEN.47.23] Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: now here is seed for you, and you will sow the land.
[GEN.47.24] And it will come to pass at the harvests, that you will give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those of your households, and for food for your little ones.
[GEN.47.25] And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
[GEN.47.26] And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.
[GEN.47.27] And Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gained possessions there, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
[GEN.47.28] And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.
[GEN.47.29] And the time approached that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; do not bury me, I beg you, in Egypt;
[GEN.47.30] but when I sleep with my fathers, you will carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burial place. And he said, I will do as you have said.
[GEN.47.31] And he said, Swear to me: and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
[GEN.48.1] And it happened after these things, that someone told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
[GEN.48.2] And someone told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
[GEN.48.3] And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
[GEN.48.4] and said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.
[GEN.48.5] And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
[GEN.48.6] And your offspring, that you have fathered after them, will be yours; they will be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
[GEN.48.7] And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
[GEN.48.8] And Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
[GEN.48.9] And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I beg you, to me, and I will bless them.
[GEN.48.10] Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
[GEN.48.11] And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, look, God has let me see your offspring also.
[GEN.48.12] And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
[GEN.48.13] And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.
[GEN.48.14] And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
[GEN.48.15] And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
[GEN.48.16] the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
[GEN.48.17] And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he took hold of his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
[GEN.48.18] And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head.
[GEN.48.19] And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also will become a people, and he also will be great: however, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations.
[GEN.48.20] And he blessed them that day, saying, In you will Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
[GEN.48.21] And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
[GEN.48.22] Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
[GEN.49.1] And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
[GEN.49.2] Assemble and hear, you sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your father.
[GEN.49.3] Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the preeminent in dignity, and the preeminent in power.
[GEN.49.4] Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it: he went up to my couch.
[GEN.49.5] Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.
[GEN.49.6] O my soul, do not come into their council; to their assembly, my glory, do not be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.
[GEN.49.7] Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
[GEN.49.8] Judah, your brothers will praise you: your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children will bow down before you.
[GEN.49.9] Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, you have gone up: he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as a lioness; who will rouse him up?
[GEN.49.10] The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes: and to him will the obedience of the peoples be.
[GEN.49.11] Binding his foal to the vine, and his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes:
[GEN.49.12] His eyes will be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
[GEN.49.13] Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea; and he will be for a haven of ships; and his border will be upon Sidon.
[GEN.49.14] Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds:
[GEN.49.15] And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to forced labor.
[GEN.49.16] Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
[GEN.49.17] Dan will be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
[GEN.49.18] I have waited for your salvation, O Jehovah.
[GEN.49.19] Gad, a troop will press upon him; but he will press upon their heel.
[GEN.49.20] Asher's food will be rich, and he will yield royal dainties.
[GEN.49.21] Naphtali is a hind let loose: he gives goodly words.
[GEN.49.22] Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; whose branches run over the wall.
[GEN.49.23] The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecuted him:
[GEN.49.24] But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
[GEN.49.25] Even by the God of your father, who will help you; and by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
[GEN.49.26] The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they will be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brothers.
[GEN.49.27] Benjamin is a ravenous wolf: in the morning he will devour the prey, and at evening he will divide the spoil.
[GEN.49.28] All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them; each one according to his blessing he blessed them.
[GEN.49.29] And he instructed them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
[GEN.49.30] In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial place.
[GEN.49.31] There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah—
[GEN.49.32] The field and the cave that is in it, which was purchased from the children of Heth.
[GEN.49.33] And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
[GEN.50.1] And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
[GEN.50.2] And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
[GEN.50.3] And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days required for those who are embalmed: and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
[GEN.50.4] And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I ask you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
[GEN.50.5] My father made me swear, saying, Behold, I am dying: in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I ask you, and bury my father, and I will return.
[GEN.50.6] And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, just as he made you swear.
[GEN.50.7] And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
[GEN.50.8] and all the household of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father's household: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
[GEN.50.9] And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
[GEN.50.10] And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they mourned with a very great and intense lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
[GEN.50.11] And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians: for this reason the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
[GEN.50.12] And his sons did to him just as he commanded them:
[GEN.50.13] for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burial place, from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
[GEN.50.14] And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all who went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
[GEN.50.15] And when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back all the evil which we did to him.
[GEN.50.16] And they sent a message to Joseph, saying, Your father commanded before he died, saying,
[GEN.50.17] Thus shall you say to Joseph, Forgive, I ask you now, the transgression of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you. And now, we ask you, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
[GEN.50.18] And his brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Look, we are your servants.
[GEN.50.19] And Joseph said to them, Do not be afraid: for am I in the place of God?
[GEN.50.20] And as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
[GEN.50.21] Now therefore do not be afraid: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
[GEN.50.22] And Joseph remained in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
[GEN.50.23] And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.
[GEN.50.24] And Joseph said to his brothers, I die: but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[GEN.50.25] And Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.
[GEN.50.26] So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
[EXO.1.1] Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob:
[EXO.1.2] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
[EXO.1.3] Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
[EXO.1.4] Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
[EXO.1.5] And all the souls that came out of the body of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already.
[EXO.1.6] And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
[EXO.1.7] And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
[EXO.1.8] Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
[EXO.1.9] And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
[EXO.1.10] come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when war occurs, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land.
[EXO.1.11] Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
[EXO.1.12] But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
[EXO.1.13] And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
[EXO.1.14] and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.
[EXO.1.15] And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
[EXO.1.16] and he said, When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the stools; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.
[EXO.1.17] But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
[EXO.1.18] And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?
[EXO.1.19] And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and have given birth before the midwife comes to them.
[EXO.1.20] And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.
[EXO.1.21] And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
[EXO.1.22] And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.
[EXO.2.1] And there went a man of the house of Levi, and married a daughter of Levi.
[EXO.2.2] And the woman conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
[EXO.2.3] And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a container of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and put the child into it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
[EXO.2.4] And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
[EXO.2.5] And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and she saw the container among the reeds, and sent her female servant to get it.
[EXO.2.6] And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and behold, the baby wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
[EXO.2.7] Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?
[EXO.2.8] And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
[EXO.2.9] And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed him.
[EXO.2.10] And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
[EXO.2.11] And it happened in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out to his kin, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his kin.
[EXO.2.12] And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
[EXO.2.13] And he went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Why do you strike your fellow?
[EXO.2.14] And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses was afraid, and said, Surely the thing is known.
[EXO.2.15] Now when Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelled in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
[EXO.2.16] Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
[EXO.2.17] And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
[EXO.2.18] And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon today?
[EXO.2.19] And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water for us, and watered the flock.
[EXO.2.20] And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why is it that you have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
[EXO.2.21] And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
[EXO.2.22] And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
[EXO.2.23] And it happened in the process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God by reason of the bondage.
[EXO.2.24] And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
[EXO.2.25] And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.
[EXO.3.1] Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
[EXO.3.2] And the angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
[EXO.3.3] And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.
[EXO.3.4] When Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here I am.
[EXO.3.5] And he said, Do not come near: remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
[EXO.3.6] Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
[EXO.3.7] And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
[EXO.3.8] and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
[EXO.3.9] Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me: moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
[EXO.3.10] Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
[EXO.3.11] And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?
[EXO.3.12] And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
[EXO.3.13] And Moses said to God, If I come to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, the God of your ancestors has sent me to you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say to them?
[EXO.3.14] And God said to Moses, I am that I am: and he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I am has sent me to you.
[EXO.3.15] And God said moreover to Moses, You shall say to the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
[EXO.3.16] Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
[EXO.3.17] and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
[EXO.3.18] And they shall listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us: and now let us go, we beseech you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.
[EXO.3.19] And I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, except by a mighty hand.
[EXO.3.20] And I will put forth my hand, and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst: and after that he will let you go.
[EXO.3.21] And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when you go, you shall not go empty:
[EXO.3.22] but every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that stays in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and garments: and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters; and you shall plunder the Egyptians.
[EXO.4.1] And Moses answered, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to you.
[EXO.4.2] And Jehovah said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
[EXO.4.3] And he said, Throw it on the ground. And he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
[EXO.4.4] And Jehovah said to Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and seized it, and it became a rod in his hand:
[EXO.4.5] that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.
[EXO.4.6] And Jehovah said furthermore to him, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as snow.
[EXO.4.7] And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again (some scholars suggest 'bewares' rather than 'bosom'). And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
[EXO.4.8] And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
[EXO.4.9] And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
[EXO.4.10] And Moses said to Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
[EXO.4.11] And Jehovah said to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes a man mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?
[EXO.4.12] Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.
[EXO.4.13] And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray, by the hand of him whom you will send.
[EXO.4.14] And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron your brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
[EXO.4.15] And you shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
[EXO.4.16] And he shall be your spokesman to the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to you a mouth, and you shall be to him as God.
[EXO.4.17] And you shall take in your hand this rod, with which you shall do the signs.
[EXO.4.18] And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray, and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
[EXO.4.19] And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought your life.
[EXO.4.20] And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
[EXO.4.21] And Jehovah said to Moses, When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.
[EXO.4.22] And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my firstborn:
[EXO.4.23] and I have said to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and you have refused to let him go: behold, I will slay your son, your firstborn.
[EXO.4.24] And it came to pass on the way at the lodging-place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him.
[EXO.4.25] Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood are you to me.
[EXO.4.26] So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood are you, because of the circumcision.
[EXO.4.27] And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.
[EXO.4.28] And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
[EXO.4.29] And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
[EXO.4.30] and Aaron spoke all the words which Jehovah had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
[EXO.4.31] And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
[EXO.5.1] And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharaoh, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.
[EXO.5.2] And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.
[EXO.5.3] And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we beg you, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
[EXO.5.4] And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens.
[EXO.5.5] And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens.
[EXO.5.6] And the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
[EXO.5.7] You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as before: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
[EXO.5.8] And the number of the bricks, which they made before, you shall still require of them; you shall not reduce any: for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.
[EXO.5.9] Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor in it; and let them not regard lying words.
[EXO.5.10] And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
[EXO.5.11] Go yourselves, get straw wherever you can find it: for none of your work shall be reduced.
[EXO.5.12] So the people scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
[EXO.5.13] And the taskmasters pressed them, saying, Fulfill your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.
[EXO.5.14] And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not fulfilled your task both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?
[EXO.5.15] Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal thus with your servants?
[EXO.5.16] There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.
[EXO.5.17] But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.
[EXO.5.18] Go now, and work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks.
[EXO.5.19] And the officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, You shall not take away any from your bricks, your daily task.
[EXO.5.20] And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came out from Pharaoh:
[EXO.5.21] and they said to them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge; because you have made our smell offensive in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.
[EXO.5.22] And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why have you brought trouble upon this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
[EXO.5.23] For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has troubled this people; and you have not delivered your people at all.
[EXO.6.1] And Jehovah said to Moses, Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.
[EXO.6.2] And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Jehovah;
[EXO.6.3] and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.
[EXO.6.4] And I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their journeyings, in which they sojourned.
[EXO.6.5] And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
[EXO.6.6] Therefore say to the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments;
[EXO.6.7] and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
[EXO.6.8] And I will bring you in to the land, concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Jehovah.
[EXO.6.9] And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
[EXO.6.10] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.6.11] Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
[EXO.6.12] And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
[EXO.6.13] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command for the children of Israel, and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
[EXO.6.14] These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
[EXO.6.15] And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon.
[EXO.6.16] And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty-seven years.
[EXO.6.17] The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
[EXO.6.18] And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty-three years.
[EXO.6.19] And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
[EXO.6.20] And Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to himself as wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred thirty-seven years.
[EXO.6.21] And the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
[EXO.6.22] And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
[EXO.6.23] And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to himself as wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
[EXO.6.24] And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
[EXO.6.25] And Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel to himself as wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.
[EXO.6.26] These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
[EXO.6.27] These are they that spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.
[EXO.6.28] And it came to pass on the day when Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
[EXO.6.29] that Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, I am Jehovah: speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you.
[EXO.6.30] And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?
[EXO.7.1] And Jehovah said to Moses, See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
[EXO.7.2] You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
[EXO.7.3] And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
[EXO.7.4] But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
[EXO.7.5] And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.
[EXO.7.6] And Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so they did.
[EXO.7.7] And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
[EXO.7.8] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[EXO.7.9] When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Show a wonder for you; then you shall say to Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.
[EXO.7.10] And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
[EXO.7.11] Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments.
[EXO.7.12] For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
[EXO.7.13] And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as Jehovah had spoken.
[EXO.7.14] And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuses to let the people go.
[EXO.7.15] Go to Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.
[EXO.7.16] And you shall say to him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, until now you have not listened.
[EXO.7.17] Thus says Jehovah, In this you shall know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
[EXO.7.18] And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.
[EXO.7.19] And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.
[EXO.7.20] And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
[EXO.7.21] And the fish that were in the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
[EXO.7.22] And the magicians of Egypt did the same with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as Jehovah had spoken.
[EXO.7.23] And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he lay even this to heart.
[EXO.7.24] And all the Egyptians dug around about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.
[EXO.7.25] And seven days were fulfilled, after Jehovah had struck the river.
[EXO.8.1] And Jehovah said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
[EXO.8.2] And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with frogs:
[EXO.8.3] and the river will swarm with frogs, which will go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs:
[EXO.8.4] and the frogs will come up both upon you, and upon your people, and upon all your servants.
[EXO.8.5] And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
[EXO.8.6] And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
[EXO.8.7] And the magicians did the same with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
[EXO.8.8] Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Jehovah.
[EXO.8.9] And Moses said to Pharaoh, Have you this glory over me: against what time shall I entreat for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only?
[EXO.8.10] And he said, For tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to your word: that you may know that there is none like Jehovah our God.
[EXO.8.11] And the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people; they shall remain in the river only.
[EXO.8.12] And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to Jehovah concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
[EXO.8.13] And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.
[EXO.8.14] And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
[EXO.8.15] But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart, and did not listen to them; as Jehovah had spoken.
[EXO.8.16] And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
[EXO.8.17] And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there became lice on man and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
[EXO.8.18] And the magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice on man, and on animal.
[EXO.8.19] Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as Jehovah had spoken.
[EXO.8.20] And Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he comes forth to the water; and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
[EXO.8.21] Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
[EXO.8.22] And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end that you may know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.
[EXO.8.23] And I will put a division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be.
[EXO.8.24] And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies.
[EXO.8.25] And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.
[EXO.8.26] And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
[EXO.8.27] We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.
[EXO.8.28] And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: entreat for me.
[EXO.8.29] And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.
[EXO.8.30] And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.
[EXO.8.31] And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
[EXO.8.32] And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.
[EXO.9.1] Then Jehovah said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
[EXO.9.2] For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,
[EXO.9.3] behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon your livestock which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the donkeys, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks; there will be a very grievous pestilence.
[EXO.9.4] And Jehovah will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.
[EXO.9.5] And Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land.
[EXO.9.6] And Jehovah did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel not one died.
[EXO.9.7] And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.
[EXO.9.8] And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Take handfuls of ashes from the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
[EXO.9.9] And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with sores upon man and upon animal, throughout all the land of Egypt.
[EXO.9.10] And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with sores upon man and upon animal.
[EXO.9.11] And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
[EXO.9.12] And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them; as Jehovah had spoken to Moses.
[EXO.9.13] And Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
[EXO.9.14] For this time I will send all my plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants, and upon your people; so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.
[EXO.9.15] For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may strike you and your people with pestilence; and you shall be cut off from the earth.
[EXO.9.16] But indeed for this cause have I made you to stand, to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
[EXO.9.17] As yet you exalt yourself against my people, that you will not let them go.
[EXO.9.18] Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
[EXO.9.19] Now therefore send, hurry in your livestock and all that you have in the field; for every man and animal that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
[EXO.9.20] He that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses.
[EXO.9.21] And he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his servants and his livestock in the field.
[EXO.9.22] And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon animal, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
[EXO.9.23] And Moses stretched forth his staff toward the sky; and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
[EXO.9.24] So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
[EXO.9.25] And the hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
[EXO.9.26] Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
[EXO.9.27] And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time; Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
[EXO.9.28] Entreat Jehovah; for there has been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.
[EXO.9.29] And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread forth my hands to Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Jehovah's.
[EXO.9.30] But as for you and your servants, I know that you will not yet fear Jehovah God.
[EXO.9.31] And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
[EXO.9.32] But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they ripened late.
[EXO.9.33] And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread forth his hands to Jehovah; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
[EXO.9.34] And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
[EXO.9.35] And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go; as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.
[EXO.10.1] And Jehovah said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs in the midst of them,
[EXO.10.2] and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Jehovah.
[EXO.10.3] And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
[EXO.10.4] Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring locusts into your border:
[EXO.10.5] and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field:
[EXO.10.6] and your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
[EXO.10.7] And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the people go, that they may serve Jehovah their God. Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?
[EXO.10.8] And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go, serve Jehovah your God; but who are they that shall go?
[EXO.10.9] And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Jehovah.
[EXO.10.10] And he said to them, So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
[EXO.10.11] Not so: go now you that are men, and serve Jehovah; for you desired it. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
[EXO.10.12] And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.
[EXO.10.13] And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
[EXO.10.14] And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
[EXO.10.15] For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
[EXO.10.16] Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you.
[EXO.10.17] Now therefore forgive, I beg you, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
[EXO.10.18] And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.
[EXO.10.19] And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.
[EXO.10.20] But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
[EXO.10.21] And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
[EXO.10.22] And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
[EXO.10.23] they did not see one another, neither did any rise from their place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their homes.
[EXO.10.24] And Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, Go, serve Jehovah; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back: let your little ones also go with you.
[EXO.10.25] And Moses said, You must also give us sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God.
[EXO.10.26] Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for we must take of them to serve Jehovah our God; and we don't know with what we must serve Jehovah, until we arrive there.
[EXO.10.27] But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
[EXO.10.28] And Pharaoh said to him, Depart from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die.
[EXO.10.29] And Moses said, You have spoken well; I will see your face again no more.
[EXO.11.1] And Jehovah said to Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterward he will let you go from here: when he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out from here altogether.
[EXO.11.2] Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man request of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
[EXO.11.3] And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
[EXO.11.4] And Moses said, Thus says Jehovah, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
[EXO.11.5] and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even to the firstborn of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of cattle.
[EXO.11.6] And there will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor will be any more.
[EXO.11.7] But against any of the children of Israel will not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know that Jehovah makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
[EXO.11.8] And all these your servants will come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, Get out, and all the people who follow you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
[EXO.11.9] And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
[EXO.11.10] And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
[EXO.12.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
[EXO.12.2] This month will be to you the beginning of months: it will be the first month of the year to you.
[EXO.12.3] Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth day of this month they will take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household:
[EXO.12.4] and if the household is too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next to his house take one according to the number of souls; according to every man's eating you shall make your count for the lamb.
[EXO.12.5] Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: you shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
[EXO.12.6] and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
[EXO.12.7] And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses in which they shall eat it.
[EXO.12.8] And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
[EXO.12.9] Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs and with its internal parts.
[EXO.12.10] And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
[EXO.12.11] And thus shall you eat it: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah's passover.
[EXO.12.12] For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.
[EXO.12.13] And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
[EXO.12.14] And this day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
[EXO.12.15] Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
[EXO.12.16] And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every soul must eat, that only may be done by you.
[EXO.12.17] And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
[EXO.12.18] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
[EXO.12.19] Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a foreigner, or one that is born in the land.
[EXO.12.20] You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.
[EXO.12.21] Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the passover.
[EXO.12.22] And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
[EXO.12.23] For Jehovah will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
[EXO.12.24] And you shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.
[EXO.12.25] And it shall happen, when you come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.
[EXO.12.26] And it shall happen, when your children ask you, What do you mean by this service?
[EXO.12.27] that you shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshiped.
[EXO.12.28] And the children of Israel went and did so; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
[EXO.12.29] And it happened at midnight, that Jehovah struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.
[EXO.12.30] And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
[EXO.12.31] And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah, as you have said.
[EXO.12.32] Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
[EXO.12.33] And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men.
[EXO.12.34] And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
[EXO.12.35] And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing.
[EXO.12.36] And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.
[EXO.12.37] And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.
[EXO.12.38] And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
[EXO.12.39] And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any provisions.
[EXO.12.40] Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
[EXO.12.41] And it happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the selfsame day it happened, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt.
[EXO.12.42] It is a night to be much observed to Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
[EXO.12.43] And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat of it;
[EXO.12.44] but every man's servant that is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.
[EXO.12.45] A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.
[EXO.12.46] In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it.
[EXO.12.47] All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
[EXO.12.48] And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, and will keep the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
[EXO.12.49] One law shall be to him that is home-born, and to the stranger that sojourns among you.
[EXO.12.50] Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
[EXO.12.51] And it happened the selfsame day, that Jehovah brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
[EXO.13.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.13.2] Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal: it is mine.
[EXO.13.3] And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: no leavened bread shall be eaten.
[EXO.13.4] This day you go forth in the month Abib.
[EXO.13.5] And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
[EXO.13.6] Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah.
[EXO.13.7] Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven seen with you, in all your borders.
[EXO.13.8] And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
[EXO.13.9] And it shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has Jehovah brought you out of Egypt.
[EXO.13.10] You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
[EXO.13.11] And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,
[EXO.13.12] that you shall set apart to Jehovah all that opens the womb, and every firstling that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be Jehovah's.
[EXO.13.13] And every firstling of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck: and all the firstborn of man among your sons shall you redeem.
[EXO.13.14] And it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
[EXO.13.15] and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animals: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.
[EXO.13.16] And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes: for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us out of Egypt.
[EXO.13.17] And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest perhaps the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
[EXO.13.18] but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
[EXO.13.19] And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had made the children of Israel solemnly swear, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.
[EXO.13.20] And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
[EXO.13.21] And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
[EXO.13.22] the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, did not depart from before the people.
[EXO.14.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.14.2] Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: you will encamp opposite it by the sea.
[EXO.14.3] And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in.
[EXO.14.4] And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them; and I will get honor over Pharaoh, and over all his army; and the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.
[EXO.14.5] And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
[EXO.14.6] And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him:
[EXO.14.7] and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them.
[EXO.14.8] And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: for the children of Israel went out with a high hand.
[EXO.14.9] And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
[EXO.14.10] And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were very afraid: and the children of Israel cried out to Jehovah.
[EXO.14.11] And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt thus with us, to carry us out of Egypt?
[EXO.14.12] Is not this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
[EXO.14.13] And Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will see them again no more forever.
[EXO.14.14] Jehovah will fight for you, and you will hold your peace.
[EXO.14.15] And Jehovah said to Moses, Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
[EXO.14.16] And lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel will go into the midst of the sea on dry ground.
[EXO.14.17] And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will go in after them: and I will get me honor over Pharaoh, and over all his army, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
[EXO.14.18] And the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah, when I have gotten me honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
[EXO.14.19] And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them:
[EXO.14.20] and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by night: and the one did not come near the other all the night.
[EXO.14.21] And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
[EXO.14.22] And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground: and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
[EXO.14.23] And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
[EXO.14.24] And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked out on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the army of the Egyptians.
[EXO.14.25] And he took off their chariot wheels, so that they drove them heavily; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah fights for them against the Egyptians.
[EXO.14.26] And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.
[EXO.14.27] And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
[EXO.14.28] And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the army of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.
[EXO.14.29] But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left.
[EXO.14.30] Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
[EXO.14.31] And Israel saw the great work which Jehovah did on the Egyptians, and the people feared Jehovah: and they believed in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses.
[EXO.15.1] Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Jehovah, and spoke, I will sing to Jehovah, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
[EXO.15.2] Jehovah is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
[EXO.15.3] Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.
[EXO.15.4] Pharaoh's chariots and his army he has thrown into the sea; His chosen captains are drowned in the Red Sea.
[EXO.15.5] The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.
[EXO.15.6] Your right hand, Jehovah, is glorious in power, Your right hand, Jehovah, dashes in pieces the enemy.
[EXO.15.7] And in the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those that rise up against you: You send out your wrath, it consumes them as stubble.
[EXO.15.8] With the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as a heap; The depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
[EXO.15.9] The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied on them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
[EXO.15.10] You blew with your wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.
[EXO.15.11] Who is like you, Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
[EXO.15.12] You stretched out your right hand, The earth swallowed them.
[EXO.15.13] You in your mercy have led the people you have redeemed: You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
[EXO.15.14] The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
[EXO.15.15] Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling takes hold on them; All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
[EXO.15.16] Terror and dread fall on them; By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone; Until your people pass over, Jehovah, Until the people pass over you have purchased.
[EXO.15.17] You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, The place, Jehovah, which you have made for yourself to dwell in, The sanctuary, Jehovah, which your hands have established.
[EXO.15.18] Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever.
[EXO.15.19] For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea on them; but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.
[EXO.15.20] Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
[EXO.15.21] Miriam answered them, Sing to Jehovah, for he has triumphed gloriously; The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
[EXO.15.22] Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
[EXO.15.23] When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
[EXO.15.24] The people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
[EXO.15.25] He cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them;
[EXO.15.26] And he said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that heals you.
[EXO.15.27] They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
[EXO.16.1] And they journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
[EXO.16.2] And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
[EXO.16.3] and the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
[EXO.16.4] Then said Jehovah to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
[EXO.16.5] And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
[EXO.16.6] And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At evening, then you shall know that Jehovah has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
[EXO.16.7] and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Jehovah; for that he hears your murmurings against Jehovah: and what are we, that you murmur against us?
[EXO.16.8] And Moses said, This shall be, when Jehovah shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that Jehovah hears your murmurings which you murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.
[EXO.16.9] And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before Jehovah; for he has heard your murmurings.
[EXO.16.10] And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.
[EXO.16.11] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.16.12] I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, At evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am Jehovah your God.
[EXO.16.13] And it came to pass at evening, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.
[EXO.16.14] And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoarfrost on the ground.
[EXO.16.15] And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.
[EXO.16.16] This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall you take it, every man for those who are in his tent.
[EXO.16.17] And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
[EXO.16.18] And when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
[EXO.16.19] And Moses said to them, Let no man leave any of it till the morning.
[EXO.16.20] But they did not listen to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.
[EXO.16.21] And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
[EXO.16.22] And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
[EXO.16.23] And he said to them, This is that which Jehovah has spoken, Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath to Jehovah: bake that which you will bake, and boil that which you will boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.
[EXO.16.24] And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses instructed: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm in it.
[EXO.16.25] And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a sabbath to Jehovah: today you shall not find it in the field.
[EXO.16.26] Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
[EXO.16.27] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
[EXO.16.28] And Jehovah said to Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws?
[EXO.16.29] See, for that Jehovah has given you the sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days; remain every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
[EXO.16.30] So the people rested on the seventh day.
[EXO.16.31] And the house of Israel called the name of it Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
[EXO.16.32] And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
[EXO.16.33] And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.
[EXO.16.34] As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
[EXO.16.35] And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
[EXO.16.36] Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
[EXO.17.1] And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their stages, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and camped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
[EXO.17.2] Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Jehovah?
[EXO.17.3] And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
[EXO.17.4] And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do to this people? They are almost ready to stone me.
[EXO.17.5] And Jehovah said to Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and go.
[EXO.17.6] Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
[EXO.17.7] And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the children of Israel, and because they tested Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
[EXO.17.8] Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
[EXO.17.9] And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
[EXO.17.10] So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
[EXO.17.11] And it came about, when Moses raised up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
[EXO.17.12] But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
[EXO.17.13] And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
[EXO.17.14] And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
[EXO.17.15] And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;
[EXO.17.16] And he said, Jehovah has sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
[EXO.18.1] Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.
[EXO.18.2] And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
[EXO.18.3] and her two sons; of whom the name of one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a foreigner in a foreign land:
[EXO.18.4] and the name of the other was Eliezer; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
[EXO.18.5] And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mountain of God:
[EXO.18.6] and he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her.
[EXO.18.7] And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed himself, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
[EXO.18.8] And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them by the way, and how Jehovah delivered them.
[EXO.18.9] And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
[EXO.18.10] And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
[EXO.18.11] Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yes, in the thing where they dealt arrogantly against them.
[EXO.18.12] And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
[EXO.18.13] And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood around Moses from the morning until the evening.
[EXO.18.14] And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting alone, and all the people stand around you from morning until evening?
[EXO.18.15] And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God:
[EXO.18.16] when they have a matter, they come to me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
[EXO.18.17] And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that you are doing is not good.
[EXO.18.18] You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you: for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it yourself alone.
[EXO.18.19] Listen now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God be with you: you be for the people before God, and bring the matters to God:
[EXO.18.20] and you will teach them the statutes and the laws, and will show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.
[EXO.18.21] Moreover you shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place them over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
[EXO.18.22] and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it will be, that every great matter they will bring to you, but every small matter they will judge themselves: so will it be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.
[EXO.18.23] If you will do this thing, and God command you so, then you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.
[EXO.18.24] So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
[EXO.18.25] And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
[EXO.18.26] And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
[EXO.18.27] And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
[EXO.19.1] In the third month after the children of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
[EXO.19.2] And when they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
[EXO.19.3] And Moses went up to God, and Jehovah called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
[EXO.19.4] You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
[EXO.19.5] Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine:
[EXO.19.6] and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
[EXO.19.7] And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him.
[EXO.19.8] And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah has spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people to Jehovah.
[EXO.19.9] And Jehovah said to Moses, Look, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to Jehovah.
[EXO.19.10] And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
[EXO.19.11] and be ready against the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
[EXO.19.12] And you shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you do not go up the mountain, or touch the border of it: whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death:
[EXO.19.13] no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain.
[EXO.19.14] And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
[EXO.19.15] And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: do not come near a woman.
[EXO.19.16] And it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
[EXO.19.17] And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.
[EXO.19.18] And Mount Sinai was altogether in smoke, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
[EXO.19.19] And when the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
[EXO.19.20] And Jehovah came down upon Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain; and Moses went up.
[EXO.19.21] And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
[EXO.19.22] And let the priests also, who come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.
[EXO.19.23] And Moses said to Jehovah, The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mountain, and sanctify it.
[EXO.19.24] And Jehovah said to him, Go, get down; and you shall come up, you, and Aaron with you: but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.
[EXO.19.25] So Moses went down to the people, and told them.
[EXO.20.1] And God spoke all these words, saying,
[EXO.20.2] I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
[EXO.20.3] You shall have no other gods before me.
[EXO.20.4] You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the water under the earth.
[EXO.20.5] You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,
[EXO.20.6] and showing lovingkindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
[EXO.20.7] You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
[EXO.20.8] Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
[EXO.20.9] Six days you shall labor, and do all your work;
[EXO.20.10] but the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who is within your gates:
[EXO.20.11] for in six days Jehovah made heavens and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day: therefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and made it holy.
[EXO.20.12] Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
[EXO.20.13] You shall not kill.
[EXO.20.14] You shall not commit adultery.
[EXO.20.15] You shall not steal.
[EXO.20.16] You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
[EXO.20.17] You shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.
[EXO.20.18] And all the people saw the thunder, and the lightning, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood far off.
[EXO.20.19] And they said to Moses, Speak with us, and we will hear; but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.
[EXO.20.20] And Moses said to the people, Do not fear: for God has come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, so you not sin.
[EXO.20.21] And the people stood far off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
[EXO.20.22] And Jehovah said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from the heavens.
[EXO.20.23] You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.
[EXO.20.24] An altar of earth you shall make for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
[EXO.20.25] And if you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool upon it, you have polluted it.
[EXO.20.26] Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness not be revealed on it.
[EXO.21.1] Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
[EXO.21.2] If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
[EXO.21.3] If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
[EXO.21.4] If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
[EXO.21.5] But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
[EXO.21.6] then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
[EXO.21.7] And if a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
[EXO.21.8] If she does not please her master, who has espoused her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed: to sell her to a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
[EXO.21.9] And if he espouses her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
[EXO.21.10] If he takes another wife to himself; her food, her clothing, and her duty of marriage, he shall not diminish.
[EXO.21.11] And if he does not to her these three things, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.
[EXO.21.12] He that strikes a man, so that he dies, shall surely be put to death.
[EXO.21.13] And if a man does not lie in wait, but God delivers him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he may flee.
[EXO.21.14] And if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to kill him with deceit; you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
[EXO.21.15] And he that strikes his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
[EXO.21.16] And he that steals a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
[EXO.21.17] And he that curses his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
[EXO.21.18] And if men quarrel, and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed:
[EXO.21.19] if he rises again, and walks abroad on his staff, then shall he that struck him be acquitted: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
[EXO.21.20] And if a man strikes his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he dies under his hand; he shall surely be punished.
[EXO.21.21] Notwithstanding, if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
[EXO.21.22] And if men strive together, and hurt a pregnant woman, so that her fruit departs, and yet no harm follows; he shall surely be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose upon him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.
[EXO.21.23] But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,
[EXO.21.24] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
[EXO.21.25] burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
[EXO.21.26] And if a man strikes the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroys it; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
[EXO.21.27] And if he knocks out his servant's tooth, or his maid's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
[EXO.21.28] And if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.
[EXO.21.29] But if the ox was inclined to push with its horn in times past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
[EXO.21.30] If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him.
[EXO.21.31] Whether it has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.
[EXO.21.32] If the ox gores a servant or a maid; he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
[EXO.21.33] And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it,
[EXO.21.34] the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.
[EXO.21.35] And if one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money from it; and the dead beast also they shall divide.
[EXO.21.36] Or if it is known that the ox was inclined to push in times past, and its owner has not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.
[EXO.22.1] If a man steals an ox, or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
[EXO.22.2] If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of blood for him.
[EXO.22.3] If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt of blood for him; he shall make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
[EXO.22.4] If the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or donkey, or sheep; he shall repay double.
[EXO.22.5] If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and allows his animal to go astray, and it feeds in another man's field; he shall make restitution of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard.
[EXO.22.6] If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, are consumed; he that started the fire shall make full restitution.
[EXO.22.7] If a man delivers to his neighbor money or items to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
[EXO.22.8] If the thief is not found, then the owner of the house shall come near to the judges, to see whether he has put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
[EXO.22.9] For every case of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; he whom the judges shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.
[EXO.22.10] If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any animal to keep; and it dies, or is hurt, or is driven away, with no one seeing it;
[EXO.22.11] the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall take it, and he shall not make restitution.
[EXO.22.12] But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
[EXO.22.13] If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for a witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.
[EXO.22.14] And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is hurt, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
[EXO.22.15] If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good: if it is a rented thing, it came for its rent.
[EXO.22.16] And if a man seduces a virgin that is not engaged, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
[EXO.22.17] If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
[EXO.22.18] You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
[EXO.22.19] Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.
[EXO.22.20] He that sacrifices to any god, except Jehovah only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
[EXO.22.21] And a foreigner you shall not wrong, neither shall you oppress him: for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
[EXO.22.22] You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
[EXO.22.23] If you afflict them at all, and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry;
[EXO.22.24] and my anger shall burn, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
[EXO.22.25] If you lend money to any of my people with you that is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you lay upon him interest.
[EXO.22.26] If you at all take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down:
[EXO.22.27] for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: in what shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
[EXO.22.28] You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
[EXO.22.29] You shall not delay to offer of your harvest and of the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons shall you give to me.
[EXO.22.30] Likewise shall you do with your oxen, and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
[EXO.22.31] And you shall be holy men to me: therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
[EXO.23.1] You shall not spread a false report: do not join your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
[EXO.23.2] You shall not follow the crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in a legal dispute to turn aside after the crowd to pervert justice:
[EXO.23.3] neither shall you favor a poor man in his legal case.
[EXO.23.4] If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
[EXO.23.5] If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and would forbear to help it, you shall surely help with it.
[EXO.23.6] You shall not deny justice to your poor in their legal case.
[EXO.23.7] Keep far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous you shall not slay: for I will not justify the wicked.
[EXO.23.8] And you shall take no bribe: for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.
[EXO.23.9] Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing that you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
[EXO.23.10] And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its produce:
[EXO.23.11] but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave, the animals of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your olive grove.
[EXO.23.12] Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the foreigner, may be refreshed.
[EXO.23.13] And be circumspect in all things that I have said to you: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.
[EXO.23.14] Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year.
[EXO.23.15] You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:
[EXO.23.16] and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of your labors, which you sowed in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
[EXO.23.17] Three times in the year all your males shall appear before Jehovah God.
[EXO.23.18] You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
[EXO.23.19] The first of the first-fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Jehovah your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
[EXO.23.20] Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
[EXO.23.21] Be careful of him, and obey his voice; do not provoke him: for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.
[EXO.23.22] But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
[EXO.23.23] For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.
[EXO.23.24] You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.
[EXO.23.25] And you shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless your bread and your water; and I will take sickness away from your midst.
[EXO.23.26] None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfill.
[EXO.23.27] I will send my terror before you, and will discomfit all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
[EXO.23.28] And I will send the hornet before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
[EXO.23.29] I will not drive them out from before you in one year, unless the land becomes desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
[EXO.23.30] Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you become fruitful, and possess the land.
[EXO.23.31] And I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and you shall drive them out before you.
[EXO.23.32] You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
[EXO.23.33] They shall not dwell in your land, unless they make you sin against me: for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.
[EXO.24.1] And he said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship afar off.
[EXO.24.2] And Moses alone shall come near to Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
[EXO.24.3] And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah has spoken will we do.
[EXO.24.4] And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
[EXO.24.5] And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to Jehovah.
[EXO.24.6] And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
[EXO.24.7] And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah has spoken will we do, and be obedient.
[EXO.24.8] And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Look, the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words.
[EXO.24.9] Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.
[EXO.24.10] And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.
[EXO.24.11] And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they saw God, and did eat and drink.
[EXO.24.12] And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that you may teach them.
[EXO.24.13] And Moses rose up, and Joshua his aide: and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
[EXO.24.14] And he said to the elders, Wait here for us, until we come again to you: and look, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a cause, let him come near to them.
[EXO.24.15] And Moses went up into the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
[EXO.24.16] And the glory of Jehovah rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
[EXO.24.17] And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
[EXO.24.18] And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
[EXO.25.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.25.2] Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me: from every man whose heart moves him you shall take my offering.
[EXO.25.3] And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, and silver, and brass,
[EXO.25.4] and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[EXO.25.5] and rams' skins dyed red, and sea-cow hides, and acacia wood,
[EXO.25.6] oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
[EXO.25.7] onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
[EXO.25.8] And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
[EXO.25.9] According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture of it, even so you shall make it.
[EXO.25.10] And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
[EXO.25.11] And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out shall you overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of gold all around.
[EXO.25.12] And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet; and two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
[EXO.25.13] And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
[EXO.25.14] And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.
[EXO.25.15] In the rings of the ark shall the poles be: they shall not be taken from it.
[EXO.25.16] And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
[EXO.25.17] And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
[EXO.25.18] And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shall you make them, at the two ends of the mercy seat.
[EXO.25.19] And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: from the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.
[EXO.25.20] And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
[EXO.25.21] And you shall put the mercy seat above the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
[EXO.25.22] And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment for the children of Israel.
[EXO.25.23] And you shall make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
[EXO.25.24] And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a molding of gold all around.
[EXO.25.25] And you shall make to it a border of a handbreadth all around, and you shall make a golden molding on its border all around.
[EXO.25.26] And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.
[EXO.25.27] Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the poles to carry the table.
[EXO.25.28] And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.
[EXO.25.29] And you shall make its dishes, and its spoons, and its flagons, and its bowls with which to pour out: of pure gold shall you make them.
[EXO.25.30] And you shall set the showbread on the table before me always.
[EXO.25.31] And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.
[EXO.25.32] And there shall be six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side of it:
[EXO.25.33] three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a knob and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the candlestick:
[EXO.25.34] and in the candlestick four cups made like almond blossoms, its knobs and its flowers;
[EXO.25.35] and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick.
[EXO.25.36] Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece with it: the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.
[EXO.25.37] And you shall make its lamps seven: and they shall light its lamps to give light in front of it.
[EXO.25.38] And its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.
[EXO.25.39] Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these utensils.
[EXO.25.40] And see that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you in the mountain.
[EXO.26.1] Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim worked in, shall you make them.
[EXO.26.2] The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
[EXO.26.3] Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
[EXO.26.4] And you shall make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shall you make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
[EXO.26.5] Fifty loops shall you make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shall you make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling: the loops shall be opposite one to another.
[EXO.26.6] And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one whole.
[EXO.26.7] And you shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shall you make them.
[EXO.26.8] The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
[EXO.26.9] And you shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the front of the tent.
[EXO.26.10] And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.
[EXO.26.11] And you shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
[EXO.26.12] And the remaining overhanging part that is left of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
[EXO.26.13] And the cubit on one side, and the cubit on the other side, of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
[EXO.26.14] And you shall make a covering for the tent, of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
[EXO.26.15] And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
[EXO.26.16] Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.
[EXO.26.17] Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined to one another: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
[EXO.26.18] And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.
[EXO.26.19] And you shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
[EXO.26.20] And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,
[EXO.26.21] and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
[EXO.26.22] And for the rear part of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.
[EXO.26.23] And two boards you shall make for the corners of the tabernacle in the rear.
[EXO.26.24] And they shall be double beneath, and in the same way they shall be entire unto its top to the first ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall form the two corners.
[EXO.26.25] And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
[EXO.26.26] And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
[EXO.26.27] and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the rear part westward.
[EXO.26.28] And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
[EXO.26.29] And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
[EXO.26.30] And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its plan which has been shown to you on the mountain.
[EXO.26.31] And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim worked in: it shall be made.
[EXO.26.32] And you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver.
[EXO.26.33] And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring inside the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate for you the holy place and the most holy.
[EXO.26.34] And you shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
[EXO.26.35] And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.
[EXO.26.36] And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, worked with needlework.
[EXO.26.37] And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
[EXO.27.1] And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square: and its height shall be three cubits.
[EXO.27.2] And you shall make its horns upon the four corners of it; its horns shall be of one piece with it: and you shall overlay it with brass.
[EXO.27.3] And you shall make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire pans: all its utensils you shall make of brass.
[EXO.27.4] And you shall make for it a grating of network of brass; and upon the net shall you make four bronze rings in its four corners.
[EXO.27.5] And you shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
[EXO.27.6] And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.
[EXO.27.7] And its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar, when carrying it.
[EXO.27.8] Hollow with planks shall you make it; as it has been shown you in the mount, so shall they make it.
[EXO.27.9] And you shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side:
[EXO.27.10] and its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
[EXO.27.11] And similarly for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their bands, of silver.
[EXO.27.12] And for the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
[EXO.27.13] And the width of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
[EXO.27.14] The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
[EXO.27.15] And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
[EXO.27.16] And for the gate of the court shall be a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer: their pillars four, and their sockets four.
[EXO.27.17] All the pillars of the court round about shall be banded with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
[EXO.27.18] The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
[EXO.27.19] All the utensils of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
[EXO.27.20] And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
[EXO.27.21] In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
[EXO.28.1] And bring near to yourself Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
[EXO.28.2] And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
[EXO.28.3] And you shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
[EXO.28.4] And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
[EXO.28.5] And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
[EXO.28.6] And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of a skillful workman.
[EXO.28.7] It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends of it, that it may be joined together.
[EXO.28.8] And the skillfully woven band, which is on it, to fasten it on, shall be like its work and of the same piece: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
[EXO.28.9] And you shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
[EXO.28.10] six of their names on one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth.
[EXO.28.11] With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be enclosed in settings of gold.
[EXO.28.12] And you shall put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
[EXO.28.13] And you shall make settings of gold,
[EXO.28.14] and two chains of pure gold; like cords shall you make them, of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.
[EXO.28.15] And you shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of a skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shall you make it.
[EXO.28.16] Foursquare it shall be and double; a span shall be the length of it, and a span the width of it.
[EXO.28.17] And you shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;
[EXO.28.18] and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
[EXO.28.19] and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
[EXO.28.20] and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be enclosed in gold in their settings.
[EXO.28.21] And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.
[EXO.28.22] And you shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.
[EXO.28.23] And you shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
[EXO.28.24] And you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
[EXO.28.25] And the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart of it.
[EXO.28.26] And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge of it, which is toward the side of the ephod inward.
[EXO.28.27] And you shall make two rings of gold, and shall put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart of it, close by the coupling of it, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
[EXO.28.28] And they shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not come free from the ephod.
[EXO.28.29] And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.
[EXO.28.30] And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.
[EXO.28.31] And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
[EXO.28.32] And it shall have a hole for the head in the middle of it: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
[EXO.28.33] And upon the skirts of it you shall make pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, round about its skirts; and bells of gold between them round about:
[EXO.28.34] a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.
[EXO.28.35] And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound of it shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Jehovah, and when he comes out, that he not die.
[EXO.28.36] And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.
[EXO.28.37] And you shall put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the turban; upon the front of the turban it shall be.
[EXO.28.38] And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall sanctify in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before Jehovah.
[EXO.28.39] And you shall weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and you shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.
[EXO.28.40] And for Aaron's sons you shall make coats, and you shall make for them sashes, and headbands shall you make for them, for glory and for beauty.
[EXO.28.41] And you shall put them upon Aaron your brother, and upon his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
[EXO.28.42] And you shall make them linen trousers to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist to the thighs they shall reach:
[EXO.28.43] And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in to the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they not bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.
[EXO.29.1] And this is the thing that you shall do to them to hallow them, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
[EXO.29.2] and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; of fine wheat flour shall you make them.
[EXO.29.3] And you shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
[EXO.29.4] And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
[EXO.29.5] And you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;
[EXO.29.6] and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.
[EXO.29.7] Then shall you take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
[EXO.29.8] And you shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.
[EXO.29.9] And you shall gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
[EXO.29.10] And you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.
[EXO.29.11] And you shall kill the bull before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.
[EXO.29.12] And you shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.
[EXO.29.13] And you shall take all the fat that covers the inwards, and the appendage on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
[EXO.29.14] But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, shall you burn with fire outside the camp: it is a sin-offering.
[EXO.29.15] You shall also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
[EXO.29.16] And you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
[EXO.29.17] And you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
[EXO.29.18] And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt-offering to Jehovah; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[EXO.29.19] And you shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
[EXO.29.20] Then you shall kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
[EXO.29.21] And you shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
[EXO.29.22] Also you shall take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the inwards, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
[EXO.29.23] and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Jehovah.
[EXO.29.24] And you shall put the whole in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons, and shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah.
[EXO.29.25] And you shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before Jehovah: it is an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[EXO.29.26] And you shall take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be your portion.
[EXO.29.27] And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave-offering, and the thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:
[EXO.29.28] and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering to Jehovah.
[EXO.29.29] And the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
[EXO.29.30] Seven days shall the son that is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
[EXO.29.31] And you shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.
[EXO.29.32] And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.
[EXO.29.33] And they shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
[EXO.29.34] And if any of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
[EXO.29.35] And thus shall you do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you: seven days shall you consecrate them.
[EXO.29.36] And every day shall you offer the bull of sin-offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
[EXO.29.37] Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
[EXO.29.38] Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
[EXO.29.39] The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening:
[EXO.29.40] and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering.
[EXO.29.41] And the other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do thereto according to the meal-offering of the morning, and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[EXO.29.42] It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
[EXO.29.43] And there I will meet with the children of Israel; and the tent shall be sanctified by my glory.
[EXO.29.44] And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office.
[EXO.29.45] And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
[EXO.29.46] And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am Jehovah their God.
[EXO.30.1] And you shall make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shall you make it.
[EXO.30.2] A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be its height: its horns shall be of one piece with it.
[EXO.30.3] And you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top, its sides round about, and its horns; and you shall make to it a crown of gold round about.
[EXO.30.4] And two golden rings shall you make for it under its crown; upon its two ribs, upon the two sides of it, shall you make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to carry it.
[EXO.30.5] And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
[EXO.30.6] And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
[EXO.30.7] And Aaron shall burn sweet incense on it every morning: when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.
[EXO.30.8] And when Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.
[EXO.30.9] You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt-offering, nor grain-offering; and you shall pour no drink-offering on it.
[EXO.30.10] And Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once in the year; with the blood of the sin-offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement for it throughout your generations: it is most holy to Jehovah.
[EXO.30.11] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.30.12] When you take the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, then they shall give every man a ransom for his life to Jehovah, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them.
[EXO.30.13] This they shall give, every one that passes among those who are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, (the shekel is twenty gerahs,) half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah.
[EXO.30.14] Every one that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah.
[EXO.30.15] The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
[EXO.30.16] And you shall take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.
[EXO.30.17] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.30.18] You shall also make a laver of brass, and its base of brass, where to wash: and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
[EXO.30.19] And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it:
[EXO.30.20] when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they do not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[EXO.30.21] So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they do not die: and it shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
[EXO.30.22] Moreover Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.30.23] Take also for yourself the chief spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty,
[EXO.30.24] and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;
[EXO.30.25] and you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.
[EXO.30.26] And you shall anoint with it the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,
[EXO.30.27] and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
[EXO.30.28] and the altar of burnt-offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base.
[EXO.30.29] And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever touches them shall be holy.
[EXO.30.30] And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
[EXO.30.31] And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
[EXO.30.32] On the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall you make any other like it, according to its composition: it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.
[EXO.30.33] Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.
[EXO.30.34] And Jehovah said to Moses, Take to yourself sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight;
[EXO.30.35] and you shall make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy:
[EXO.30.36] and you shall beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you: it shall be to you most holy.
[EXO.30.37] And the incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Jehovah.
[EXO.30.38] Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.
[EXO.31.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.31.2] See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
[EXO.31.3] and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
[EXO.31.4] to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
[EXO.31.5] and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of workmanship.
[EXO.31.6] And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
[EXO.31.7] the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tent,
[EXO.31.8] and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense,
[EXO.31.9] and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the basin and its base,
[EXO.31.10] and the finely worked garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
[EXO.31.11] and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you shall they do.
[EXO.31.12] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.31.13] Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, Truly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies you.
[EXO.31.14] You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone that profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work in it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[EXO.31.15] Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
[EXO.31.16] Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
[EXO.31.17] It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
[EXO.31.18] And he gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
[EXO.32.1] And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.
[EXO.32.2] And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.
[EXO.32.3] And all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
[EXO.32.4] And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
[EXO.32.5] And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, Tomorrow shall be a feast to Jehovah.
[EXO.32.6] And they rose up early the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
[EXO.32.7] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, Go, get down; for your people, which you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
[EXO.32.8] they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
[EXO.32.9] And Jehovah said to Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people:
[EXO.32.10] now therefore let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation.
[EXO.32.11] And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
[EXO.32.12] Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from your fierce anger, and change your mind regarding this evil against your people.
[EXO.32.13] Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you did swear by your own self, and said to them, I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.
[EXO.32.14] And Jehovah turned from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
[EXO.32.15] And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
[EXO.32.16] And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved upon the tablets.
[EXO.32.17] And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
[EXO.32.18] And he said, It is not the voice of those that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those that sing do I hear.
[EXO.32.19] And it came to pass, as soon as he came close to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger burned, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.
[EXO.32.20] And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
[EXO.32.21] And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people do to you, that you have brought a great sin upon them?
[EXO.32.22] And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord burn: you know the people, that they are set on evil.
[EXO.32.23] For they said to me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.
[EXO.32.24] And I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
[EXO.32.25] And when Moses saw that the people were out of control (for Aaron had let them get out of control for a derision among their enemies),
[EXO.32.26] then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on Jehovah's side? Let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
[EXO.32.27] And he said to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
[EXO.32.28] And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
[EXO.32.29] And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves today to Jehovah, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
[EXO.32.30] And it came to pass on the next day, that Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up to Jehovah; perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.
[EXO.32.31] And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
[EXO.32.32] Yet now, if you will forgive their sin— and if not, blot me, I pray out of your book which you have written.
[EXO.32.33] And Jehovah said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
[EXO.32.34] And now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you: behold, my angel shall go before you; nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them.
[EXO.32.35] And Jehovah plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
[EXO.33.1] And Jehovah said to Moses, Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To your descendants will I give it.
[EXO.33.2] And I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
[EXO.33.3] to a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you; for you are a stiff-necked people; lest I consume you on the way.
[EXO.33.4] And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no one put on their ornaments.
[EXO.33.5] And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I go up into the midst of you for one moment, I will consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do to you.
[EXO.33.6] And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from Mount Horeb onward.
[EXO.33.7] Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And it happened, that everyone who sought Jehovah went out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
[EXO.33.8] And it happened, when Moses went out to the tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, everyone at their tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tent.
[EXO.33.9] And it happened, when Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tent: and Jehovah spoke with Moses.
[EXO.33.10] And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the tent: and all the people rose up and worshipped, everyone at their tent door.
[EXO.33.11] And Jehovah spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tent.
[EXO.33.12] And Moses said to Jehovah, See, you say to me, Bring up this people: and you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.
[EXO.33.13] Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, show me now your ways, that I may know you, to the end that I may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people.
[EXO.33.14] And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.
[EXO.33.15] And he said to him, If your presence does not go with me, carry us not up from here.
[EXO.33.16] For wherein shall it be known here that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? is it not in that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people that are on the face of the earth?
[EXO.33.17] And Jehovah said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.
[EXO.33.18] And he said, I beseech you, show me your glory.
[EXO.33.19] And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
[EXO.33.20] And he said, You cannot see my face: for man shall not see me and live.
[EXO.33.21] And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand upon the rock:
[EXO.33.22] and it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by:
[EXO.33.23] and I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back: but my face shall not be seen.
[EXO.34.1] And Jehovah said to Moses, Cut two tablets of stone like the first; and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
[EXO.34.2] And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
[EXO.34.3] And no one will come up with you; neither let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed near that mountain.
[EXO.34.4] And he cut two tablets of stone like the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone.
[EXO.34.5] And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.
[EXO.34.6] And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
[EXO.34.7] keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, to the third and to the fourth generation.
[EXO.34.8] And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
[EXO.34.9] And he said, If now I have found favor in your sight, O Jehovah, let the Lord, I pray you, go among us; for it is a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.
[EXO.34.10] And he said, Behold, I make a covenant; before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are will see the work of Jehovah; for it is a terrible thing that I do with you.
[EXO.34.11] Observe what I command you this day: behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
[EXO.34.12] Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:
[EXO.34.13] but you will break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you will cut down their Asherim;
[EXO.34.14] for you will worship no other god: for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
[EXO.34.15] lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go wantonly after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;
[EXO.34.16] and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters go wantonly after their gods, and make your sons go wantonly after their gods.
[EXO.34.17] You will make for yourself no molten gods.
[EXO.34.18] The feast of unleavened bread you will keep. Seven days you will eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
[EXO.34.19] All that opens the womb is mine; and all your cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.
[EXO.34.20] And the firstling of a donkey you will redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you will break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you will redeem. And none will appear before me empty.
[EXO.34.21] Six days you will work, but on the seventh day you will rest: in plowing time and in harvest you will rest.
[EXO.34.22] And you will observe the feast of weeks, even of the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.
[EXO.34.23] Three times in the year will all your males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[EXO.34.24] For I will cast out nations before you, and enlarge your borders: neither will any man desire your land, when you go up to appear before Jehovah your God three times in the year.
[EXO.34.25] You will not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither will the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left to the morning.
[EXO.34.26] The first of the first fruits of your ground you will bring to the house of Jehovah your God. You will not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
[EXO.34.27] And Jehovah said to Moses, Write these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.
[EXO.34.28] And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
[EXO.34.29] And it came to pass, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
[EXO.34.30] And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
[EXO.34.31] And Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him: and Moses spoke to them.
[EXO.34.32] And afterward all the children of Israel came near; and he charged them to do all that Jehovah had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
[EXO.34.33] And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
[EXO.34.34] But when Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out; and he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel what he was commanded.
[EXO.34.35] And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
[EXO.35.1] And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, These are the words which Jehovah has commanded, that you should do them.
[EXO.35.2] Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
[EXO.35.3] You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the sabbath day.
[EXO.35.4] And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, saying,
[EXO.35.5] Take from among you an offering to Jehovah: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah's offering; gold, and silver, and brass,
[EXO.35.6] and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
[EXO.35.7] and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood,
[EXO.35.8] and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
[EXO.35.9] and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
[EXO.35.10] And let every wise-hearted among you come, and make all that Jehovah has commanded:
[EXO.35.11] the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;
[EXO.35.12] the ark, and its staves, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen;
[EXO.35.13] the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread;
[EXO.35.14] the lampstand also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light;
[EXO.35.15] and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
[EXO.35.16] the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;
[EXO.35.17] the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
[EXO.35.18] the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords;
[EXO.35.19] the finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
[EXO.35.20] And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
[EXO.35.21] And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Jehovah’s offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.
[EXO.35.22] And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, and earrings, and signet-rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold; even every man that offered an offering of gold to Jehovah.
[EXO.35.23] And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.
[EXO.35.24] Every one that offered an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah’s offering; and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it.
[EXO.35.25] And all the women that were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
[EXO.35.26] And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.
[EXO.35.27] And the rulers brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
[EXO.35.28] and the spice, and the oil, for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
[EXO.35.29] The children of Israel brought a freewill-offering to Jehovah; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses.
[EXO.35.30] And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, Jehovah has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
[EXO.35.31] and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
[EXO.35.32] and to devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
[EXO.35.33] and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skillful workmanship.
[EXO.35.34] And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
[EXO.35.35] Them has he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the craftsman, and of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those that do any workmanship, and of those that devise skillful works.
[EXO.36.1] And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Jehovah has commanded.
[EXO.36.2] And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Jehovah had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:
[EXO.36.3] and they received from Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, with which to make it. And they brought yet to him freewill offerings every morning.
[EXO.36.4] And all the wise men, that worked all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made;
[EXO.36.5] and they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough to do the work which Jehovah commanded to make.
[EXO.36.6] And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
[EXO.36.7] For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
[EXO.36.8] And all the wise-hearted men among them that worked the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
[EXO.36.9] The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure.
[EXO.36.10] And he joined five curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he joined one to another.
[EXO.36.11] And he made loops of blue on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the first set: likewise he made them in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second set.
[EXO.36.12] Fifty loops he made in the one curtain, and fifty loops he made in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set: the loops were opposite one to the other.
[EXO.36.13] And he made fifty clasps of gold, and joined the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tabernacle became one.
[EXO.36.14] And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
[EXO.36.15] The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.
[EXO.36.16] And he joined five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
[EXO.36.17] And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the first set, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second set.
[EXO.36.18] And he made fifty clasps of brass to join the tent together, that it might be one.
[EXO.36.19] And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
[EXO.36.20] And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of acacia wood, standing up.
[EXO.36.21] Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the width of each board.
[EXO.36.22] Each board had two tenons, joined one to another: thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.
[EXO.36.23] And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward:
[EXO.36.24] and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
[EXO.36.25] And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
[EXO.36.26] and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
[EXO.36.27] And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
[EXO.36.28] And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.
[EXO.36.29] And they were double beneath; and in the same way they were all the way to the top of it to one ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners.
[EXO.36.30] And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under every board.
[EXO.36.31] And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
[EXO.36.32] and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.
[EXO.36.33] And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.
[EXO.36.34] And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
[EXO.36.35] And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman, he made it.
[EXO.36.36] And he made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
[EXO.36.37] And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
[EXO.36.38] and the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their bands with gold; and their five sockets were of brass.
[EXO.37.1] And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.
[EXO.37.2] And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it round about.
[EXO.37.3] And he cast four rings of gold for it, in its four feet: even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
[EXO.37.4] And he made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
[EXO.37.5] And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
[EXO.37.6] And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.
[EXO.37.7] And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
[EXO.37.8] one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat he made the cherubim at its two ends.
[EXO.37.9] And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
[EXO.37.10] And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits was the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.
[EXO.37.11] And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made a molding of gold for it round about.
[EXO.37.12] And he made a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden molding on the border of it round about.
[EXO.37.13] And he cast four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that were on its four feet.
[EXO.37.14] Close by the border were the rings, the places for the poles to bear the table.
[EXO.37.15] And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
[EXO.37.16] And he made the vessels which were on the table, its dishes, and its spoons, and its bowls, and its flagons, with which to pour out, of pure gold.
[EXO.37.17] And he made the lampstand of pure gold: he made the lampstand of beaten work, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers, were of one piece with it.
[EXO.37.18] And there were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it:
[EXO.37.19] three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a knob and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
[EXO.37.20] And in the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms, its knobs, and its flowers;
[EXO.37.21] and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, and a knob under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it.
[EXO.37.22] Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
[EXO.37.23] And he made its lamps, seven, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, of pure gold.
[EXO.37.24] Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its vessels.
[EXO.37.25] And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length of it, and a cubit the breadth of it, foursquare, and two cubits was the height of it; its horns were of one piece with it.
[EXO.37.26] And he overlaid it with pure gold, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns: and he made for it a gold molding round about.
[EXO.37.27] And he made two golden rings for it under its molding, upon its two ribs, upon the two sides of it, for places for poles with which to carry it.
[EXO.37.28] And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
[EXO.37.29] And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
[EXO.38.1] And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length of it, and five cubits the width of it, it was square; and three cubits the height of it.
[EXO.38.2] And he made its horns on its four corners; its horns were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass.
[EXO.38.3] And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the fire pans: all its vessels he made of brass.
[EXO.38.4] And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, beneath the ledge around it, reaching halfway up.
[EXO.38.5] And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the poles.
[EXO.38.6] And he made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass.
[EXO.38.7] And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it; he made it hollow with planks.
[EXO.38.8] And he made the laver of brass, and its base of brass, of the mirrors of the serving women that served at the door of the tent of meeting.
[EXO.38.9] And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
[EXO.38.10] their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
[EXO.38.11] And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
[EXO.38.12] And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
[EXO.38.13] And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
[EXO.38.14] The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
[EXO.38.15] And so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
[EXO.38.16] All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
[EXO.38.17] And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
[EXO.38.18] And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
[EXO.38.19] And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
[EXO.38.20] And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
[EXO.38.21] This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
[EXO.38.22] And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.38.23] And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in fine linen.
[EXO.38.24] All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
[EXO.38.25] And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
[EXO.38.26] a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
[EXO.38.27] And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
[EXO.38.28] And of the thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
[EXO.38.29] And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
[EXO.38.30] And with this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brass altar, and the brass grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
[EXO.38.31] and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
[EXO.39.1] And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.2] And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
[EXO.39.3] And they beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
[EXO.39.4] They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends it was joined together.
[EXO.39.5] And the skillfully woven band, that was on it, with which to gird it on, was of the same piece and like its work; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.6] And they worked the onyx stones, enclosed in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel.
[EXO.39.7] And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.8] And he made the breastplate, the work of a skillful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
[EXO.39.9] It was square; they made the breastplate double: a span was its length, and a span its breadth, being double.
[EXO.39.10] And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row;
[EXO.39.11] and the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond;
[EXO.39.12] and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;
[EXO.39.13] and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in settings of gold in their enclosures.
[EXO.39.14] And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to its name, for the twelve tribes.
[EXO.39.15] And they made on the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold.
[EXO.39.16] And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
[EXO.39.17] And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.
[EXO.39.18] And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, in the front of it.
[EXO.39.19] And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge of it, which was toward the side of the ephod inward.
[EXO.39.20] And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the front of it, close by the coupling of it, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.
[EXO.39.21] And they bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.22] And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.
[EXO.39.23] And the opening of the robe in the middle of it was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the opening of it, that it should not be torn.
[EXO.39.24] And they made on the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
[EXO.39.25] And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;
[EXO.39.26] a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, for ministering; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.27] And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,
[EXO.39.28] and the turban of fine linen, and the goodly head-tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
[EXO.39.29] and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.30] And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO JEHOVAH.
[EXO.39.31] And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the turban above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.32] Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so they did.
[EXO.39.33] And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets;
[EXO.39.34] and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;
[EXO.39.35] the ark of the testimony, and its staves, and the mercy-seat;
[EXO.39.36] the table, all its vessels, and the showbread;
[EXO.39.37] the pure candlestick, its lamps, even the lamps to be set in order, and all its vessels, and the oil for the light;
[EXO.39.38] and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent;
[EXO.39.39] the bronze altar, and its grating of bronze, its staves, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
[EXO.39.40] the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pins, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;
[EXO.39.41] the finely worked garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office.
[EXO.39.42] According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
[EXO.39.43] And Moses saw all the work, and saw they had done it; as Jehovah had commanded, even so they had done it: and Moses blessed them.
[EXO.40.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[EXO.40.2] On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
[EXO.40.3] And you shall put the ark of the testimony in there, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
[EXO.40.4] And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand, and light its lamps.
[EXO.40.5] And you shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
[EXO.40.6] And you shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
[EXO.40.7] And you shall set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shall put water in it.
[EXO.40.8] And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
[EXO.40.9] And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is in it, and shall sanctify it, and all its furniture: and it shall be holy.
[EXO.40.10] And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, and all its utensils, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy.
[EXO.40.11] And you shall anoint the basin and its base, and sanctify it.
[EXO.40.12] And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of meeting, and shall wash them with water.
[EXO.40.13] And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments; and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
[EXO.40.14] And you shall bring his sons, and put coats on them;
[EXO.40.15] and you shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
[EXO.40.16] Thus did Moses: according to all that Jehovah commanded him, so he did.
[EXO.40.17] And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was set up.
[EXO.40.18] And Moses set up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and set up its pillars.
[EXO.40.19] And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above on it; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.20] And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above on the ark:
[EXO.40.21] and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.22] And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside the veil.
[EXO.40.23] And he set the bread in order on it before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.24] And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
[EXO.40.25] And he lit the lamps before Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.26] And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
[EXO.40.27] and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.28] And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
[EXO.40.29] And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.30] And he set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it, for washing.
[EXO.40.31] And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet from it;
[EXO.40.32] when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.33] And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
[EXO.40.34] Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
[EXO.40.35] And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.
[EXO.40.36] And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys:
[EXO.40.37] but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.
[EXO.40.38] For the cloud of Jehovah was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
[LEV.1.1] And Jehovah called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying,
[LEV.1.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man of you brings an offering to Jehovah, you shall bring your offering of the livestock, of the herd and of the flock.
[LEV.1.3] If his offering is a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah.
[LEV.1.4] And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
[LEV.1.5] And he shall kill the bull before Jehovah: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
[LEV.1.6] And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.
[LEV.1.7] And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and arrange wood on the fire;
[LEV.1.8] and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar;
[LEV.1.9] but its inwards and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.1.10] And if his offering is of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering, he shall offer it a male without blemish.
[LEV.1.11] And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before Jehovah: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
[LEV.1.12] And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat: and the priest shall arrange them on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar;
[LEV.1.13] but the inwards and the legs he shall wash with water: and the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.1.14] And if his offering to Jehovah is a burnt-offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
[LEV.1.15] And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
[LEV.1.16] and he shall take away its crop with its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes:
[LEV.1.17] and he shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart: and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.2.1] And when anyone offers an oblation of a meal-offering to Jehovah, their oblation shall be of fine flour; and they shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.
[LEV.2.2] And they shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and they shall take a handful of the fine flour, and of the oil, with all the frankincense; and the priest shall burn it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.2.3] And that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire.
[LEV.2.4] And when you offer an oblation of a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
[LEV.2.5] And if your oblation is a meal-offering baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
[LEV.2.6] You shall break it in pieces, and pour oil on it: it is a meal-offering.
[LEV.2.7] And if your oblation is a meal-offering of the frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
[LEV.2.8] And you shall bring the meal-offering that is made of these things to Jehovah: and it shall be presented to the priest, and they shall bring it to the altar.
[LEV.2.9] And the priest shall take up from the meal-offering its memorial portion, and shall burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.2.10] And that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire.
[LEV.2.11] No meal-offering, which you shall offer to Jehovah, shall be made with leaven; for you shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[LEV.2.12] As an oblation of first-fruits you shall offer them to Jehovah: but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar.
[LEV.2.13] And every oblation of your meal-offering you shall season with salt; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal-offering: with all your oblations you shall offer salt.
[LEV.2.14] And if you offer a meal-offering of first-fruits to Jehovah, you shall offer for the meal-offering of your first-fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised corn of the fresh ear.
[LEV.2.15] And you shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it: it is a meal-offering.
[LEV.2.16] And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of its bruised corn, and part of its oil, with all its frankincense: it is an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[LEV.3.1] And if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he offers of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Jehovah.
[LEV.3.2] And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
[LEV.3.3] And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Jehovah; the fat that covers the inward parts, and all the fat that is upon the inward parts,
[LEV.3.4] and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys.
[LEV.3.5] And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.3.6] And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah is of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
[LEV.3.7] If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before Jehovah;
[LEV.3.8] and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.
[LEV.3.9] And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Jehovah; its fat, the entire fat tail, he shall take away close by the backbone; and the fat that covers the inward parts, and all the fat that is upon the inward parts,
[LEV.3.10] and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys.
[LEV.3.11] And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[LEV.3.12] And if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before Jehovah;
[LEV.3.13] and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.
[LEV.3.14] And he shall offer of it as his offering, an offering made by fire to Jehovah; the fat that covers the inward parts, and all the fat that is upon the inward parts,
[LEV.3.15] and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys.
[LEV.3.16] And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah's.
[LEV.3.17] It shall be a perpetual statute for you throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.
[LEV.4.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.4.2] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any one sins unwittingly, in any of the things which Jehovah has commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them:
[LEV.4.3] if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he has committed, a young bullock without blemish to Jehovah for a sin offering.
[LEV.4.4] And he shall bring the bullock to the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before Jehovah.
[LEV.4.5] And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting:
[LEV.4.6] and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary.
[LEV.4.7] And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.4.8] And all the fat of the bullock of the sin offering he shall take off from it; the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
[LEV.4.9] and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the appendage on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away,
[LEV.4.10] as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
[LEV.4.11] But the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung,
[LEV.4.12] even the whole bullock shall he carry forth outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt.
[LEV.4.13] And if the whole congregation of Israel sins unwittingly, and the matter is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any one of all the things which Jehovah has commanded not to be done, and are guilty;
[LEV.4.14] when the sin is made known which they have sinned against it, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin offering, and bring it before the tent of meeting.
[LEV.4.15] And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah.
[LEV.4.16] And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting:
[LEV.4.17] and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil.
[LEV.4.18] And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.4.19] And all its fat he shall take off from it, and burn it on the altar.
[LEV.4.20] Thus shall he do with the bullock; as he did with the bullock of the sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
[LEV.4.21] And he shall carry forth the bullock outside the camp, and burn it as he has burnt the first bullock: it is the sin offering for the assembly.
[LEV.4.22] When a ruler sins, and does unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty;
[LEV.4.23] if his sin, wherein he has sinned, be made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a male without blemish:
[LEV.4.24] and he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Jehovah: it is a sin offering.
[LEV.4.25] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
[LEV.4.26] And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven.
[LEV.4.27] And if any one of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Jehovah has commanded not to be done, and be guilty;
[LEV.4.28] if his sin, which he has sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned.
[LEV.4.29] And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
[LEV.4.30] And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar.
[LEV.4.31] And all its fat he shall take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet savor to Jehovah; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.
[LEV.4.32] And if he bring a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
[LEV.4.33] And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
[LEV.4.34] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar.
[LEV.4.35] And all its fat shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
[LEV.5.1] And if anyone sins, in that they hear the voice of adjuration, being a witness, whether they have seen or known, if they do not tell it, then they will bear their iniquity.
[LEV.5.2] Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from them, and they are unclean and guilty;
[LEV.5.3] Or if they touch the uncleanness of a human, whatever their uncleanness may be with which they become unclean, and it is hidden from them; when they know of it, they will be guilty.
[LEV.5.4] Or if anyone swears rashly with their lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it might be that a person utters rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from them; when they know of it, then they will be guilty in one of these things.
[LEV.5.5] And it will be, when they will be guilty in one of these things, they will confess that in which they have sinned;
[LEV.5.6] and they will bring their trespass offering to Jehovah for their sin which they have sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest will make atonement for them concerning their sin.
[LEV.5.7] And if their means are not sufficient for a lamb, then they will bring their trespass offering for that in which they have sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to Jehovah; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
[LEV.5.8] And they will bring them to the priest, who will offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but will not divide it completely:
[LEV.5.9] and they will sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering.
[LEV.5.10] And they will offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance: and the priest will make atonement for them concerning their sin in which they have sinned, and they will be forgiven.
[LEV.5.11] But if their means are not sufficient for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then they will bring as their offering for that in which they have sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering: they will put no oil on it, nor will they put any frankincense on it; for it is a sin offering.
[LEV.5.12] And they will bring it to the priest, and the priest will take their handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: it is a sin offering.
[LEV.5.13] And the priest will make atonement for them concerning their sin in which they have sinned in any of these things, and they will be forgiven: and the remnant will be the priest's, as the meal offering.
[LEV.5.14] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.5.15] If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Jehovah; then they will bring their trespass offering to Jehovah, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
[LEV.5.16] and they will make restitution for the holy thing in which they have sinned, and will add a fifth part to it, and give it to the priest: and the priest will make atonement for them with the ram of the trespass offering, and they will be forgiven.
[LEV.5.17] And if anyone sins, and does any of the things which Jehovah has commanded not to be done, though they do not know it, yet they are guilty, and will bear their iniquity.
[LEV.5.18] And they will bring a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest: and the priest will make atonement for them concerning the thing in which they erred unwittingly and did not know it, and they will be forgiven.
[LEV.5.19] It is a trespass offering: they are certainly guilty before Jehovah.
[LEV.6.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.6.2] If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Jehovah, and deals falsely with their neighbor in a matter of a deposit, or of something in their care, or through robbery, or has oppressed their neighbor,
[LEV.6.3] or has found what was lost and deals falsely, and swears to a lie; in any of all these things that a person does, sinning therein;
[LEV.6.4] then it shall be, if they have sinned, and are guilty, they shall restore that which they took by robbery, or that which they got by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to them, or the lost thing which they found,
[LEV.6.5] or anything about which they have sworn falsely; they shall even restore it in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it; to whom it belongs shall they give it, in the day of being found guilty.
[LEV.6.6] And they shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to your estimation, for a guilt-offering, to the priest;
[LEV.6.7] and the priest shall make atonement for them before Jehovah, and they shall be forgiven concerning whatsoever they do, so as to be guilty thereby.
[LEV.6.8] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.6.9] Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt-offering: the burnt-offering shall be on the hearth upon the altar all night to the morning; and the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it.
[LEV.6.10] And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and he shall put on his linen trousers upon his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes from where the fire has consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
[LEV.6.11] And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.
[LEV.6.12] And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not go out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall burn on it the fat of the peace-offerings.
[LEV.6.13] Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.
[LEV.6.14] And this is the law of the meal-offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Jehovah, before the altar.
[LEV.6.15] And they shall take up of it a handful of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil of it, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, as the memorial thereof, to Jehovah.
[LEV.6.16] And that which is left of it shall Aaron and his sons eat: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.
[LEV.6.17] It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the guilt-offering.
[LEV.6.18] Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: whatsoever touches them shall be holy.
[LEV.6.19] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.6.20] This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to Jehovah in the day when he is anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a continual meal-offering, half of it in the morning, and half of it at evening.
[LEV.6.21] On a griddle it shall be made with oil; when it is soaked, you shall bring it in: in baked pieces shall you offer the meal-offering for a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.6.22] And the anointed priest that shall be in his place from among his sons shall offer it: by a statute forever it shall be wholly burned to Jehovah.
[LEV.6.23] And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly burned: it shall not be eaten.
[LEV.6.24] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.6.25] Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before Jehovah: it is most holy.
[LEV.6.26] The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it: in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.6.27] Whatsoever touches its flesh shall be holy; and when there is any of its blood sprinkled upon a garment, you shall wash what was sprinkled on it in a holy place.
[LEV.6.28] But the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.
[LEV.6.29] Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
[LEV.6.30] And no sin-offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.
[LEV.7.1] And this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
[LEV.7.2] In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and its blood shall he sprinkle upon the altar round about.
[LEV.7.3] And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the fat tail, and the fat that covers the inwards,
[LEV.7.4] and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the lobe upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away:
[LEV.7.5] and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire to Jehovah: it is a trespass offering.
[LEV.7.6] Every male among the priests may eat of it: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.
[LEV.7.7] As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering; there is one law for them: the priest that makes atonement with it shall have it.
[LEV.7.8] And the priest that offers any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.
[LEV.7.9] And every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is prepared in the pan, and on the baking-pan, shall be the priest's that offers it.
[LEV.7.10] And every meal offering, mixed with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another.
[LEV.7.11] And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Jehovah.
[LEV.7.12] If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil, of fine flour soaked.
[LEV.7.13] With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving.
[LEV.7.14] And of it he shall offer one out of each offering for a heave offering to Jehovah; it shall be the priest's that sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.
[LEV.7.15] And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
[LEV.7.16] But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice: and on the next day that which remains of it shall be eaten:
[LEV.7.17] but that which remains of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
[LEV.7.18] And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be reckoned to him that offers it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
[LEV.7.19] And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, everyone that is clean shall eat of it:
[LEV.7.20] but the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain to Jehovah, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
[LEV.7.21] And when anyone shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain to Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
[LEV.7.22] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.7.23] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.
[LEV.7.24] And the fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but you shall in no way eat of it.
[LEV.7.25] For whoever eats the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire to Jehovah, even the soul that eats it shall be cut off from his people.
[LEV.7.26] And you shall eat no manner of blood, whether it is of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
[LEV.7.27] Whoever it is that eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
[LEV.7.28] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.7.29] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Jehovah shall bring his offering to Jehovah out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings:
[LEV.7.30] his own hands shall bring the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Jehovah.
[LEV.7.31] And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar; but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
[LEV.7.32] And the right thigh shall you give to the priest for a heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
[LEV.7.33] He among the sons of Aaron that offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.
[LEV.7.34] For the wave breast and the heave thigh have I taken of the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel.
[LEV.7.35] This is the anointing portion of Aaron, and the anointing portion of his sons, out of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister to Jehovah in the priest's office;
[LEV.7.36] which Jehovah commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion forever throughout their generations.
[LEV.7.37] This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings;
[LEV.7.38] which Jehovah commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai.
[LEV.8.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.8.2] Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
[LEV.8.3] and assemble all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.8.4] And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.8.5] And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded to be done.
[LEV.8.6] And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
[LEV.8.7] And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him, and he girded him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it to him with it.
[LEV.8.8] And he placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.
[LEV.8.9] And he placed the turban on his head; and on the turban, upon its front, he placed the golden plate, the holy crown; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.10] And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.
[LEV.8.11] And he sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.
[LEV.8.12] And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
[LEV.8.13] And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound head-tires on them; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.14] And he brought the bull of the sin-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin-offering.
[LEV.8.15] And he killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
[LEV.8.16] And he took all the fat that was on the inwards, and the covering of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
[LEV.8.17] But the bull, and its hide, its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire outside the camp; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.18] And he brought the ram of the burnt-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
[LEV.8.19] And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
[LEV.8.20] And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
[LEV.8.21] And he washed the inwards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt-offering for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire to Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.22] And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
[LEV.8.23] And he killed it; and Moses took of its blood, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
[LEV.8.24] And he brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
[LEV.8.25] And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the inwards, and the covering of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh;
[LEV.8.26] and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Jehovah, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh:
[LEV.8.27] and he put the whole upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave-offering before Jehovah.
[LEV.8.28] And Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar upon the burnt-offering: they were a consecration for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[LEV.8.29] And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: it was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.30] And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
[LEV.8.31] And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
[LEV.8.32] And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.
[LEV.8.33] And you shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.
[LEV.8.34] As has been done this day, so Jehovah has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.
[LEV.8.35] And at the door of the tent of meeting you shall stay day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that you do not die: for so I am commanded.
[LEV.8.36] And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Jehovah commanded by Moses.
[LEV.9.1] And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;
[LEV.9.2] and he said to Aaron, Take a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before Jehovah.
[LEV.9.3] And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, Take a male goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt-offering;
[LEV.9.4] and an ox and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before Jehovah; and a meal-offering mingled with oil: for today Jehovah appears to you.
[LEV.9.5] And they brought what Moses commanded before the tent of meeting: and all the congregation drew near and stood before Jehovah.
[LEV.9.6] And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded that you should do: and the glory of Jehovah will appear to you.
[LEV.9.7] And Moses said to Aaron, Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin-offering, and your burnt-offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them, as Jehovah commanded.
[LEV.9.8] So Aaron drew near to the altar, and slaughtered the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.
[LEV.9.9] And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar:
[LEV.9.10] but the fat, and the kidneys, and the covering of the liver of the sin-offering, he burned upon the altar; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[LEV.9.11] And the flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
[LEV.9.12] And he slaughtered the burnt-offering; and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, and he sprinkled it on the altar round about.
[LEV.9.13] And they delivered the burnt-offering to him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burned them upon the altar.
[LEV.9.14] And he washed the inwards and the legs, and burned them upon the burnt-offering on the altar.
[LEV.9.15] And he presented the people's oblation, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
[LEV.9.16] And he presented the burnt-offering, and offered it according to the ordinance.
[LEV.9.17] And he presented the meal-offering, and filled his hand thereof, and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning.
[LEV.9.18] He also slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood (which he sprinkled upon the altar round about),
[LEV.9.19] and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the inwards, and the kidneys, and the covering of the liver:
[LEV.9.20] and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat upon the altar:
[LEV.9.21] and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah; as Moses commanded.
[LEV.9.22] And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings.
[LEV.9.23] And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the people.
[LEV.9.24] And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
[LEV.10.1] And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.
[LEV.10.2] And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
[LEV.10.3] Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
[LEV.10.4] And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, Come near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
[LEV.10.5] So they came near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.
[LEV.10.6] And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, Do not uncover your heads, nor tear your garments; that you do not die, and that he does not become angry with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah has kindled.
[LEV.10.7] And you shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, that you do not die: for the anointing oil of Jehovah is on you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
[LEV.10.8] And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, saying,
[LEV.10.9] Do not drink wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, that you do not die: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations:
[LEV.10.10] and that you may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
[LEV.10.11] and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah has spoken to them by Moses.
[LEV.10.12] And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, Take the meal-offering that remains of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy;
[LEV.10.13] and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due, and your sons' due, of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: for so I am commanded.
[LEV.10.14] And the wave-breast and the heave-thigh shall you eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given as your due, and your sons' due, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.
[LEV.10.15] The heave-thigh and the wave-breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be yours, and your sons' with you, as a due forever; as Jehovah has commanded.
[LEV.10.16] And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
[LEV.10.17] Why have you not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jehovah?
[LEV.10.18] Behold, the blood of it was not brought into the sanctuary within: you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.
[LEV.10.19] And Aaron spoke to Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah; and such things as these have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin-offering today, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of Jehovah?
[LEV.10.20] And when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasing in his sight.
[LEV.11.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
[LEV.11.2] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
[LEV.11.3] Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that you may eat.
[LEV.11.4] Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have the hoof cloven, it is unclean to you.
[LEV.11.5] And the coney, because it chews the cud but does not have the hoof cloven, it is unclean to you.
[LEV.11.6] And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have the hoof cloven, it is unclean to you.
[LEV.11.7] And the swine, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, it is unclean to you.
[LEV.11.8] Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
[LEV.11.9] These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.
[LEV.11.10] But all that do not have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living things that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,
[LEV.11.11] and they shall be detestable to you: you shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall have in detestation.
[LEV.11.12] Whatever does not have fins and scales in the waters, that is detestable to you.
[LEV.11.13] And these you shall have in detestation among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the osprey,
[LEV.11.14] and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
[LEV.11.15] every raven after its kind,
[LEV.11.16] and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea mew, and the hawk after its kind,
[LEV.11.17] and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
[LEV.11.18] and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,
[LEV.11.19] and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
[LEV.11.20] All winged creeping things that go on all fours are a detestable to you.
[LEV.11.21] Yet these you may eat of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, to leap with upon the earth.
[LEV.11.22] Even these of them you may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.
[LEV.11.23] But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are a detestable to you.
[LEV.11.24] And by these you shall become unclean: whoever touches their carcasses shall be unclean until the evening;
[LEV.11.25] and whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.11.26] Every beast which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you: every one that touches them shall be unclean.
[LEV.11.27] And whatever goes on its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.11.28] And he that carries the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: they are unclean to you.
[LEV.11.29] And these are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after its kind,
[LEV.11.30] and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
[LEV.11.31] These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever touches them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.11.32] And upon whatever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then shall it be clean.
[LEV.11.33] And every earthen vessel into which any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
[LEV.11.34] All food in it which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
[LEV.11.35] And everything upon which any of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and they shall be unclean to you.
[LEV.11.36] Nevertheless a fountain or a cistern in which there is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.
[LEV.11.37] And if any part of their carcass falls upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
[LEV.11.38] But if water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
[LEV.11.39] And if any beast, of which you may eat, dies, he that touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.11.40] And he that eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.11.41] And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth is a detestable; it shall not be eaten.
[LEV.11.42] Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are detestable.
[LEV.11.43] You shall not make yourselves detestable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them.
[LEV.11.44] For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that moves upon the earth.
[LEV.11.45] For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
[LEV.11.46] This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth;
[LEV.11.47] to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.
[LEV.12.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.12.2] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a woman has conceived seed, and has borne a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.
[LEV.12.3] And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
[LEV.12.4] And she shall continue in the blood of purification three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purification are fulfilled.
[LEV.12.5] But if she bears a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of purification threescore and six days.
[LEV.12.6] And when the days of her purification are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest:
[LEV.12.7] and he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that has borne a man-child or a maid-child.
[LEV.12.8] And if her means are not sufficient for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
[LEV.13.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[LEV.13.2] When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it is in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests:
[LEV.13.3] and the priest shall look at the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the appearance of the plague is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look at him, and pronounce him unclean.
[LEV.13.4] And if the bright spot is white in the skin of his flesh, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and its hair has not turned white, then the priest shall shut up the one who has the plague seven days:
[LEV.13.5] and the priest shall look at him on the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his eyes is at a standstill, and the plague has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
[LEV.13.6] and the priest shall look at him again on the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague is dim and has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
[LEV.13.7] But if the scab spreads more in the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again:
[LEV.13.8] and the priest shall look: and, behold, if the scab has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
[LEV.13.9] When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest;
[LEV.13.10] and the priest shall look: and, behold, if there is a white rising in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the rising,
[LEV.13.11] it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.
[LEV.13.12] And if the leprosy breaks out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him who has the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appears to the priest;
[LEV.13.13] then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean who has the plague: it has all turned white: he is clean.
[LEV.13.14] But whenever raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean.
[LEV.13.15] And the priest shall look at the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.
[LEV.13.16] Or if the raw flesh turns again, and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest;
[LEV.13.17] and the priest shall look at him: and, behold, if the plague is turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce him clean who has the plague: he is clean.
[LEV.13.18] And when the flesh has in the skin a boil, and it is healed,
[LEV.13.19] and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest;
[LEV.13.20] and the priest shall look: and, behold, if its appearance is lower than the skin, and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out of the boil.
[LEV.13.21] But if the priest looks at it, and, behold, there are no white hairs therein, and it is not lower than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
[LEV.13.22] and if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
[LEV.13.23] But if the bright spot stays in its place, and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
[LEV.13.24] Or when the flesh has in the skin a burn from fire, and the quick flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white,
[LEV.13.25] then the priest shall look at it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot has turned white, and its appearance is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy, it has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
[LEV.13.26] But if the priest looks at it, and, behold, there are no white hairs in the bright spot, and it is not lower than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
[LEV.13.27] and the priest shall look at him on the seventh day; if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
[LEV.13.28] And if the bright spot stays in its place and does not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the rising of the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the scar of the burn.
[LEV.13.29] And when a man or a woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,
[LEV.13.30] then the priest shall look at the plague: and, behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and there is in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
[LEV.13.31] And if the priest looks at the plague of the itch, and, behold, its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up the one who has the plague of the itch seven days:
[LEV.13.32] and on the seventh day the priest shall look at the plague: and, behold, if the itch has not spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch is not deeper than the skin,
[LEV.13.33] he shall shave himself, but the itch he shall not shave; and the priest shall shut up him who has the itch seven days more:
[LEV.13.34] and on the seventh day the priest shall look at the itch: and, behold, if the itch has not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean, and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
[LEV.13.35] But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
[LEV.13.36] then the priest shall look at him: and, behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
[LEV.13.37] But if the itch appears to have stayed, and black hair has grown up therein, the itch is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
[LEV.13.38] And when a man or a woman has in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
[LEV.13.39] then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh are dim white, it is a freckle that has broken out in the skin; he is clean.
[LEV.13.40] And when a man's hair has fallen off his head, he is bald; he is clean.
[LEV.13.41] And if his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; he is clean.
[LEV.13.42] But if there is in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague, it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
[LEV.13.43] Then the priest shall look at him: and, behold, if the rising of the plague is reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh,
[LEV.13.44] he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is on his head.
[LEV.13.45] And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
[LEV.13.46] All the days that the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; outside the camp shall his dwelling be.
[LEV.13.47] The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it is a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
[LEV.13.48] whether it is in warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin;
[LEV.13.49] if the plague is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shown to the priest.
[LEV.13.50] And the priest shall look at the plague, and shut up what has the plague seven days:
[LEV.13.51] and he shall look at the plague on the seventh day: if the plague has spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever the skin work is made of, the plague is a corroding leprosy; it is unclean.
[LEV.13.52] And he shall burn the garment, whether it is in warp or woof, in woolen or linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a corroding leprosy; it shall be burnt with fire.
[LEV.13.53] And if the priest looks, and, behold, the plague has not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin;
[LEV.13.54] then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more:
[LEV.13.55] and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed: and, behold, if the plague has not changed its color, and the plague has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire: it is a fret, whether the bare spot is inside or outside.
[LEV.13.56] And if the priest looks, and, behold, the plague is dim after the washing thereof, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
[LEV.13.57] and if it appears again in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it breaks out: you shall burn with fire what has the plague.
[LEV.13.58] And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
[LEV.13.59] This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment, of wool or linen, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
[LEV.14.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.14.2] This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought to the priest:
[LEV.14.3] and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,
[LEV.14.4] then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
[LEV.14.5] And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
[LEV.14.6] As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
[LEV.14.7] And he shall sprinkle on him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
[LEV.14.8] And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall stay outside his tent seven days.
[LEV.14.9] And it shall be, on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
[LEV.14.10] And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
[LEV.14.11] And the priest that cleanses him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting:
[LEV.14.12] and the priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer it for a guilt offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Jehovah:
[LEV.14.13] and he shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the guilt offering: it is most holy:
[LEV.14.14] And the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
[LEV.14.15] And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;
[LEV.14.16] and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah:
[LEV.14.17] and of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering:
[LEV.14.18] and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah.
[LEV.14.19] And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
[LEV.14.20] and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar: and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
[LEV.14.21] And if he is poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil;
[LEV.14.22] and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
[LEV.14.23] And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah:
[LEV.14.24] and the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Jehovah:
[LEV.14.25] and he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
[LEV.14.26] And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;
[LEV.14.27] and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah:
[LEV.14.28] and the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering:
[LEV.14.29] And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah.
[LEV.14.30] And he shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get,
[LEV.14.31] of such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the grain offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.
[LEV.14.32] This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get what pertains to his cleansing.
[LEV.14.33] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[LEV.14.34] When you are come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession,
[LEV.14.35] then he that owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seems to me to be as it were a plague in the house.
[LEV.14.36] And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to look at the plague, that all that is in the house is not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house:
[LEV.14.37] and he shall look at the plague, and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance of it is lower than the wall;
[LEV.14.38] then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days:
[LEV.14.39] and the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the walls of the house,
[LEV.14.40] then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place outside the city:
[LEV.14.41] and he shall cause the house to be scraped within all around, and they shall pour out the mortar that they scraped off outside the city into an unclean place:
[LEV.14.42] and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and plaster the house.
[LEV.14.43] And if the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered;
[LEV.14.44] then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a spreading leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
[LEV.14.45] And he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.
[LEV.14.46] Moreover he that goes into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.14.47] And he that lies in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eats in the house shall wash his clothes.
[LEV.14.48] And if the priest shall come in, and look, and behold, the plague has not spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
[LEV.14.49] And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
[LEV.14.50] and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
[LEV.14.51] and he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the killed bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
[LEV.14.52] and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
[LEV.14.53] but he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open field: so shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean.
[LEV.14.54] This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
[LEV.14.55] and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house,
[LEV.14.56] and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;
[LEV.14.57] to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
[LEV.15.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[LEV.15.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.
[LEV.15.3] And this shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge, or his body is stopped from his discharge, it is his uncleanness.
[LEV.15.4] Every bed, on which he who has the discharge lies, shall be unclean; and everything, on which he sits, shall be unclean.
[LEV.15.5] And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.6] And he who sits on anything, on which he who has the discharge sat, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.7] And he who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.8] And if he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.9] And whatever saddle he who has the discharge rides upon shall be unclean.
[LEV.15.10] And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening; and he who carries those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.11] And whoever he who has the discharge touches and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.12] And the earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
[LEV.15.13] And when he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
[LEV.15.14] And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah to the door of the tent of meeting, and give them to the priest:
[LEV.15.15] and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his discharge.
[LEV.15.16] And if any man has an emission of seed, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.17] And every garment, and every skin, on which is the emission of seed, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.18] The woman also with whom a man lies with an emission of seed: they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.19] And if a woman has an issue, and her issue in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.20] And everything that she lies upon in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sits upon shall be unclean.
[LEV.15.21] And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.22] And whoever touches anything that she sits upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.23] And if it is on the bed, or on anything where she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.24] And if any man lies with her, and her impurity is upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
[LEV.15.25] And if a woman has an issue of her blood many days not at the time of her impurity, or if she has an issue beyond the time of her impurity, all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as in the days of her impurity: she is unclean.
[LEV.15.26] Every bed on which she lies all the days of her issue shall be to her as the bed of her impurity: and everything on which she sits shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.
[LEV.15.27] And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.15.28] But if she is cleansed of her issue, then she shall count to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
[LEV.15.29] And on the eighth day she shall take to her two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.15.30] And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her before Jehovah for the issue of her uncleanness.
[LEV.15.31] Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
[LEV.15.32] This is the law of him who has a discharge, and of him from whom an emission of seed goes out, so that he is unclean thereby;
[LEV.15.33] and of her who is sick with her impurity, and of him who has a discharge, of the man, and of the woman, and of him who lies with her who is unclean.
[LEV.16.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they came near before Jehovah, and died;
[LEV.16.2] and Jehovah said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he may not die: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.
[LEV.16.3] In this manner shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bull for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.
[LEV.16.4] He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his body, and shall be girded with the linen belt, and with the linen turban shall he be attired: these are the holy garments; and he shall bathe his body in water, and put them on.
[LEV.16.5] And he shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.
[LEV.16.6] And Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house.
[LEV.16.7] And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.16.8] And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for Jehovah, and the other lot for Azazel.
[LEV.16.9] And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for Jehovah, and offer it for a sin-offering.
[LEV.16.10] But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement over him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness.
[LEV.16.11] And Aaron shall present the bull of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin-offering which is for himself.
[LEV.16.12] And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil:
[LEV.16.13] and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
[LEV.16.14] and he shall take of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
[LEV.16.15] Then shall he kill the goat of the sin-offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood inside the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat:
[LEV.16.16] and he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
[LEV.16.17] And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and has made atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.
[LEV.16.18] And he shall go out to the altar that is before Jehovah, and make atonement for it, and shall take of the blood of the bull, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
[LEV.16.19] And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
[LEV.16.20] And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat:
[LEV.16.21] and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a suitable man into the wilderness:
[LEV.16.22] and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
[LEV.16.23] And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there:
[LEV.16.24] and he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come out, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.
[LEV.16.25] And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar.
[LEV.16.26] And he that let go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
[LEV.16.27] And the bull for the sin-offering, and the goat for the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
[LEV.16.28] And he that burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
[LEV.16.29] And it shall be a statute forever to you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no work, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourns among you:
[LEV.16.30] for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; you shall be clean from all your sins before Jehovah.
[LEV.16.31] It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls; it is a statute forever.
[LEV.16.32] And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments:
[LEV.16.33] and he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary; and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting, and for the altar; and he shall make atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the assembly.
[LEV.16.34] And this shall be an everlasting statute to you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[LEV.17.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.17.2] Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded, saying,
[LEV.17.3] Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
[LEV.17.4] and has not brought it to the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an offering to Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah: blood shall be counted to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
[LEV.17.5] to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them to Jehovah, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to Jehovah.
[LEV.17.6] And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.17.7] And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat-idols, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.
[LEV.17.8] And you shall say to them, Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
[LEV.17.9] and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it to Jehovah; that man shall be cut off from his people.
[LEV.17.10] And whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who eats any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
[LEV.17.11] For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.
[LEV.17.12] Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.
[LEV.17.13] And whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood of it, and cover it with dust.
[LEV.17.14] For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is its blood: whoever eats it shall be cut off.
[LEV.17.15] And every soul who eats what dies of itself, or what is torn by beasts, whether he be native or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean.
[LEV.17.16] But if he does not wash them, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
[LEV.18.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.18.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.18.3] After the practices of the land of Egypt, where you lived, you shall not do: and after the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; neither shall you walk in their statutes.
[LEV.18.4] You shall do my judgments, and keep my statutes, to walk in them: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.18.5] You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.18.6] None of you shall approach any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.18.7] The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, you shall not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
[LEV.18.8] The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.
[LEV.18.9] The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.
[LEV.18.10] The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness.
[LEV.18.11] The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten of your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
[LEV.18.12] You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kin.
[LEV.18.13] You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kin.
[LEV.18.14] You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
[LEV.18.15] You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
[LEV.18.16] You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
[LEV.18.17] You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; neither shall you take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are her near kin: it is wickedness.
[LEV.18.18] And you shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other, in her lifetime.
[LEV.18.19] Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is set apart for her uncleanness.
[LEV.18.20] Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.
[LEV.18.21] And you shall not give any of your offspring to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.18.22] You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman: it is an abomination.
[LEV.18.23] And you shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it: neither shall any woman stand before an animal, to mate with it: it is perversion.
[LEV.18.24] Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I cast out before you are defiled:
[LEV.18.25] And the land is defiled: therefore I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomits out her inhabitants.
[LEV.18.26] You therefore shall keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor any foreigner that sojourns among you,
[LEV.18.27] (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);
[LEV.18.28] That the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
[LEV.18.29] For whoever does any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
[LEV.18.30] Therefore you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.19.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.19.2] Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.
[LEV.19.3] Every one of you shall respect his mother, and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.19.4] Do not turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.19.5] And when you offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, you shall offer it that you may be accepted.
[LEV.19.6] It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire.
[LEV.19.7] And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it shall not be accepted:
[LEV.19.8] but everyone that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
[LEV.19.9] And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
[LEV.19.10] And you shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.19.11] You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.
[LEV.19.12] And you shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.19.13] You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
[LEV.19.14] You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.19.15] You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
[LEV.19.16] You shall not go up and down as a tale-bearer among your people; neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.19.17] You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall surely reprove your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
[LEV.19.18] You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.19.19] You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind: you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon you a garment of mixed material.
[LEV.19.20] And whoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, assigned to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor given her freedom; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
[LEV.19.21] And he shall bring his trespass-offering to Jehovah, to the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering.
[LEV.19.22] And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Jehovah for his sin which he has committed: and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
[LEV.19.23] And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, you shall count the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision; three years shall they be as uncircumcised to you; it shall not be eaten.
[LEV.19.24] But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise to Jehovah.
[LEV.19.25] And in the fifth year you shall eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield to you its increase: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.19.26] You shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
[LEV.19.27] You shall not round off the hair on your temples, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard.
[LEV.19.28] You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.19.29] Do not profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
[LEV.19.30] You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.19.31] Do not turn to them that have familiar spirits, nor to the wizards; do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.19.32] You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the elderly, and you shall fear your God: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.19.33] And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not wrong him.
[LEV.19.34] The stranger that sojourns with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.19.35] You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
[LEV.19.36] Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
[LEV.19.37] And you shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.20.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.20.2] Moreover, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whoever he is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who stay in Israel, that gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
[LEV.20.3] I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
[LEV.20.4] And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and do not put him to death;
[LEV.20.5] then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, to go astray after Molech, from among their people.
[LEV.20.6] And the soul that turns to familiar spirits, and to wizards, to go astray after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
[LEV.20.7] Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.20.8] And you shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifies you.
[LEV.20.9] For every one that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
[LEV.20.10] And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
[LEV.20.11] And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
[LEV.20.12] And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have worked confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
[LEV.20.13] If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
[LEV.20.14] And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
[LEV.20.15] And if a man lies with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall kill the beast.
[LEV.20.16] And if a woman approaches any beast, and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
[LEV.20.17] And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
[LEV.20.18] And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
[LEV.20.19] And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
[LEV.20.20] And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
[LEV.20.21] And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
[LEV.20.22] You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I bring you to dwell, not vomit you out.
[LEV.20.23] And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
[LEV.20.24] But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
[LEV.20.25] You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and you shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean.
[LEV.20.26] And you shall be holy to me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
[LEV.20.27] A man also or woman that has a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.
[LEV.21.1] And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, No one shall defile himself for the dead among his people,
[LEV.21.2] except for his closest relatives, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
[LEV.21.3] and for his virgin sister that is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
[LEV.21.4] He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
[LEV.21.5] They shall not make baldness upon their heads, neither shall they shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
[LEV.21.6] They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
[LEV.21.7] They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God.
[LEV.21.8] You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy unto you: for I Jehovah, who sanctifies you, am holy.
[LEV.21.9] And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.
[LEV.21.10] And the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
[LEV.21.11] neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
[LEV.21.12] neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.21.13] And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
[LEV.21.14] A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these he shall not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as wife.
[LEV.21.15] And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifies him.
[LEV.21.16] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.21.17] Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever he be of your seed throughout their generations that has a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
[LEV.21.18] For whatever man has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that has a flat nose, or anything superfluous,
[LEV.21.19] or a man that has a broken foot, or a broken hand,
[LEV.21.20] or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken;
[LEV.21.21] no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that has a blemish, shall come near to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
[LEV.21.22] He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
[LEV.21.23] Only he shall not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he not profane my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifies them.
[LEV.21.24] So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
[LEV.22.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.22.2] Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.22.3] Say to them, Whoever he is of all your seed throughout your generations, that approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel make holy to Jehovah, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.22.4] Whatever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And whoever touches any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;
[LEV.22.5] or whatever man touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever his uncleanness is;
[LEV.22.6] the soul that touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.
[LEV.22.7] And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
[LEV.22.8] That which dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.22.9] They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who makes them holy.
[LEV.22.10] There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
[LEV.22.11] But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it, and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.
[LEV.22.12] And if a priest's daughter is married to a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.
[LEV.22.13] But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but no stranger shall eat of it.
[LEV.22.14] And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth of it to it, and shall give to the priest the holy thing.
[LEV.22.15] And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Jehovah,
[LEV.22.16] and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who makes them holy.
[LEV.22.17] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.22.18] Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, Whoever there is of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that offers his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer to Jehovah for a burnt-offering;
[LEV.22.19] that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.
[LEV.22.20] But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
[LEV.22.21] And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it.
[LEV.22.22] Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Jehovah.
[LEV.22.23] Either a bullock or a lamb that has anything superfluous or lacking in his parts, that may you offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
[LEV.22.24] That which has its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, you shall not offer to Jehovah; neither shall you do thus in your land.
[LEV.22.25] Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall you offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
[LEV.22.26] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.22.27] When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the mother; and from the eighth day and forward it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[LEV.22.28] And whether it be cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.
[LEV.22.29] And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah, you shall sacrifice it that you may be accepted.
[LEV.22.30] On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until the morning: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.22.31] Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.22.32] And you shall not profane my holy name; but I will be made holy among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who makes you holy,
[LEV.22.33] who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.23.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.23.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, The set feasts of Jehovah, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are my set feasts.
[LEV.23.3] Six days shall work be done: but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work: it is a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.
[LEV.23.4] These are the set feasts of Jehovah, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season.
[LEV.23.5] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, is Jehovah's passover.
[LEV.23.6] And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Jehovah: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
[LEV.23.7] In the first day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.
[LEV.23.8] But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Jehovah seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work.
[LEV.23.9] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.23.10] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come to the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest:
[LEV.23.11] and he shall wave the sheaf before Jehovah, to be accepted for you: on the next day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
[LEV.23.12] And on the day when you wave the sheaf you shall offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
[LEV.23.13] And the meal-offering thereof shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to Jehovah for a sweet savor; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin.
[LEV.23.14] And you shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this same day, until you have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[LEV.23.15] And you shall count to you from the next day after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
[LEV.23.16] even to the next day after the seventh sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal-offering to Jehovah.
[LEV.23.17] You shall bring out of your habitations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first fruits to Jehovah.
[LEV.23.18] And you shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, and one young bull, and two rams: they shall be a burnt-offering to Jehovah, with their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[LEV.23.19] And you shall offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace-offerings.
[LEV.23.20] And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave-offering before Jehovah, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest.
[LEV.23.21] And you shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no servile work: it is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
[LEV.23.22] And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleaning of your harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.23.23] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.23.24] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
[LEV.23.25] You shall do no servile work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[LEV.23.26] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.23.27] However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[LEV.23.28] And you shall do no kind of work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.
[LEV.23.29] For whoever it is that shall not be afflicted in that same day; he shall be cut off from his people.
[LEV.23.30] And whoever it is that does any work in that same day, that person will I destroy from among his people.
[LEV.23.31] You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[LEV.23.32] It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves; in the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, shall you keep your sabbath.
[LEV.23.33] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.23.34] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days to Jehovah.
[LEV.23.35] On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.
[LEV.23.36] Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Jehovah; on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; you shall do no servile work.
[LEV.23.37] These are the set feasts of Jehovah, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and a meal-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, each on its own day;
[LEV.23.38] besides the sabbaths of Jehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill-offerings, which you give to Jehovah.
[LEV.23.39] However on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
[LEV.23.40] And you shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days.
[LEV.23.41] And you shall keep it a feast to Jehovah seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.
[LEV.23.42] You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths;
[LEV.23.43] that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.23.44] And Moses declared to the children of Israel the set feasts of Jehovah.
[LEV.24.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.24.2] Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
[LEV.24.3] Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron arrange it from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
[LEV.24.4] He shall arrange the lamps upon the pure lampstand before Jehovah continually.
[LEV.24.5] And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
[LEV.24.6] And you shall set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.
[LEV.24.7] And you shall put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[LEV.24.8] Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant.
[LEV.24.9] And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, a perpetual statute.
[LEV.24.10] And the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel fought together in the camp:
[LEV.24.11] and the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
[LEV.24.12] And they put him in custody, that it might be decided to them at the mouth of Jehovah.
[LEV.24.13] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.24.14] Bring forth him who has cursed outside the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
[LEV.24.15] And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
[LEV.24.16] And he that blasphemes the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.
[LEV.24.17] And he that strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
[LEV.24.18] And he that strikes a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.
[LEV.24.19] And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:
[LEV.24.20] fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered to him.
[LEV.24.21] And he that kills a beast shall make it good: and he that kills a man shall be put to death.
[LEV.24.22] You shall have one kind of law, as well for the sojourner as for the native; for I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.24.23] And Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[LEV.25.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
[LEV.25.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to Jehovah.
[LEV.25.3] Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;
[LEV.25.4] but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah: you shall not sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.
[LEV.25.5] That which grows of itself of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
[LEV.25.6] And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for you, and for your servant, and for your maid, and for your hired servant, and for your stranger who lives with you.
[LEV.25.7] And for your cattle, and for the beasts that are in your land, shall all the increase thereof be for food.
[LEV.25.8] And you shall number seven sabbaths of years to you, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years.
[LEV.25.9] Then shall you cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement shall you make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
[LEV.25.10] And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants: it shall be a jubilee to you; and you shall return every man to his possession, and you shall return every man to his family.
[LEV.25.11] A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be to you: you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.
[LEV.25.12] For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you: you shall eat its increase out of the field.
[LEV.25.13] In this year of jubilee you shall return every man to his possession.
[LEV.25.14] And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor's hand, you shall not wrong one another.
[LEV.25.15] According to the number of years after the jubilee you shall buy of your neighbor, and according to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
[LEV.25.16] According to the multitude of the years you shall increase the price, and according to the fewness of the years you shall diminish the price; for according to the number of the crops does he sell to you.
[LEV.25.17] And you shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.25.18] Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
[LEV.25.19] And the land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat to the full, and dwell in it in safety.
[LEV.25.20] And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;
[LEV.25.21] then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
[LEV.25.22] And you shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old increase; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
[LEV.25.23] And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for you are strangers and sojourners with me.
[LEV.25.24] And in all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.
[LEV.25.25] If your brother becomes poor, and sells away some of his possession, then shall his kinsman who is nearest to him come, and redeem what his brother has sold.
[LEV.25.26] And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient to redeem it;
[LEV.25.27] then let him reckon the years of the sale, and restore the overplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his possession.
[LEV.25.28] But if he cannot get enough to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession.
[LEV.25.29] And if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.
[LEV.25.30] And if it is not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.
[LEV.25.31] But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.
[LEV.25.32] Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
[LEV.25.33] And if one of the Levites redeems, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
[LEV.25.34] But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
[LEV.25.35] And if your brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with you; then you shall uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with you.
[LEV.25.36] Take no interest or increase from him; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.
[LEV.25.37] You shall not give him your money upon interest, nor give him your victuals for increase.
[LEV.25.38] I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
[LEV.25.39] And if your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and he is sold to you; you shall not make him serve as a bond-servant.
[LEV.25.40] As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you to the year of jubilee:
[LEV.25.41] then shall he go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return.
[LEV.25.42] For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bond-servants.
[LEV.25.43] You shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear your God.
[LEV.25.44] As for your bondmen, and your bondmaids, whom you shall have; of the nations that are round about you shall you buy bondmen and bondmaids.
[LEV.25.45] Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you, of them shall you buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they shall be your possession.
[LEV.25.46] And you shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall you take your bondmen forever: but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with rigor.
[LEV.25.47] And if a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you, or to the stock of the stranger's family;
[LEV.25.48] after he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brothers may redeem him;
[LEV.25.49] or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him; or if he becomes rich, he may redeem himself.
[LEV.25.50] And he shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall it be with him.
[LEV.25.51] If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
[LEV.25.52] And if there remain but few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.
[LEV.25.53] As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight.
[LEV.25.54] And if he is not redeemed by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.
[LEV.25.55] For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.26.1] You shall not make idols for yourselves, neither shall you set up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Jehovah your God.
[LEV.26.2] You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.26.3] If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
[LEV.26.4] then I will give you rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
[LEV.26.5] And your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
[LEV.26.6] And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
[LEV.26.7] And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
[LEV.26.8] And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
[LEV.26.9] And I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
[LEV.26.10] And you shall eat old store long kept, and you shall bring out the old because of the new.
[LEV.26.11] And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.
[LEV.26.12] And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
[LEV.26.13] I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
[LEV.26.14] But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;
[LEV.26.15] and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul shall abhor my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;
[LEV.26.16] I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
[LEV.26.17] And I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.
[LEV.26.18] And if you will still not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
[LEV.26.19] And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your sky as iron, and your earth as bronze;
[LEV.26.20] and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
[LEV.26.21] And if you walk contrary to me, and will not listen to me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
[LEV.26.22] And I will send wild animals among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall become desolate.
[LEV.26.23] And if by these things you will still not be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me;
[LEV.26.24] then will I also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.
[LEV.26.25] And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
[LEV.26.26] When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight; and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
[LEV.26.27] And if you will still not listen to me for all this, but walk contrary to me;
[LEV.26.28] then I will walk contrary to you in fury; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
[LEV.26.29] And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.
[LEV.26.30] And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.
[LEV.26.31] And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
[LEV.26.32] And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
[LEV.26.33] And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
[LEV.26.34] Then shall the land enjoy its Sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths.
[LEV.26.35] As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your Sabbaths, when you dwelled upon it.
[LEV.26.36] And as for those of you that are left, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.
[LEV.26.37] And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursues; and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
[LEV.26.38] And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
[LEV.26.39] And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their ancestors shall they pine away with them.
[LEV.26.40] And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their ancestors, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that because they walked contrary to me,
[LEV.26.41] I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
[LEV.26.42] then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
[LEV.26.43] The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
[LEV.26.44] And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God.
[LEV.26.45] But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am Jehovah.
[LEV.26.46] These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which Jehovah made between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.
[LEV.27.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[LEV.27.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man makes a special vow, the persons shall be for Jehovah by your estimation.
[LEV.27.3] And your estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
[LEV.27.4] And if it is a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.
[LEV.27.5] And if it is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your estimation shall be for the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
[LEV.27.6] And if it is from a month old even to five years old, then your estimation shall be for the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
[LEV.27.7] And if it is from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
[LEV.27.8] But if he is poorer than your estimation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall evaluate him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest evaluate him.
[LEV.27.9] And if it is a beast, of which men bring an offering to Jehovah, all that any man gives of such to Jehovah shall be holy.
[LEV.27.10] He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he does at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy.
[LEV.27.11] And if it is any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an offering to Jehovah, then he shall set the beast before the priest;
[LEV.27.12] and the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad: as you evaluate it, so shall it be.
[LEV.27.13] But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to your estimation.
[LEV.27.14] And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to Jehovah, then the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or bad: as the priest evaluates it, so shall it stand.
[LEV.27.15] And if he who sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be his.
[LEV.27.16] And if a man shall sanctify to Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then your estimation shall be according to the seed of it: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
[LEV.27.17] If he sanctifies his field from the year of jubilee, according to your estimation it shall stand.
[LEV.27.18] But if he sanctifies his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the year of the jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your estimation.
[LEV.27.19] And if he who sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall remain his.
[LEV.27.20] And if he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore:
[LEV.27.21] but the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession of it shall be the priest's.
[LEV.27.22] And if he sanctifies to Jehovah a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession;
[LEV.27.23] then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your estimation to the year of the jubilee; and he shall give your estimation on that day, as a holy thing to Jehovah.
[LEV.27.24] In the year of the jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to whom the possession of the land does belong.
[LEV.27.25] And all your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
[LEV.27.26] Only the firstling of the beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it; whether it is an ox or sheep, it is Jehovah's.
[LEV.27.27] And if it is of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to your estimation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it: or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your estimation.
[LEV.27.28] Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to Jehovah of all that he has, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to Jehovah.
[LEV.27.29] No devoted thing, that shall be devoted of men, shall be ransomed; it shall surely be put to death.
[LEV.27.30] And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's: it is holy to Jehovah.
[LEV.27.31] And if a man will indeed redeem any of his tithe, he shall add to it the fifth part of it.
[LEV.27.32] And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Jehovah.
[LEV.27.33] He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
[LEV.27.34] These are the commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.
[NUM.1.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying,
[NUM.1.2] Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head;
[NUM.1.3] from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
[NUM.1.4] And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers' house.
[NUM.1.5] And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[NUM.1.6] Of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[NUM.1.7] Of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
[NUM.1.8] Of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar.
[NUM.1.9] Of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon.
[NUM.1.10] Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[NUM.1.11] Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[NUM.1.12] Of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[NUM.1.13] Of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran.
[NUM.1.14] Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
[NUM.1.15] Of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
[NUM.1.16] These were the renowned of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers: they were heads of the thousands of Israel.
[NUM.1.17] And Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name,
[NUM.1.18] and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their lineage after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head.
[NUM.1.19] As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
[NUM.1.20] And the children of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.21] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
[NUM.1.22] Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.23] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
[NUM.1.24] Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.25] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
[NUM.1.26] Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.27] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
[NUM.1.28] Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.29] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
[NUM.1.30] Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.31] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
[NUM.1.32] Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.33] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
[NUM.1.34] Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.35] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
[NUM.1.36] Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.37] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
[NUM.1.38] Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.39] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
[NUM.1.40] Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.41] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
[NUM.1.42] Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
[NUM.1.43] those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
[NUM.1.44] These are those that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.
[NUM.1.45] So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war in Israel;
[NUM.1.46] even all those that were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
[NUM.1.47] But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
[NUM.1.48] For Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.1.49] Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take the sum of them among the children of Israel;
[NUM.1.50] but appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furniture, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furniture; and they shall minister to it, and encamp round about the tabernacle.
[NUM.1.51] And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
[NUM.1.52] And the children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts.
[NUM.1.53] But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, so there shall be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
[NUM.1.54] Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they did.
[NUM.2.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[NUM.2.2] The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses: at a distance from the tent of meeting shall they encamp around it.
[NUM.2.3] And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their armies: and the leader of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
[NUM.2.4] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
[NUM.2.5] And those that encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the leader of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.
[NUM.2.6] And his army, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
[NUM.2.7] And the tribe of Zebulun: and the leader of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
[NUM.2.8] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
[NUM.2.9] All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their armies. They shall set forth first.
[NUM.2.10] On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[NUM.2.11] And his army, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
[NUM.2.12] And those that encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the leader of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[NUM.2.13] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
[NUM.2.14] And the tribe of Gad: and the leader of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
[NUM.2.15] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
[NUM.2.16] All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. And they shall set forth second.
[NUM.2.17] Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.
[NUM.2.18] On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the leader of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
[NUM.2.19] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.
[NUM.2.20] And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the leader of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[NUM.2.21] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
[NUM.2.22] And the tribe of Benjamin: and the leader of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[NUM.2.23] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
[NUM.2.24] All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their armies. And they shall set forward third.
[NUM.2.25] On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their armies: and the leader of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[NUM.2.26] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
[NUM.2.27] And those that encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the leader of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.
[NUM.2.28] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
[NUM.2.29] And the tribe of Naphtali: and the leader of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
[NUM.2.30] And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
[NUM.2.31] All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set forward last by their standards.
[NUM.2.32] These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
[NUM.2.33] But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.2.34] Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers' houses.
[NUM.3.1] Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
[NUM.3.2] And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[NUM.3.3] These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
[NUM.3.4] And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.
[NUM.3.5] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.3.6] Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
[NUM.3.7] And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
[NUM.3.8] And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
[NUM.3.9] And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him from among the children of Israel.
[NUM.3.10] And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: but the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.
[NUM.3.11] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.3.12] And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens the womb among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine:
[NUM.3.13] for all the firstborn are mine; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal: they shall be mine: I am Jehovah.
[NUM.3.14] And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
[NUM.3.15] Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward you shall number them.
[NUM.3.16] And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded.
[NUM.3.17] And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
[NUM.3.18] And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
[NUM.3.19] And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
[NUM.3.20] And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
[NUM.3.21] Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
[NUM.3.22] Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
[NUM.3.23] The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
[NUM.3.24] And the chief of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
[NUM.3.25] And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
[NUM.3.26] and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and its cords for all its service.
[NUM.3.27] And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
[NUM.3.28] According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
[NUM.3.29] The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward.
[NUM.3.30] And the chief of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
[NUM.3.31] And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.
[NUM.3.32] And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief of the chiefs of the Levites, and have the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary.
[NUM.3.33] Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
[NUM.3.34] And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
[NUM.3.35] And the chief of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward.
[NUM.3.36] And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its instruments, and all its service,
[NUM.3.37] and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
[NUM.3.38] And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.
[NUM.3.39] All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
[NUM.3.40] And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
[NUM.3.41] And you shall take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel.
[NUM.3.42] And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
[NUM.3.43] And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
[NUM.3.44] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.3.45] Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.
[NUM.3.46] And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who are more than the Levites,
[NUM.3.47] you shall take five shekels apiece, for each individual; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):
[NUM.3.48] and you shall give the money, with which the odd number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.
[NUM.3.49] And Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites;
[NUM.3.50] from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money: a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
[NUM.3.51] and Moses gave the money of those who were redeemed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.4.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[NUM.4.2] Take the number of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their houses;
[NUM.4.3] from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.4] This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:
[NUM.4.5] when the camp sets forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it,
[NUM.4.6] and shall put a covering of seal skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
[NUM.4.7] And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the flagons to pour out with; and the continual bread shall be on it:
[NUM.4.8] and they shall spread on them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of seal skin, and shall put in its poles.
[NUM.4.9] And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand for the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels with which they minister to it:
[NUM.4.10] and they shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of seal skin, and shall put it upon the frame.
[NUM.4.11] And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of seal skin, and shall put in its poles:
[NUM.4.12] and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of seal skin, and shall put them on the frame.
[NUM.4.13] And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it:
[NUM.4.14] and they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of seal skin, and put in its poles.
[NUM.4.15] And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.16] And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that is therein, the sanctuary, and its furniture.
[NUM.4.17] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[NUM.4.18] Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;
[NUM.4.19] but do this to them, that they may live, and not die, when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;
[NUM.4.20] but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary, even for a moment, lest they die.
[NUM.4.21] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.4.22] Take the number of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
[NUM.4.23] from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old, shall you number them; all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.24] This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
[NUM.4.25] they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of seal skin that is on it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
[NUM.4.26] and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them: in this shall they serve.
[NUM.4.27] At the command of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint to them in charge all their burden.
[NUM.4.28] This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[NUM.4.29] As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;
[NUM.4.30] from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old shall you number them, every one that enters upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.31] And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets,
[NUM.4.32] and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
[NUM.4.33] This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[NUM.4.34] And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
[NUM.4.35] from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting:
[NUM.4.36] and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
[NUM.4.37] These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, every one that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
[NUM.4.38] And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
[NUM.4.39] from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,
[NUM.4.40] even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.
[NUM.4.41] These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, every one that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
[NUM.4.42] And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
[NUM.4.43] from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,
[NUM.4.44] even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.
[NUM.4.45] These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
[NUM.4.46] All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
[NUM.4.47] from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,
[NUM.4.48] even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
[NUM.4.49] According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered by him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.5.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.5.2] Command the children of Israel, that they send out of the camp every leper, and everyone that has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead:
[NUM.5.3] both male and female shall you send out, outside the camp shall you send them; that they do not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.
[NUM.5.4] And the children of Israel did so, and sent them out of the camp: as Jehovah spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
[NUM.5.5] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.5.6] Speak to the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Jehovah, and that soul is guilty;
[NUM.5.7] then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty.
[NUM.5.8] But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made to Jehovah shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him.
[NUM.5.9] And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the priest, shall be his.
[NUM.5.10] And every man's holy things shall be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.
[NUM.5.11] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.5.12] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife go astray, and act unfaithfully against him,
[NUM.5.13] and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;
[NUM.5.14] and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is not defiled:
[NUM.5.15] then shall the man bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
[NUM.5.16] And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah:
[NUM.5.17] and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and the priest shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water.
[NUM.5.18] And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy; and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causes the curse.
[NUM.5.19] And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say to the woman, If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that causes the curse.
[NUM.5.20] But if you have gone aside, being under your husband, and if you be defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:
[NUM.5.21] then the priest shall cause the woman to swear, with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, Jehovah make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Jehovah makes your thigh to rot, and your abdomen to swell;
[NUM.5.22] and this water that causes the curse shall go into your bowels, and make your abdomen to swell, and your thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.
[NUM.5.23] And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
[NUM.5.24] and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
[NUM.5.25] And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before Jehovah, and bring it to the altar:
[NUM.5.26] and the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial of it, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
[NUM.5.27] And when he has made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and has acted unfaithfully against her husband, that the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her abdomen shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
[NUM.5.28] And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
[NUM.5.29] This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes aside, and is defiled;
[NUM.5.30] or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.
[NUM.5.31] And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.
[NUM.6.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.6.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When either a man or a woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate themselves to Jehovah,
[NUM.6.3] they shall abstain from wine and strong drink; they shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall they drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.
[NUM.6.4] All the days of their separation they shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
[NUM.6.5] All the days of the vow of their separation no razor shall come upon their head until the days are fulfilled, in which they separate themselves to Jehovah, they shall be holy; they shall let the locks of the hair of their head grow long.
[NUM.6.6] All the days that they separate themselves to Jehovah they shall come near no dead body.
[NUM.6.7] They shall not make themselves unclean for their father, or for their mother, for their brother, or for their sister, when they die; because the consecration of their God is upon their head.
[NUM.6.8] All the days of their separation they are holy to Jehovah.
[NUM.6.9] And if any man dies very suddenly beside them, and they defile the head of their separation, then they shall shave their head in the day of their cleansing; on the seventh day they shall shave it.
[NUM.6.10] And on the eighth day they shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.6.11] And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for them, because they sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow their head that same day.
[NUM.6.12] And they shall separate themselves to Jehovah for the days of their separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering; but the former days shall be void, because their separation was defiled.
[NUM.6.13] And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of their separation are fulfilled: they shall be brought to the door of the tent of meeting,
[NUM.6.14] and they shall offer a burnt offering to Jehovah, one male lamb a year old without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
[NUM.6.15] and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings.
[NUM.6.16] And the priest shall bring them before Jehovah, and shall offer their sin offering, and their burnt offering.
[NUM.6.17] And they shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also its meal offering, and its drink offering.
[NUM.6.18] And the Nazirite shall shave the head of their separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of their separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
[NUM.6.19] And the priest shall take the cooked shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after they have shaved the head of their separation;
[NUM.6.20] and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, besides the waved breast and the heaved thigh; and afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.
[NUM.6.21] This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, and of their offering to Jehovah for their separation, besides that which their hand shall afford: according to the vow which they vow, so they must do after the law of their separation.
[NUM.6.22] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.6.23] Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, In this way you shall bless the children of Israel: you shall say to them,
[NUM.6.24] Jehovah bless you, and keep you:
[NUM.6.25] Jehovah make his face shine on you, and be gracious to you:
[NUM.6.26] Jehovah lift up his face upon you, and give you peace.
[NUM.6.27] So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
[NUM.7.1] And it came to pass on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
[NUM.7.2] that the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the leaders of the tribes; they were those who were over those who were numbered.
[NUM.7.3] And they brought their offering before Jehovah, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the leaders, and for every one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
[NUM.7.4] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.7.5] Take it from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.
[NUM.7.6] And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
[NUM.7.7] Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
[NUM.7.8] and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[NUM.7.9] But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
[NUM.7.10] And the leaders offered for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the leaders offered their offering before the altar.
[NUM.7.11] And Jehovah said to Moses, They shall offer their offering, each leader on his day, for the dedication of the altar.
[NUM.7.12] And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
[NUM.7.13] and his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.14] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.15] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.16] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.17] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
[NUM.7.18] On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, offered:
[NUM.7.19] he offered for his offering one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.20] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.21] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.22] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.23] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
[NUM.7.24] On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the children of Zebulun:
[NUM.7.25] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.26] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.27] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.28] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.29] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
[NUM.7.30] On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the children of Reuben:
[NUM.7.31] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.32] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.33] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.34] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.35] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[NUM.7.36] On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of Simeon:
[NUM.7.37] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.38] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.39] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.40] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.41] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[NUM.7.42] On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the children of Gad:
[NUM.7.43] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.44] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.45] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.46] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.47] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
[NUM.7.48] On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the children of Ephraim:
[NUM.7.49] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.50] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.51] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.52] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.53] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
[NUM.7.54] On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader of the children of Manasseh:
[NUM.7.55] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.56] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.57] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.58] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.59] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[NUM.7.60] On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the children of Benjamin:
[NUM.7.61] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.62] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.63] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.64] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.65] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[NUM.7.66] On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the children of Dan:
[NUM.7.67] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.68] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.69] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.70] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.71] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[NUM.7.72] On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, leader of the children of Asher:
[NUM.7.73] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.74] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.75] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.76] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.77] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
[NUM.7.78] On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the children of Naphtali:
[NUM.7.79] his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a grain-offering;
[NUM.7.80] one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
[NUM.7.81] one young bullock, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
[NUM.7.82] one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
[NUM.7.83] and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
[NUM.7.84] This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the leaders of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons;
[NUM.7.85] each silver platter weighing one hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
[NUM.7.86] the twelve golden spoons, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons one hundred and twenty shekels;
[NUM.7.87] all the oxen for the burnt-offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their grain-offering; and the male goats for a sin-offering twelve;
[NUM.7.88] and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings twenty-four bullocks, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
[NUM.7.89] And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, then he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy-seat that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
[NUM.8.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.8.2] Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.
[NUM.8.3] And Aaron did so; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.8.4] And this was the work of the lampstand, beaten work of gold; to its base, and to its flowers, was beaten work: according to the pattern which Jehovah had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
[NUM.8.5] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.8.6] Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
[NUM.8.7] And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
[NUM.8.8] Then let them take a young bull, and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull shall you take for a sin offering.
[NUM.8.9] And you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and you shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:
[NUM.8.10] and you shall present the Levites before Jehovah: and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites:
[NUM.8.11] and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.
[NUM.8.12] And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls: and offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, to Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites.
[NUM.8.13] And you shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave offering to Jehovah.
[NUM.8.14] Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.
[NUM.8.15] And afterward the Levites shall go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them for a wave offering.
[NUM.8.16] For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that opens the womb, the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them to me.
[NUM.8.17] For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal: on the day that I struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
[NUM.8.18] And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
[NUM.8.19] And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.
[NUM.8.20] Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites: according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel to them.
[NUM.8.21] And the Levites cleansed themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
[NUM.8.22] And afterward the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
[NUM.8.23] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.8.24] This is what is concerning the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the duties of the service in the work of the tent of meeting:
[NUM.8.25] and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,
[NUM.8.26] but shall minister with their brothers in the tent of meeting, to guard the charge, but shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their charge.
[NUM.9.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
[NUM.9.2] Moreover let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed season.
[NUM.9.3] On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it.
[NUM.9.4] And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover.
[NUM.9.5] And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
[NUM.9.6] And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
[NUM.9.7] and those men said to him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?
[NUM.9.8] And Moses said to them, Wait, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.
[NUM.9.9] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.9.10] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the Passover to Jehovah.
[NUM.9.11] In the second month on the fourteenth day at evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs:
[NUM.9.12] they shall leave none of it to the morning, nor break a bone of it: according to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.
[NUM.9.13] But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people: because he offered not the offering of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
[NUM.9.14] And if a stranger shall journey among you, and will keep the Passover to Jehovah; according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance, so shall he do: you shall have one statute, both for the stranger, and for him that is born in the land.
[NUM.9.15] And on the day that the tabernacle was set up the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony: and at evening it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
[NUM.9.16] So it was always: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
[NUM.9.17] And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud stayed, there the children of Israel encamped.
[NUM.9.18] At the commandment of Jehovah the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they encamped: as long as the cloud stayed upon the tabernacle they remained encamped.
[NUM.9.19] And when the cloud continued long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.
[NUM.9.20] And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Jehovah they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed.
[NUM.9.21] And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
[NUM.9.22] Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud stayed upon the tabernacle, remaining upon it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
[NUM.9.23] At the commandment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed: they kept the charge of Jehovah, at the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
[NUM.10.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.10.2] Make for yourself two trumpets of silver; of beaten work you shall make them: and you shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.
[NUM.10.3] And when they blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.10.4] And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
[NUM.10.5] And when you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
[NUM.10.6] And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward: they shall blow an alarm for their journeyings.
[NUM.10.7] But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
[NUM.10.8] And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations.
[NUM.10.9] And when you go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
[NUM.10.10] Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.
[NUM.10.11] And it happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
[NUM.10.12] And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.
[NUM.10.13] And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
[NUM.10.14] And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their armies: and over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
[NUM.10.15] And over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
[NUM.10.16] And over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
[NUM.10.17] And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, set forward.
[NUM.10.18] And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[NUM.10.19] And over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[NUM.10.20] And over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
[NUM.10.21] And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary; and the other set up the tabernacle against their coming.
[NUM.10.22] And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his army was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
[NUM.10.23] And over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[NUM.10.24] And over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[NUM.10.25] And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their armies: and over his army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[NUM.10.26] And over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
[NUM.10.27] And over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
[NUM.10.28] Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they set forward.
[NUM.10.29] And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it to you: come with us, and we will do you good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.
[NUM.10.30] And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.
[NUM.10.31] And he said, Leave us not, I pray, since you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will be to us instead of eyes.
[NUM.10.32] And it shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that what good Jehovah shall do to us, the same will we do to you.
[NUM.10.33] And they set forward from the mount of Jehovah three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.
[NUM.10.34] And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
[NUM.10.35] And it happened, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Jehovah, and let your enemies be scattered, and let them that hate you flee before you.
[NUM.10.36] And when it rested, he said, Return, Jehovah, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
[NUM.11.1] And the people complained, and it displeased Jehovah: and Jehovah heard it, and his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
[NUM.11.2] And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Jehovah, and the fire abated.
[NUM.11.3] And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Jehovah burned among them.
[NUM.11.4] And the mixed multitude that was among them had a craving; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
[NUM.11.5] We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
[NUM.11.6] but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all except this manna to look at.
[NUM.11.7] And the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance was like the appearance of bdellium.
[NUM.11.8] The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or pounded it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and its taste was like the taste of cakes baked with oil.
[NUM.11.9] When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
[NUM.11.10] Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Jehovah was greatly kindled; and Moses was displeased.
[NUM.11.11] And Moses said to Jehovah, Why have you treated your servant so badly? and why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
[NUM.11.12] Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that you should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a sucking child, to the land which you swore to their fathers?
[NUM.11.13] From where should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
[NUM.11.14] I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
[NUM.11.15] And if you deal this way with me, kill me, I pray you, out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
[NUM.11.16] And Jehovah said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
[NUM.11.17] And I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you bear it not alone.
[NUM.11.18] And say to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who will give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and you shall eat.
[NUM.11.19] You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,
[NUM.11.20] but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected Jehovah who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why did we come forth out of Egypt?
[NUM.11.21] And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
[NUM.11.22] Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to satisfy them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to satisfy them?
[NUM.11.23] And Jehovah said to Moses, Is Jehovah's hand shortened? now you shall see whether my word shall happen to you or not.
[NUM.11.24] And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the tent.
[NUM.11.25] And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders: and it happened that, when the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
[NUM.11.26] But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested on them; and they were of those that were written, but had not gone out to the tent: and they prophesied in the camp.
[NUM.11.27] And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad prophesy in the camp.
[NUM.11.28] And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, stop them.
[NUM.11.29] And Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his spirit on them!
[NUM.11.30] And Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
[NUM.11.31] And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
[NUM.11.32] And the people rose all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten heaps: and they spread themselves all abroad for themselves around the camp.
[NUM.11.33] While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah struck the people with a very great plague.
[NUM.11.34] The name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that had the craving.
[NUM.11.35] From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth; and they stayed at Hazeroth.
[NUM.12.1] And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
[NUM.12.2] And they said, Has Jehovah indeed spoken only with Moses? Has he not spoken also with us? And Jehovah heard it.
[NUM.12.3] Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all the men who were upon the face of the earth.
[NUM.12.4] And Jehovah spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tent of meeting. And the three came out.
[NUM.12.5] And Jehovah came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.
[NUM.12.6] And he said, Hear now my words: if there is a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
[NUM.12.7] My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:
[NUM.12.8] with him I speak mouth to mouth, even openly, and not in dark speeches; and he sees the form of Jehovah: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
[NUM.12.9] And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against them; and he departed.
[NUM.12.10] And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
[NUM.12.11] And Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, do not lay this sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
[NUM.12.12] Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
[NUM.12.13] And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech you.
[NUM.12.14] And Jehovah said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.
[NUM.12.15] And Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days: and the people did not journey until Miriam was brought in again.
[NUM.12.16] And afterward the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
[NUM.13.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.13.2] Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, each one a chief among them.
[NUM.13.3] And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Jehovah: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
[NUM.13.4] And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
[NUM.13.5] Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
[NUM.13.6] Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
[NUM.13.7] Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
[NUM.13.8] Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
[NUM.13.9] Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
[NUM.13.10] Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
[NUM.13.11] Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
[NUM.13.12] Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
[NUM.13.13] Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
[NUM.13.14] Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
[NUM.13.15] Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
[NUM.13.16] These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
[NUM.13.17] And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
[NUM.13.18] and see the land, what it is; and the people who dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
[NUM.13.19] and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
[NUM.13.20] and what the land is, whether it is fertile or lean, whether there is wood in it, or not. And be of good courage, and bring back some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.
[NUM.13.21] So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
[NUM.13.22] And they went up by the South and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
[NUM.13.23] And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
[NUM.13.24] That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
[NUM.13.25] And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days.
[NUM.13.26] And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
[NUM.13.27] And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which you sent us; and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is its fruit.
[NUM.13.28] However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very great: and we saw the children of Anak there.
[NUM.13.29] Amalek dwells in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country: and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.
[NUM.13.30] And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
[NUM.13.31] But the men who went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
[NUM.13.32] And they brought an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
[NUM.13.33] And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
[NUM.14.1] All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
[NUM.14.2] All the children of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
[NUM.14.3] And why does Jehovah bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey! Were it not better for us to return to Egypt?
[NUM.14.4] They said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
[NUM.14.5] Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
[NUM.14.6] Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes:
[NUM.14.7] and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.
[NUM.14.8] If Jehovah delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
[NUM.14.9] Only don't rebel against Jehovah, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and Jehovah is with us: don't fear them.
[NUM.14.10] But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. The glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel.
[NUM.14.11] Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have performed among them?
[NUM.14.12] I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
[NUM.14.13] Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;
[NUM.14.14] and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Jehovah are in the midst of this people; for you Jehovah are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
[NUM.14.15] Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
[NUM.14.16] Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.
[NUM.14.17] Now, I beg you, let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
[NUM.14.18] Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.
[NUM.14.19] Pardon, I beg you, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
[NUM.14.20] Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to your word:
[NUM.14.21] but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;
[NUM.14.22] because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tested me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
[NUM.14.23] surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of those who despised me see it:
[NUM.14.24] but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land where he went; and his descendants shall possess it.
[NUM.14.25] Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn, and go into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
[NUM.14.26] Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[NUM.14.27] How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that grumble against me? I have heard the grumbling of the children of Israel, which they grumble against me.
[NUM.14.28] Tell them, As I live, says Jehovah, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:
[NUM.14.29] your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,
[NUM.14.30] surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
[NUM.14.31] But your little ones, that you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.
[NUM.14.32] But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.
[NUM.14.33] Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitutions, until your dead bodies are consumed in the wilderness.
[NUM.14.34] After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my alienation.
[NUM.14.35] I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
[NUM.14.36] The men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to grumble against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,
[NUM.14.37] even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before Jehovah.
[NUM.14.38] But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men who went to spy out the land.
[NUM.14.39] Moses told these words to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
[NUM.14.40] They rose up early in the morning, and got up to the top of the mountain, saying, See, we are here, and will go up to the place which Jehovah has promised: for we have sinned.
[NUM.14.41] Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?
[NUM.14.42] Do not go up, for Jehovah is not among you; that you are not struck down before your enemies.
[NUM.14.43] For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.
[NUM.14.44] But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, did not depart out of the camp.
[NUM.14.45] Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.
[NUM.15.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.15.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
[NUM.15.3] and will make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to perform a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor to Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;
[NUM.15.4] then he who offers his offering shall offer to Jehovah a meal-offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil:
[NUM.15.5] and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt-offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
[NUM.15.6] Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil:
[NUM.15.7] and for the drink-offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[NUM.15.8] And when you prepare a bull for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, to perform a vow, or for peace-offerings to Jehovah;
[NUM.15.9] then shall he offer with the bull a meal-offering of three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil:
[NUM.15.10] and you shall offer for the drink-offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[NUM.15.11] Thus shall it be done for each bull, or for each ram, or for each of the lambs or of the goats.
[NUM.15.12] According to the number that you shall prepare, so shall you do to everyone according to their number.
[NUM.15.13] All that are native-born shall do these things in this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[NUM.15.14] And if a foreigner sojourns with you, or whoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Jehovah; as you do, so he shall do.
[NUM.15.15] For the congregation, there shall be one statute both for you and for the foreigner that sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the foreigner be before Jehovah.
[NUM.15.16] One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the foreigner that sojourns with you.
[NUM.15.17] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.15.18] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land where I bring you,
[NUM.15.19] then it shall be, that when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up a heave-offering to Jehovah.
[NUM.15.20] Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a heave-offering: as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall you heave it.
[NUM.15.21] Of the first of your dough you shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.
[NUM.15.22] And when you err, and do not observe all these commandments, which Jehovah has spoken to Moses,
[NUM.15.23] even all that Jehovah has commanded you by Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations;
[NUM.15.24] then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor to Jehovah, with its meal-offering, and its drink-offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin-offering.
[NUM.15.25] And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to Jehovah, and their sin-offering before Jehovah, for their error:
[NUM.15.26] and all the congregation of the children of Israel shall be forgiven, and the foreigner that sojourns among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly.
[NUM.15.27] And if one soul sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin-offering.
[NUM.15.28] And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that errs, when he sins unwittingly, before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
[NUM.15.29] You shall have one law for him that does anything unwittingly, for him that is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the foreigner that sojourns among them.
[NUM.15.30] But the soul that does anything with a high hand, whether he be native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[NUM.15.31] Because he has despised the word of Jehovah, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
[NUM.15.32] While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the Sabbath day.
[NUM.15.33] And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation.
[NUM.15.34] And they put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
[NUM.15.35] And Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
[NUM.15.36] And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.15.37] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.15.38] Speak to the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
[NUM.15.39] and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the harlot;
[NUM.15.40] that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
[NUM.15.41] I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah your God.
[NUM.16.1] Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
[NUM.16.2] and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;
[NUM.16.3] and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?
[NUM.16.4] And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
[NUM.16.5] and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning Jehovah will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him.
[NUM.16.6] Do this: take censers, Korah, and all his company;
[NUM.16.7] and put fire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah chooses, he shall be holy: you take too much upon you, you sons of Levi.
[NUM.16.8] And Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
[NUM.16.9] does it seem but a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself; to do the service of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
[NUM.16.10] and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? And do you seek the priesthood also?
[NUM.16.11] Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him?
[NUM.16.12] And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not come up:
[NUM.16.13] is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?
[NUM.16.14] Moreover you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.
[NUM.16.15] And Moses was very angry, and said to Jehovah, Do not respect their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
[NUM.16.16] And Moses said to Korah, You and all your company be before Jehovah, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow:
[NUM.16.17] and take every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.
[NUM.16.18] And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense upon them, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.
[NUM.16.19] And Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the tent of meeting: and the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the congregation.
[NUM.16.20] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[NUM.16.21] Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
[NUM.16.22] And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
[NUM.16.23] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.16.24] Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
[NUM.16.25] And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
[NUM.16.26] And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I beg you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
[NUM.16.27] So they got away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
[NUM.16.28] And Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of my own mind.
[NUM.16.29] If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited after the visitation of all men, then Jehovah has not sent me.
[NUM.16.30] But if Jehovah makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that pertains to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
[NUM.16.31] And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them;
[NUM.16.32] and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that pertained to Korah, and all their goods.
[NUM.16.33] So they, and all that pertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.
[NUM.16.34] And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
[NUM.16.35] And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
[NUM.16.36] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.16.37] Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire yonder; for they are holy,
[NUM.16.38] even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy: and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
[NUM.16.39] And Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they made them beaten plates for a covering of the altar,
[NUM.16.40] to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who is not of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spoke to him by Moses.
[NUM.16.41] But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of Jehovah.
[NUM.16.42] And it came to pass, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared.
[NUM.16.43] And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.16.44] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.16.45] Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
[NUM.16.46] And Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire from off the altar in it, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
[NUM.16.47] And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
[NUM.16.48] And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped.
[NUM.16.49] Now those that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died about the matter of Korah.
[NUM.16.50] And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stopped.
[NUM.17.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.17.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and take from them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their leaders according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write each man's name upon his rod.
[NUM.17.3] And you shall write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for the head of each fathers' house.
[NUM.17.4] And you shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
[NUM.17.5] And it shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.
[NUM.17.6] And Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their leaders gave him rods, one for each leader according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.
[NUM.17.7] And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
[NUM.17.8] And it happened on the next day, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
[NUM.17.9] And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took each man his rod.
[NUM.17.10] And Jehovah said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a sign against the rebels; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.
[NUM.17.11] Thus did Moses: as Jehovah commanded him, so he did.
[NUM.17.12] And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
[NUM.17.13] Every one that comes near, that comes near to the tabernacle of Jehovah, dies; shall we all perish?
[NUM.18.1] And Jehovah said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father’s family with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
[NUM.18.2] And bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may join to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.
[NUM.18.3] And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.
[NUM.18.4] And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and a stranger shall not come near to you.
[NUM.18.5] And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there may be no wrath anymore upon the children of Israel.
[NUM.18.6] And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.18.7] And you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
[NUM.18.8] And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given you the charge of my heave offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.
[NUM.18.9] This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every grain offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
[NUM.18.10] As the most holy things shall you eat of it; every male shall eat of it: it shall be holy to you.
[NUM.18.11] And this is yours: the heave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever; every one who is clean in your house shall eat thereof.
[NUM.18.12] All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Jehovah, to you have I given them.
[NUM.18.13] The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Jehovah, shall be yours; every one who is clean in your house shall eat of it.
[NUM.18.14] Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.
[NUM.18.15] Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Jehovah, both of man and animal shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals shall you redeem.
[NUM.18.16] And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shall you redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs).
[NUM.18.17] But the firstborn of an ox, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to Jehovah.
[NUM.18.18] And their flesh shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
[NUM.18.19] All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before Jehovah to you and to your descendants with you.
[NUM.18.20] And Jehovah said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them: I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
[NUM.18.21] And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.18.22] And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting, unless they bear sin, and die.
[NUM.18.23] But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
[NUM.18.24] For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave offering to Jehovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
[NUM.18.25] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.18.26] Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and say to them, When you take from the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it for Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe.
[NUM.18.27] And your heave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing-floor, and as the fullness of the winepress.
[NUM.18.28] Thus you also shall offer a heave offering to Jehovah of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and thereof you shall give Jehovah’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.
[NUM.18.29] Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of Jehovah, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part of it out of it.
[NUM.18.30] Therefore you shall say to them, When you have heaved the best of it from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the winepress.
[NUM.18.31] And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.18.32] And you shall bear no sin because of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: and you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.
[NUM.19.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
[NUM.19.2] This is the statute of the law which Jehovah has commanded, saying, Tell the Israelites, that they bring to you a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came a yoke.
[NUM.19.3] And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside the camp, and one shall slay her before his face.
[NUM.19.4] And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.
[NUM.19.5] And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn.
[NUM.19.6] And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
[NUM.19.7] Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening.
[NUM.19.8] And he that burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
[NUM.19.9] And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the Israelites for a water for impurity: it is a sin-offering.
[NUM.19.10] And he that gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: and it shall be to the Israelites, and to the stranger that stays among them, for a statute forever.
[NUM.19.11] He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
[NUM.19.12] the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
[NUM.19.13] Whoever touches a dead body, the body of a man that has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
[NUM.19.14] This is the law when a man dies in a tent: every one that comes into the tent, and every one that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
[NUM.19.15] And every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
[NUM.19.16] And whoever in the open field touches one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
[NUM.19.17] And to the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
[NUM.19.18] and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons that were there, and on him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave:
[NUM.19.19] and the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.
[NUM.19.20] But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
[NUM.19.21] And it shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he that sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes; and he that touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.
[NUM.19.22] And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening.
[NUM.20.1] And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
[NUM.20.2] And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
[NUM.20.3] And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before Jehovah!
[NUM.20.4] And why have you brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our livestock?
[NUM.20.5] And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.
[NUM.20.6] And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tent of meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them.
[NUM.20.7] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.20.8] Take the rod, and gather the assembly together, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock: so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.
[NUM.20.9] And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him.
[NUM.20.10] And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?
[NUM.20.11] And Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice: and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
[NUM.20.12] And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
[NUM.20.13] These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.
[NUM.20.14] And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has befallen us:
[NUM.20.15] how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt badly with us, and our fathers:
[NUM.20.16] and when we cried to Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.
[NUM.20.17] Let us pass, I pray you, through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.
[NUM.20.18] And Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.
[NUM.20.19] And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.
[NUM.20.20] And he said, You shall not pass through. And Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
[NUM.20.21] Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: so Israel turned away from him.
[NUM.20.22] And they journeyed from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to mount Hor.
[NUM.20.23] And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
[NUM.20.24] Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
[NUM.20.25] Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor;
[NUM.20.26] and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there.
[NUM.20.27] And Moses did as Jehovah commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
[NUM.20.28] And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
[NUM.20.29] And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
[NUM.21.1] And when the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim, then he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
[NUM.21.2] And Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
[NUM.21.3] And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah.
[NUM.21.4] And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was very discouraged because of the way.
[NUM.21.5] And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
[NUM.21.6] And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.
[NUM.21.7] And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against you; pray to Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
[NUM.21.8] And Jehovah said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it will happen, that every one that is bitten, when he sees it, will live.
[NUM.21.9] And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the pole: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of brass, he lived.
[NUM.21.10] And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
[NUM.21.11] And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
[NUM.21.12] From there they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
[NUM.21.13] From there they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
[NUM.21.14] Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon,
[NUM.21.15] And the slope of the valleys That inclines toward the dwelling of Ar, And leans upon the border of Moab.
[NUM.21.16] And from there they journeyed to Beer: that is the well where Jehovah said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
[NUM.21.17] Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing to it:
[NUM.21.18] The well, which the leaders dug, Which the nobles of the people dug, With the scepter, and with their rods. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;
[NUM.21.19] and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
[NUM.21.20] and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down upon the desert.
[NUM.21.21] And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
[NUM.21.22] Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border.
[NUM.21.23] And Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz: and he fought against Israel.
[NUM.21.24] And Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
[NUM.21.25] And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
[NUM.21.26] For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon.
[NUM.21.27] Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
[NUM.21.28] For a fire has gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
[NUM.21.29] Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh: He has given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters, into captivity, To Sihon king of the Amorites.
[NUM.21.30] We have shot at them; Heshbon has perished even to Dibon, And we have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.
[NUM.21.31] Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
[NUM.21.32] And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its villages, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
[NUM.21.33] And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
[NUM.21.34] And Jehovah said to Moses, Do not fear him; for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you will do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
[NUM.21.35] So they struck him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.
[NUM.22.1] And the children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
[NUM.22.2] And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
[NUM.22.3] And Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
[NUM.22.4] And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now shall this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
[NUM.22.5] And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide opposite me.
[NUM.22.6] Come now therefore, I ask you, curse me these people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
[NUM.22.7] And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of fortune-telling in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
[NUM.22.8] And he said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah shall speak to me: and the leaders of Moab abode with Balaam.
[NUM.22.9] And God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?
[NUM.22.10] And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,
[NUM.22.11] Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the face of the earth: now come, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and drive them out.
[NUM.22.12] And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.
[NUM.22.13] And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the leaders of Balak, Go to your land; for Jehovah refuses to give me leave to go with you.
[NUM.22.14] And the leaders of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
[NUM.22.15] And Balak sent again leaders, more, and more honorable than they.
[NUM.22.16] And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I ask you, hinder you from coming to me:
[NUM.22.17] for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do: come therefore, I ask you, curse me these people.
[NUM.22.18] And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
[NUM.22.19] Now therefore, please remain here also this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak to me more.
[NUM.22.20] And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that shall you do.
[NUM.22.21] And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the leaders of Moab.
[NUM.22.22] And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Jehovah stood in the way to oppose him. Now he was riding upon his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
[NUM.22.23] And the donkey saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand: and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.
[NUM.22.24] Then the angel of Jehovah stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
[NUM.22.25] And the donkey saw the angel of Jehovah, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he struck her again.
[NUM.22.26] And the angel of Jehovah went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
[NUM.22.27] And the donkey saw the angel of Jehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
[NUM.22.28] And Jehovah opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?
[NUM.22.29] And Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me: I would there was a sword in my hand, for now I had killed you.
[NUM.22.30] And the donkey said to Balaam, Am not I your donkey, upon which you have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever accustomed to do so to you? And he said, No.
[NUM.22.31] Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
[NUM.22.32] And the angel of Jehovah said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? behold, I have come forth to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me:
[NUM.22.33] and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had slain you, and saved her alive.
[NUM.22.34] And Balaam said to the angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will get back again.
[NUM.22.35] And the angel of Jehovah said to Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the leaders of Balak.
[NUM.22.36] And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the city of Moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
[NUM.22.37] And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? wherefore did you not come to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?
[NUM.22.38] And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
[NUM.22.39] And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
[NUM.22.40] And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the leaders that were with him.
[NUM.22.41] And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
[NUM.23.1] And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
[NUM.23.2] And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
[NUM.23.3] And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me: and whatever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to a bare height.
[NUM.23.4] And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
[NUM.23.5] And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
[NUM.23.6] And he returned to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
[NUM.23.7] And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
[NUM.23.8] How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah has not defied?
[NUM.23.9] For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
[NUM.23.10] Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
[NUM.23.11] And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
[NUM.23.12] And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?
[NUM.23.13] And Balak said to him, Come, I pray you, with me to another place, from where you may see them: you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse them from there for me.
[NUM.23.14] And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
[NUM.23.15] And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.
[NUM.23.16] And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
[NUM.23.17] And he came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
[NUM.23.18] And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:
[NUM.23.19] God is not a man, that he should lie, Nor the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
[NUM.23.20] Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
[NUM.23.21] He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
[NUM.23.22] God brings them forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
[NUM.23.23] Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, Neither is there any divination against Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
[NUM.23.24] Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, And as a lion does he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain.
[NUM.23.25] And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
[NUM.23.26] But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not speak to you, saying, All that Jehovah speaks, that I must do?
[NUM.23.27] And Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.
[NUM.23.28] And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down upon the desert.
[NUM.23.29] And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
[NUM.23.30] And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
[NUM.24.1] And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he did not go, as at the other times, to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
[NUM.24.2] And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
[NUM.24.3] And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye is opened says;
[NUM.24.4] He says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
[NUM.24.5] How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your tabernacles, Israel!
[NUM.24.6] As valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Jehovah has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
[NUM.24.7] Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
[NUM.24.8] God brings him forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the wild ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces, and smite through his arrows.
[NUM.24.9] He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, and cursed is everyone who curses you.
[NUM.24.10] And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.
[NUM.24.11] Therefore now flee to your place: I thought to promote you to great honor; but, lo, Jehovah has kept you back from honor.
[NUM.24.12] And Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also speak to your messengers that you sent to me, saying,
[NUM.24.13] If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of my own mind; what Jehovah speaks, that will I speak?
[NUM.24.14] And now, behold, I go to my people: come, and I will advise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.
[NUM.24.15] And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, and the man whose eye is opened says;
[NUM.24.16] He says, who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
[NUM.24.17] I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of tumult.
[NUM.24.18] And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; while Israel does valiantly.
[NUM.24.19] And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.
[NUM.24.20] And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall come to destruction.
[NUM.24.21] And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling-place, and your nest is set in the rock.
[NUM.24.22] Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry you away captive.
[NUM.24.23] And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this?
[NUM.24.24] But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; and he also shall come to destruction.
[NUM.24.25] And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
[NUM.25.1] And Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab:
[NUM.25.2] for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
[NUM.25.3] And Israel joined himself to Baal-peor: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.
[NUM.25.4] And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up before Jehovah against the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.
[NUM.25.5] And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Kill every one his men that have joined themselves to Baal-peor.
[NUM.25.6] And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.25.7] And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand;
[NUM.25.8] and he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.
[NUM.25.9] And those that died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
[NUM.25.10] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.25.11] Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
[NUM.25.12] Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:
[NUM.25.13] and it shall be to him, and to his descendants after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
[NUM.25.14] Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a father's house among the Simeonites.
[NUM.25.15] And the name of the Midianite woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a father's house in Midian.
[NUM.25.16] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.25.17] Trouble the Midianites, and strike them;
[NUM.25.18] for they troubled you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.
[NUM.26.1] And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
[NUM.26.2] Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
[NUM.26.3] And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
[NUM.26.4] Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.
[NUM.26.5] Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: the sons of Reuben; of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
[NUM.26.6] of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
[NUM.26.7] These are the families of the Reubenites; and they that were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.
[NUM.26.8] And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
[NUM.26.9] And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called by the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Jehovah,
[NUM.26.10] and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
[NUM.26.11] But the sons of Korah did not die.
[NUM.26.12] The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
[NUM.26.13] of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
[NUM.26.14] These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.
[NUM.26.15] The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
[NUM.26.16] of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
[NUM.26.17] of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
[NUM.26.18] These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand five hundred.
[NUM.26.19] The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
[NUM.26.20] And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
[NUM.26.21] And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
[NUM.26.22] These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
[NUM.26.23] The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
[NUM.26.24] of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
[NUM.26.25] These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
[NUM.26.26] The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
[NUM.26.27] These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
[NUM.26.28] The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
[NUM.26.29] The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
[NUM.26.30] These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
[NUM.26.31] and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
[NUM.26.32] and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
[NUM.26.33] And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
[NUM.26.34] These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
[NUM.26.35] These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
[NUM.26.36] And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
[NUM.26.37] These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
[NUM.26.38] The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
[NUM.26.39] of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
[NUM.26.40] And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
[NUM.26.41] These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
[NUM.26.42] These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
[NUM.26.43] All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
[NUM.26.44] The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
[NUM.26.45] Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
[NUM.26.46] And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
[NUM.26.47] These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand four hundred.
[NUM.26.48] The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
[NUM.26.49] of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
[NUM.26.50] These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those that were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
[NUM.26.51] These are those that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred and thirty.
[NUM.26.52] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.26.53] To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
[NUM.26.54] To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance; to each one according to those that were numbered of it shall its inheritance be given.
[NUM.26.55] Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
[NUM.26.56] According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
[NUM.26.57] And these are those that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
[NUM.26.58] These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram.
[NUM.26.59] And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
[NUM.26.60] And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
[NUM.26.61] And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.
[NUM.26.62] And those that were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
[NUM.26.63] These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
[NUM.26.64] But among these there was not a man of them who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
[NUM.26.65] For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
[NUM.27.1] Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
[NUM.27.2] And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying,
[NUM.27.3] Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
[NUM.27.4] Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.
[NUM.27.5] And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.
[NUM.27.6] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.27.7] The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
[NUM.27.8] And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
[NUM.27.9] And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
[NUM.27.10] And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
[NUM.27.11] And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his closest kinsman of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.27.12] And Jehovah said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
[NUM.27.13] And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered;
[NUM.27.14] because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
[NUM.27.15] And Moses spoke to Jehovah, saying,
[NUM.27.16] Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
[NUM.27.17] who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
[NUM.27.18] And Jehovah said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him;
[NUM.27.19] and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
[NUM.27.20] And you shall put of your honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
[NUM.27.21] And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
[NUM.27.22] And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation;
[NUM.27.23] and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as Jehovah spoke by Moses.
[NUM.28.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.28.2] Command the children of Israel, and say to them, My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet aroma to me, you must observe to offer to me in their due season.
[NUM.28.3] And you shall say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Jehovah: two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, for a continual burnt-offering.
[NUM.28.4] You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at evening;
[NUM.28.5] and a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
[NUM.28.6] It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[NUM.28.7] And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for one lamb: in the holy place you shall pour out a drink-offering of strong drink to Jehovah.
[NUM.28.8] And the other lamb you shall offer at evening: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Jehovah.
[NUM.28.9] And on the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, and the drink-offering thereof:
[NUM.28.10] this is the burnt-offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.
[NUM.28.11] And in the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
[NUM.28.12] and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;
[NUM.28.13] and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal-offering to every lamb, for a burnt-offering of a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[NUM.28.14] And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
[NUM.28.15] And one male goat for a sin-offering to Jehovah; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.
[NUM.28.16] And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Jehovah's Passover.
[NUM.28.17] And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
[NUM.28.18] In the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work;
[NUM.28.19] but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt-offering to Jehovah; two young bulls, and one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
[NUM.28.20] and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three tenth parts shall you offer for a bull, and two tenth parts for the ram;
[NUM.28.21] a tenth part shall you offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
[NUM.28.22] and one male goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.
[NUM.28.23] Besides the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering, you shall offer these.
[NUM.28.24] After this manner you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Jehovah: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.
[NUM.28.25] And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.
[NUM.28.26] Also in the day of the first-fruits, when you offer a new meal-offering to Jehovah in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;
[NUM.28.27] but you shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet aroma to Jehovah; two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
[NUM.28.28] and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for each bull, two tenth parts for the one ram,
[NUM.28.29] a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
[NUM.28.30] one male goat, to make atonement for you.
[NUM.28.31] Besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, you shall offer them (they shall be to you without blemish), and their drink-offerings.
[NUM.29.1] And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy gathering: you shall do no servile work; it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
[NUM.29.2] And you shall offer a burnt-offering for a pleasant aroma to Jehovah: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect;
[NUM.29.3] and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram,
[NUM.29.4] and one-tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs;
[NUM.29.5] and one male goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;
[NUM.29.6] besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and its meal-offering, and the continual burnt-offering and its meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Jehovah.
[NUM.29.7] And on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy gathering; and you shall afflict your souls; you shall do no manner of work;
[NUM.29.8] but you shall offer a burnt-offering to Jehovah for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without defect;
[NUM.29.9] and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram,
[NUM.29.10] a tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs:
[NUM.29.11] one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and its meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.
[NUM.29.12] And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy gathering; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Jehovah seven days:
[NUM.29.13] and you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasant aroma to Jehovah: thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without defect;
[NUM.29.14] and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for every ram of the two rams,
[NUM.29.15] and a tenth for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
[NUM.29.16] and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, its meal-offering, and its drink-offering.
[NUM.29.17] And on the second day you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
[NUM.29.18] and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
[NUM.29.19] and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and its meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.
[NUM.29.20] And on the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
[NUM.29.21] and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
[NUM.29.22] and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and its meal-offering, and its drink-offering.
[NUM.29.23] And on the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
[NUM.29.24] their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
[NUM.29.25] and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, its meal-offering, and its drink-offering.
[NUM.29.26] And on the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
[NUM.29.27] and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
[NUM.29.28] and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and its meal-offering, and its drink-offering.
[NUM.29.29] And on the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
[NUM.29.30] and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
[NUM.29.31] and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, its meal-offering, and its drink-offering.
[NUM.29.32] And on the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
[NUM.29.33] and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
[NUM.29.34] and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, its meal-offering, and its drink-offering.
[NUM.29.35] On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;
[NUM.29.36] but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasant aroma to Jehovah: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect;
[NUM.29.37] their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
[NUM.29.38] and one male goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and its meal-offering, and its drink-offering.
[NUM.29.39] These you shall offer to Jehovah in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meal-offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings.
[NUM.29.40] And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.30.1] And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded.
[NUM.30.2] When a man makes a vow to Jehovah, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
[NUM.30.3] Also when a woman makes a vow to Jehovah, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,
[NUM.30.4] and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
[NUM.30.5] But if her father disallows her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
[NUM.30.6] And if she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,
[NUM.30.7] and her husband hears it, and holds his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
[NUM.30.8] But if her husband disallows her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her.
[NUM.30.9] But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.
[NUM.30.10] And if she made a vow in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
[NUM.30.11] and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and did not disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.
[NUM.30.12] But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them; then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them null and void; and Jehovah will forgive her.
[NUM.30.13] Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it null and void.
[NUM.30.14] But if her husband holds his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
[NUM.30.15] But if he shall make them null and void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
[NUM.30.16] These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.
[NUM.31.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.31.2] Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward you shall be gathered to your people.
[NUM.31.3] And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian.
[NUM.31.4] Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall you send to the war.
[NUM.31.5] So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
[NUM.31.6] And Moses sent them, a thousand from every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
[NUM.31.7] And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they killed every male.
[NUM.31.8] And they killed the kings of Midian, besides the rest of those who were slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
[NUM.31.9] And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a spoil.
[NUM.31.10] And all their cities in the places where they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
[NUM.31.11] And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
[NUM.31.12] And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
[NUM.31.13] And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp.
[NUM.31.14] And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
[NUM.31.15] And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
[NUM.31.16] Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.
[NUM.31.17] Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
[NUM.31.18] But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
[NUM.31.19] And encamp outside the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
[NUM.31.20] And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, you shall purify.
[NUM.31.21] And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah has commanded Moses:
[NUM.31.22] notwithstanding the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
[NUM.31.23] everything that may abide the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that cannot abide the fire you shall make to go through the water.
[NUM.31.24] And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp.
[NUM.31.25] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.31.26] Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation;
[NUM.31.27] and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.
[NUM.31.28] And levy a tribute to Jehovah of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of 500, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:
[NUM.31.29] take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering.
[NUM.31.30] And of the children of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of 50, of the persons, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.
[NUM.31.31] And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.31.32] Now the prey, besides the spoil that the men skilled in war had taken, was 675,000 sheep,
[NUM.31.33] and 72,000 oxen,
[NUM.31.34] and 61,000 donkeys,
[NUM.31.35] and 32,000 persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.
[NUM.31.36] And the half which was the portion of them who went out to war, was in number 337,500 sheep:
[NUM.31.37] and Jehovah's tribute of the sheep was 675.
[NUM.31.38] And the oxen were 36,000; and of them Jehovah's tribute was 72.
[NUM.31.39] And the donkeys were 30,500; and of them Jehovah's tribute was 61.
[NUM.31.40] And the persons were 16,000; and of them Jehovah's tribute was 32 persons.
[NUM.31.41] And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah's heave-offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.31.42] And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men who warred,
[NUM.31.43] now the congregation's half was 337,500 sheep,
[NUM.31.44] and 36,000 oxen,
[NUM.31.45] and 30,500 donkeys,
[NUM.31.46] and 16,000 persons,
[NUM.31.47] even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of 50, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[NUM.31.48] And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
[NUM.31.49] and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there is not one man missing of us.
[NUM.31.50] And we have brought Jehovah's oblation, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.
[NUM.31.51] And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, all jewels of wrought work.
[NUM.31.52] And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.
[NUM.31.53] (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
[NUM.31.54] And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.
[NUM.32.1] Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock: and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead; and behold, the place was a place for livestock.
[NUM.32.2] And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
[NUM.32.3] Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
[NUM.32.4] the land which Jehovah struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.
[NUM.32.5] And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; do not bring us over the Jordan.
[NUM.32.6] And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?
[NUM.32.7] And why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah has given them?
[NUM.32.8] Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
[NUM.32.9] For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them.
[NUM.32.10] And Jehovah's anger was kindled in that day, and he swore, saying,
[NUM.32.11] Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
[NUM.32.12] except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Jehovah.
[NUM.32.13] And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.
[NUM.32.14] And behold, you have risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.
[NUM.32.15] For if you turn away from following him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people.
[NUM.32.16] And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:
[NUM.32.17] but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
[NUM.32.18] We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.
[NUM.32.19] For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.
[NUM.32.20] And Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Jehovah to the war,
[NUM.32.21] and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
[NUM.32.22] and the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless before Jehovah, and before Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before Jehovah.
[NUM.32.23] But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.
[NUM.32.24] Build your cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.
[NUM.32.25] And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
[NUM.32.26] Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
[NUM.32.27] but your servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord says.
[NUM.32.28] So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
[NUM.32.29] And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before Jehovah, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
[NUM.32.30] but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
[NUM.32.31] And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah has said to your servants, so will we do.
[NUM.32.32] We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.
[NUM.32.33] And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities with their borders, even the cities of the land round about.
[NUM.32.34] And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
[NUM.32.35] and Atrothshophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
[NUM.32.36] and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
[NUM.32.37] And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
[NUM.32.38] and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
[NUM.32.39] And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were in it.
[NUM.32.40] And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived in it.
[NUM.32.41] And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair.
[NUM.32.42] And Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
[NUM.33.1] These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
[NUM.33.2] And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
[NUM.33.3] And they set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,
[NUM.33.4] while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom Jehovah had struck among them: upon their gods also Jehovah executed judgments.
[NUM.33.5] And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.
[NUM.33.6] And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
[NUM.33.7] And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.
[NUM.33.8] And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
[NUM.33.9] And they journeyed from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there.
[NUM.33.10] And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
[NUM.33.11] And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
[NUM.33.12] And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
[NUM.33.13] And they journeyed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
[NUM.33.14] And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
[NUM.33.15] And they journeyed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.
[NUM.33.16] And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah.
[NUM.33.17] And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.
[NUM.33.18] And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.
[NUM.33.19] And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez.
[NUM.33.20] And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah.
[NUM.33.21] And they journeyed from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.
[NUM.33.22] And they journeyed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.
[NUM.33.23] And they journeyed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shepher.
[NUM.33.24] And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.
[NUM.33.25] And they journeyed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.
[NUM.33.26] And they journeyed from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.
[NUM.33.27] And they journeyed from Tahath, and encamped in Terah.
[NUM.33.28] And they journeyed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.
[NUM.33.29] And they journeyed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.
[NUM.33.30] And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.
[NUM.33.31] And they journeyed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan.
[NUM.33.32] And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped in Hor-haggidgad.
[NUM.33.33] And they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.
[NUM.33.34] And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.
[NUM.33.35] And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.
[NUM.33.36] And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).
[NUM.33.37] And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
[NUM.33.38] And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
[NUM.33.39] And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died in mount Hor.
[NUM.33.40] And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelled in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
[NUM.33.41] And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.
[NUM.33.42] And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.
[NUM.33.43] And they journeyed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.
[NUM.33.44] And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in Iye-abarim, in the border of Moab.
[NUM.33.45] And they journeyed from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad.
[NUM.33.46] And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
[NUM.33.47] And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
[NUM.33.48] And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
[NUM.33.49] And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even to Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
[NUM.33.50] And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
[NUM.33.51] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
[NUM.33.52] then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:
[NUM.33.53] and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell in it; for to you I have given the land to possess it.
[NUM.33.54] And you shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.
[NUM.33.55] But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those that you let remain of them shall be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.
[NUM.33.56] And it shall come to pass, that as I thought to do to them, so will I do to you.
[NUM.34.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.34.2] Command the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders),
[NUM.34.3] then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;
[NUM.34.4] and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;
[NUM.34.5] and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
[NUM.34.6] And for the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border thereof: this shall be your west border.
[NUM.34.7] And this shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves mount Hor;
[NUM.34.8] from mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
[NUM.34.9] and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
[NUM.34.10] And you shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;
[NUM.34.11] and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope on the east of the Sea of Chinnereth;
[NUM.34.12] and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders round about.
[NUM.34.13] And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
[NUM.34.14] for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
[NUM.34.15] the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.
[NUM.34.16] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.34.17] These are the names of the men that shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
[NUM.34.18] And you shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
[NUM.34.19] And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
[NUM.34.20] And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
[NUM.34.21] Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
[NUM.34.22] And of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli.
[NUM.34.23] Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
[NUM.34.24] And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
[NUM.34.25] And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
[NUM.34.26] And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
[NUM.34.27] And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
[NUM.34.28] And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
[NUM.34.29] These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
[NUM.35.1] And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,
[NUM.35.2] Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and pasture land for the cities around them you will give to the Levites.
[NUM.35.3] And the cities will be for them to dwell in; and their pasture lands will be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
[NUM.35.4] And the pasture lands of the cities, which you will give to the Levites, will be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
[NUM.35.5] And you will measure outside the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This will be to them the pasture lands of the cities.
[NUM.35.6] And the cities which you will give to the Levites, they will be the six cities of refuge, which you will give for the man slayer to flee to; and besides them you will give forty-two cities.
[NUM.35.7] All the cities which you will give to the Levites will be forty-eight cities; them and their pasture lands.
[NUM.35.8] And concerning the cities which you will give from the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you will take many; and from the few you will take few: everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits will give of his cities to the Levites.
[NUM.35.9] And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
[NUM.35.10] Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
[NUM.35.11] then you will appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
[NUM.35.12] And the cities will be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer die not until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
[NUM.35.13] And the cities which you will give will be for you six cities of refuge.
[NUM.35.14] You will give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities you will give in the land of Canaan; they will be cities of refuge.
[NUM.35.15] For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, will these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
[NUM.35.16] But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer will surely be put to death.
[NUM.35.17] And if he struck him with a stone in the hand, whereby a person may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer will surely be put to death.
[NUM.35.18] Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a person may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer will surely be put to death.
[NUM.35.19] The avenger of blood will himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he will put him to death.
[NUM.35.20] And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
[NUM.35.21] or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died; he that struck him will surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood will put the murderer to death when he meets him.
[NUM.35.22] But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,
[NUM.35.23] or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and threw it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;
[NUM.35.24] then the congregation will judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;
[NUM.35.25] and the congregation will deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation will restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he will dwell there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
[NUM.35.26] But if the man slayer comes outside the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,
[NUM.35.27] and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the man slayer; he will not be guilty of blood,
[NUM.35.28] because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the man slayer will return to the land of his possession.
[NUM.35.29] And these things will be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
[NUM.35.30] Whoever kills any person, the murderer will be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness will not testify against any person that he die.
[NUM.35.31] Moreover you will take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he will surely be put to death.
[NUM.35.32] And you will take no ransom for him that has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
[NUM.35.33] So you will not pollute the land where you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
[NUM.35.34] And you will not defile the land which you inhabit, in the middle of which I dwell: for I Jehovah dwell in the middle of the children of Israel.
[NUM.36.1] And the heads of the fathers' families of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses, and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers' families of the children of Israel:
[NUM.36.2] and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
[NUM.36.3] But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong: so it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
[NUM.36.4] And when the jubilee of the children of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong: so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
[NUM.36.5] And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.
[NUM.36.6] This is the thing which Jehovah commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry whom they think best; only they must marry into the family of the tribe of their father.
[NUM.36.7] So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel will each hold to the inheritance of the tribe of their fathers.
[NUM.36.8] And every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the children of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.
[NUM.36.9] So will no inheritance move from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel will each hold to its own inheritance.
[NUM.36.10] Even as Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
[NUM.36.11] for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.
[NUM.36.12] They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
[NUM.36.13] These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
[DEU.1.1] These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Di-zahab.
[DEU.1.2] (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.)
[DEU.1.3] And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Jehovah had given him in commandment to them;
[DEU.1.4] after he had stricken Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
[DEU.1.5] Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
[DEU.1.6] Jehovah our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have stayed long enough in this mountain:
[DEU.1.7] turn and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and to all the places nearby, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-side, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
[DEU.1.8] Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them.
[DEU.1.9] And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
[DEU.1.10] Jehovah your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
[DEU.1.11] Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!
[DEU.1.12] How can I myself alone bear your problems, and your burdens, and your strife?
[DEU.1.13] Choose wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
[DEU.1.14] And you answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do.
[DEU.1.15] So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
[DEU.1.16] And I instructed your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner that is with him.
[DEU.1.17] You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
[DEU.1.18] And I instructed you at that time all the things which you should do.
[DEU.1.19] And we set out from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God instructed us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
[DEU.1.20] And I said to you, You have come to the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God gives to us.
[DEU.1.21] Behold, Jehovah your God has set the land before you: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you; do not fear, nor be dismayed.
[DEU.1.22] And you all came near to me, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring us word again concerning the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come.
[DEU.1.23] And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men from you, one man for every tribe:
[DEU.1.24] and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
[DEU.1.25] And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God gives to us.
[DEU.1.26] Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled against the command of Jehovah your God:
[DEU.1.27] and you murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
[DEU.1.28] Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
[DEU.1.29] Then I said to you, Do not dread, neither be afraid of them.
[DEU.1.30] Jehovah your God who goes before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
[DEU.1.31] and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Jehovah your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went, until you came to this place.
[DEU.1.32] Yet in this thing you did not believe Jehovah your God,
[DEU.1.33] who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day.
[DEU.1.34] And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,
[DEU.1.35] Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,
[DEU.1.36] except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he has trodden on, and to his children; because he has wholly followed Jehovah.
[DEU.1.37] Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, You also shall not go in there:
[DEU.1.38] Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there: encourage him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
[DEU.1.39] Moreover your little ones, whom you said would be prey, and your children, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in there, and to them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
[DEU.1.40] But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
[DEU.1.41] Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God instructed us. And you girded every man his weapons of war, and were ready to go up into the hill-country.
[DEU.1.42] And Jehovah said to me, Say to them, Do not go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be struck down before your enemies.
[DEU.1.43] So I spoke to you, and you did not listen; but you rebelled against the command of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.
[DEU.1.44] And the Amorites, who lived in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even to Hormah.
[DEU.1.45] And you returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah didn't listen to your voice, nor gave ear to you.
[DEU.1.46] So you abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you stayed there.
[DEU.2.1] Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spoke to me; and we circled Mount Seir many days.
[DEU.2.2] And Jehovah spoke to me, saying,
[DEU.2.3] You have circled this mountain long enough: turn northward.
[DEU.2.4] Command the people, saying, You are to pass through the border of your relatives, the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;
[DEU.2.5] do not contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
[DEU.2.6] You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.
[DEU.2.7] For Jehovah your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he knows your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.
[DEU.2.8] So we passed by from our relatives, the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah, from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
[DEU.2.9] And Jehovah said to me, Do not harass Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.
[DEU.2.10] (The Emim dwelt therein previously, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
[DEU.2.11] these also are counted as Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
[DEU.2.12] The Horites also dwelt in Seir previously, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their place; as Israel did to the land of their possession, which Jehovah gave to them.)
[DEU.2.13] Now rise up, and cross the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
[DEU.2.14] And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah swore to them.
[DEU.2.15] Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from among the camp, until they were consumed.
[DEU.2.16] So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
[DEU.2.17] that Jehovah spoke to me, saying,
[DEU.2.18] You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
[DEU.2.19] and when you come near over against the children of Ammon, do not harass them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession: because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.
[DEU.2.20] (That also is counted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein previously; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,
[DEU.2.21] a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their place;
[DEU.2.22] as he did for the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their place even to this day:
[DEU.2.23] and the Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth from Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their place.)
[DEU.2.24] Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
[DEU.2.25] This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you.
[DEU.2.26] And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
[DEU.2.27] Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
[DEU.2.28] You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet;
[DEU.2.29] as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God gives us.
[DEU.2.30] But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.
[DEU.2.31] And Jehovah said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you: begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.
[DEU.2.32] Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.
[DEU.2.33] And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, and his sons, and all his people.
[DEU.2.34] And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:
[DEU.2.35] only the cattle we took for a prey to ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.
[DEU.2.36] From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:
[DEU.2.37] only to the land of the children of Ammon you did not come near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wherever Jehovah our God forbade us.
[DEU.3.1] Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
[DEU.3.2] And Jehovah said to me, Do not fear him; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
[DEU.3.3] So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we struck him until there was none remaining to him.
[DEU.3.4] And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them; sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
[DEU.3.5] All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.
[DEU.3.6] And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the children.
[DEU.3.7] But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
[DEU.3.8] And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to mount Hermon;
[DEU.3.9] (which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;)
[DEU.3.10] all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
[DEU.3.11] (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, after the cubit of a man.)
[DEU.3.12] And this land we possessed at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
[DEU.3.13] and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
[DEU.3.14] Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, to this day.)
[DEU.3.15] And I gave Gilead to Machir.
[DEU.3.16] And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
[DEU.3.17] the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
[DEU.3.18] And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God has given you this land to possess it: you shall pass over armed before your brothers, the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
[DEU.3.19] But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that you have much cattle,) shall remain in your cities which I have given you,
[DEU.3.20] until Jehovah gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God gives them beyond the Jordan: then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you.
[DEU.3.21] And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that Jehovah your God has done to these two kings: so shall Jehovah do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
[DEU.3.22] You shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fights for you.
[DEU.3.23] And I begged Jehovah at that time, saying,
[DEU.3.24] O Lord Jehovah, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your mighty hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your mighty acts?
[DEU.3.25] Let me go over, I beg you, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
[DEU.3.26] But Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and did not listen to me; and Jehovah said to me, Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.
[DEU.3.27] Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with your eyes: for you shall not go over this Jordan.
[DEU.3.28] But commission Joshua, and strengthen him, and encourage him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.
[DEU.3.29] So we stayed in the valley over against Beth-peor.
[DEU.4.1] And now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, gives you.
[DEU.4.2] You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take from it, that you may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
[DEU.4.3] Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah your God has destroyed them from among you.
[DEU.4.4] But you who clung to Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.
[DEU.4.5] Look, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you are going in to possess it.
[DEU.4.6] Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
[DEU.4.7] For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Jehovah our God is whenever we call on him?
[DEU.4.8] And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
[DEU.4.9] Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;
[DEU.4.10] the day that you stood before Jehovah your God in Horeb, when Jehovah said to me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
[DEU.4.11] And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
[DEU.4.12] And Jehovah spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but saw no form; only you heard a voice.
[DEU.4.13] And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tablets of stone.
[DEU.4.14] And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.
[DEU.4.15] Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that Jehovah spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;
[DEU.4.16] lest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
[DEU.4.17] the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,
[DEU.4.18] the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
[DEU.4.19] and lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
[DEU.4.20] But Jehovah has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
[DEU.4.21] Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land, which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance:
[DEU.4.22] but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but you shall go over, and possess that good land.
[DEU.4.23] Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah your God has forbidden you.
[DEU.4.24] For Jehovah your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
[DEU.4.25] When you shall beget children, and children's children, and you shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah your God, to provoke him to anger;
[DEU.4.26] I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
[DEU.4.27] And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where Jehovah shall lead you away.
[DEU.4.28] And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
[DEU.4.29] But from there you shall seek Jehovah your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
[DEU.4.30] When you are in tribulation, and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you shall return to Jehovah your God, and listen to his voice:
[DEU.4.31] for Jehovah your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
[DEU.4.32] For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this, or has been heard like it?
[DEU.4.33] Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
[DEU.4.34] Or has God attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
[DEU.4.35] To you it was shown, that you might know that Jehovah is God; there is none else besides him.
[DEU.4.36] Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might discipline you: and upon earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
[DEU.4.37] And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
[DEU.4.38] to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as at this day.
[DEU.4.39] Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
[DEU.4.40] And you shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days upon the land, which Jehovah your God gives you, for always.
[DEU.4.41] Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;
[DEU.4.42] that the man slayer might flee there, that kills his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
[DEU.4.43] Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
[DEU.4.44] And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
[DEU.4.45] These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
[DEU.4.46] beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck, when they came forth out of Egypt.
[DEU.4.47] And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;
[DEU.4.48] from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (the same is Hermon),
[DEU.4.49] and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
[DEU.5.1] And Moses called all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.
[DEU.5.2] Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
[DEU.5.3] Jehovah did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us alive here this day.
[DEU.5.4] Jehovah spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire,
[DEU.5.5] (I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mountain;) saying,
[DEU.5.6] I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
[DEU.5.7] You shall have no other gods before me.
[DEU.5.8] You shall not make for yourself a graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
[DEU.5.9] you shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and on the fourth generation of them that hate me;
[DEU.5.10] and showing lovingkindness to thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
[DEU.5.11] You shall not take the name of Jehovah your God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.
[DEU.5.12] Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah your God commanded you.
[DEU.5.13] Six days shall you labor, and do all your work;
[DEU.5.14] but the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your foreigner that is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
[DEU.5.15] And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day.
[DEU.5.16] Honor your father and your mother, as Jehovah your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
[DEU.5.17] You shall not kill.
[DEU.5.18] Neither shall you commit adultery.
[DEU.5.19] Neither shall you steal.
[DEU.5.20] Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.
[DEU.5.21] Neither shall you desire your neighbor's wife; neither shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.
[DEU.5.22] These words Jehovah spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone, and gave them to me.
[DEU.5.23] And it came to pass, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
[DEU.5.24] and you said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and he lives.
[DEU.5.25] Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God anymore, then we shall die.
[DEU.5.26] For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
[DEU.5.27] Go near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak to us all that Jehovah our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it.
[DEU.5.28] And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and Jehovah said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken.
[DEU.5.29] Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
[DEU.5.30] Go say to them, Return to your tents.
[DEU.5.31] But as for you, stand here by me, and I will speak to you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
[DEU.5.32] You shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
[DEU.5.33] You shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
[DEU.6.1] Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
[DEU.6.2] that you might fear Jehovah your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you and your child, and your child's child, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
[DEU.6.3] Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
[DEU.6.4] Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:
[DEU.6.5] and you shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
[DEU.6.6] And these words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
[DEU.6.7] and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
[DEU.6.8] And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
[DEU.6.9] And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house, and on your gates.
[DEU.6.10] And it shall be, when Jehovah your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you did not build,
[DEU.6.11] and houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and cisterns dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant, and you shall eat and be full;
[DEU.6.12] then beware lest you forget Jehovah, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
[DEU.6.13] You shall fear Jehovah your God; and him shall you serve, and shall swear by his name.
[DEU.6.14] You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are around you;
[DEU.6.15] for Jehovah your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
[DEU.6.16] You shall not test Jehovah your God, as you tested him in Massah.
[DEU.6.17] You shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
[DEU.6.18] And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Jehovah swore to your fathers,
[DEU.6.19] to thrust out all your enemies from before you, as Jehovah has spoken.
[DEU.6.20] When your child asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah our God has commanded you?
[DEU.6.21] Then you shall say to your child, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt: and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand;
[DEU.6.22] and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household, before our eyes;
[DEU.6.23] and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
[DEU.6.24] And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
[DEU.6.25] And it shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he has commanded us.
[DEU.7.1] When Jehovah your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you;
[DEU.7.2] and when Jehovah your God delivers them before you, and you defeat them; then you shall utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them;
[DEU.7.3] neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.
[DEU.7.4] For they will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy you quickly.
[DEU.7.5] But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.
[DEU.7.6] For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God: Jehovah your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are on the face of the earth.
[DEU.7.7] Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
[DEU.7.8] but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he promised to your ancestors, has Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
[DEU.7.9] Know therefore that Jehovah your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving-kindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
[DEU.7.10] and repays them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hates him, he will repay him to his face.
[DEU.7.11] You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
[DEU.7.12] And it shall come to pass, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving-kindness which he promised to your ancestors:
[DEU.7.13] and he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you; he will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which he promised to your ancestors to give you.
[DEU.7.14] You shall be blessed above all peoples: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
[DEU.7.15] And Jehovah will take away from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, will he put upon you, but will lay them upon all them that hate you.
[DEU.7.16] And you shall consume all the peoples that Jehovah your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.
[DEU.7.17] If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
[DEU.7.18] you shall not be afraid of them: you shall remember well what Jehovah your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt;
[DEU.7.19] the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby Jehovah your God brought you out: so shall Jehovah your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
[DEU.7.20] Moreover Jehovah your God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from you, be destroyed.
[DEU.7.21] You shall not be scared of them; for Jehovah your God is in the middle of you, a great God and terrible.
[DEU.7.22] And Jehovah your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them quickly, lest the beasts of the field increase upon you.
[DEU.7.23] But Jehovah your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.
[DEU.7.24] And he will deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them.
[DEU.7.25] You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire: you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it to yourself, lest you be ensnared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
[DEU.7.26] And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become a devoted thing like it: you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
[DEU.8.1] You must observe to do all the commandments which I command you this day, so that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers.
[DEU.8.2] And you must remember all the way which Jehovah your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
[DEU.8.3] And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of Jehovah does man live.
[DEU.8.4] Your clothing did not grow old upon you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
[DEU.8.5] And you know in your heart, that as a man disciplines his son, so Jehovah your God disciplines you.
[DEU.8.6] And you must keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
[DEU.8.7] For Jehovah your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
[DEU.8.8] a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
[DEU.8.9] a land wherein you will eat bread without scarceness, you will not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
[DEU.8.10] And you will eat and be full, and you must bless Jehovah your God for the good land which he has given you.
[DEU.8.11] Beware lest you forget Jehovah your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:
[DEU.8.12] lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived in them;
[DEU.8.13] and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
[DEU.8.14] then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
[DEU.8.15] who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
[DEU.8.16] who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know; that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good in the end:
[DEU.8.17] and lest you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
[DEU.8.18] But you must remember Jehovah your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
[DEU.8.19] And it will be, if you forget Jehovah your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you will surely perish.
[DEU.8.20] As the nations that Jehovah makes to perish before you, so will you perish; because you would not listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.
[DEU.9.1] Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
[DEU.9.2] a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
[DEU.9.3] Know therefore this day, that Jehovah your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so shall you drive them out, and cause them to perish quickly, as Jehovah has spoken to you.
[DEU.9.4] Do not say in your heart, after Jehovah your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah has brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah drives them out from before you.
[DEU.9.5] Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah your God drives them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[DEU.9.6] Know therefore, that Jehovah your God gives you not this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people.
[DEU.9.7] Remember, do not forget, how you provoked Jehovah your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you went out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Jehovah.
[DEU.9.8] Also in Horeb, you provoked Jehovah to wrath, and Jehovah was angry with you to destroy you.
[DEU.9.9] When I went up onto the mount to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I stayed on the mount forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.
[DEU.9.10] And Jehovah delivered to me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which Jehovah spoke with you on the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
[DEU.9.11] And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
[DEU.9.12] And Jehovah said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
[DEU.9.13] Furthermore Jehovah spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:
[DEU.9.14] Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.
[DEU.9.15] So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
[DEU.9.16] And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Jehovah your God; you had made you a molten calf: you had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.
[DEU.9.17] And I took hold of the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
[DEU.9.18] And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water; because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
[DEU.9.19] For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was angry against you to destroy you. But Jehovah listened to me that time also.
[DEU.9.20] And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at that same time.
[DEU.9.21] And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and beat it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust into the brook that descended out of the mount.
[DEU.9.22] And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked Jehovah to wrath.
[DEU.9.23] And when Jehovah sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God, and you did not believe him, nor listen to his voice.
[DEU.9.24] You have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you.
[DEU.9.25] So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.
[DEU.9.26] And I prayed to Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
[DEU.9.27] Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
[DEU.9.28] lest the land whence you brought us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.
[DEU.9.29] Yet they are your people and your inheritance, that you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
[DEU.10.1] At that time Jehovah said to me, Carve two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
[DEU.10.2] And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
[DEU.10.3] So I made an ark of acacia wood, and carved two tablets of stone like the first, and went up on the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.
[DEU.10.4] And he wrote on the tablets, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Jehovah spoke to you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Jehovah gave them to me.
[DEU.10.5] And I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.
[DEU.10.6] (And the children of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son served as priest in his place.
[DEU.10.7] From there they journeyed to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water.
[DEU.10.8] At that time Jehovah set apart the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
[DEU.10.9] Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his brothers; Jehovah is his inheritance, according as Jehovah your God spoke to him.)
[DEU.10.10] And I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights: and Jehovah listened to me that time also; Jehovah would not destroy you.
[DEU.10.11] And Jehovah said to me, Arise, go on your way before the people; and they shall go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them.
[DEU.10.12] And now, Israel, what does Jehovah your God ask of you, but to fear Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
[DEU.10.13] to keep the commandments of Jehovah, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good?
[DEU.10.14] Behold, to Jehovah your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is in it.
[DEU.10.15] Only Jehovah had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
[DEU.10.16] Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
[DEU.10.17] For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who is not partial, nor takes a bribe.
[DEU.10.18] He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
[DEU.10.19] Therefore love the foreigner; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
[DEU.10.20] You shall fear Jehovah your God; him you shall serve; and to him you shall cling, and by his name you shall swear.
[DEU.10.21] He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.
[DEU.10.22] Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Jehovah your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude.
[DEU.11.1] Therefore you shall love Jehovah your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
[DEU.11.2] And know this day: for I speak not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,
[DEU.11.3] and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land;
[DEU.11.4] and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued you, and how Jehovah has destroyed them to this day;
[DEU.11.5] and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;
[DEU.11.6] and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
[DEU.11.7] but your eyes have seen all the great work of Jehovah which he did.
[DEU.11.8] Therefore you shall keep all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land, to which you are going over to possess it;
[DEU.11.9] and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[DEU.11.10] For the land, where you are going in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
[DEU.11.11] but the land, where you are going over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinks water of the rain of the heavens,
[DEU.11.12] a land which Jehovah your God cares for: the eyes of Jehovah your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
[DEU.11.13] And it will happen, if you will listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
[DEU.11.14] that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil.
[DEU.11.15] And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you shall eat and be full.
[DEU.11.16] Take heed to yourselves, unless your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
[DEU.11.17] and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there be no rain, and the land will not yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah gives you.
[DEU.11.18] Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
[DEU.11.19] And you shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
[DEU.11.20] And you shall write them upon the door-posts of your house, and upon your gates;
[DEU.11.21] that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
[DEU.11.22] For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him;
[DEU.11.23] then will Jehovah drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.
[DEU.11.24] Every place on which the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the farthermost sea shall be your border.
[DEU.11.25] No man shall stand before you: Jehovah your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that you shall tread upon, as he has spoken to you.
[DEU.11.26] Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:
[DEU.11.27] the blessing, if you shall listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day;
[DEU.11.28] and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.
[DEU.11.29] And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, that you shall set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
[DEU.11.30] Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, near Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
[DEU.11.31] For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell in it.
[DEU.11.32] And you shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.
[DEU.12.1] These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, all the days that you live upon the earth.
[DEU.12.2] You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations you shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
[DEU.12.3] and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place.
[DEU.12.4] You shall not do so to Jehovah your God.
[DEU.12.5] But to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come;
[DEU.12.6] and there you shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:
[DEU.12.7] and there you shall eat before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, where Jehovah your God has blessed you.
[DEU.12.8] You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
[DEU.12.9] for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah your God gives you.
[DEU.12.10] But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around, so that you dwell in safety;
[DEU.12.11] then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to make his name dwell there, there shall you bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Jehovah.
[DEU.12.12] And you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your male servants, and your female servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
[DEU.12.13] Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt-offerings in every place that you see;
[DEU.12.14] but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt-offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
[DEU.12.15] However, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and of the hart.
[DEU.12.16] Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth as water.
[DEU.12.17] You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstlings of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill-offerings, nor the heave-offering of your hand;
[DEU.12.18] but you shall eat them before Jehovah your God in the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite that is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God in all that you put your hand to.
[DEU.12.19] Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
[DEU.12.20] When Jehovah your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, after all the desire of your soul.
[DEU.12.21] If the place which Jehovah your God shall choose to put his name there is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Jehovah has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
[DEU.12.22] Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so you may eat of it: the unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
[DEU.12.23] Only be sure that you do not eat the blood: for the blood is the life; and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
[DEU.12.24] You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out upon the earth as water.
[DEU.12.25] You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
[DEU.12.26] Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Jehovah shall choose;
[DEU.12.27] and you shall offer your burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah your God; and you shall eat the flesh.
[DEU.12.28] Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah your God.
[DEU.12.29] When Jehovah your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land;
[DEU.12.30] take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you; and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
[DEU.12.31] You shall not do so to Jehovah your God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
[DEU.12.32] Whatever thing I command you, observe to do it: you shall not add to it, nor diminish from it.
[DEU.13.1] If there arises among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,
[DEU.13.2] and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them;
[DEU.13.3] you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God tests you, to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
[DEU.13.4] You shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cling to him.
[DEU.13.5] And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death, because he has spoken rebellion against Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to draw you away from the way which Jehovah your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
[DEU.13.6] If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
[DEU.13.7] of the gods of the peoples that are around you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth;
[DEU.13.8] you shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
[DEU.13.9] but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
[DEU.13.10] And you shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
[DEU.13.11] And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
[DEU.13.12] If you shall hear say in one of your cities, which Jehovah your God gives you to dwell there, saying,
[DEU.13.13] Certain worthless fellows have gone out from among you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;
[DEU.13.14] then you shall inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it is truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done among you,
[DEU.13.15] you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.
[DEU.13.16] And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil, every whit, for Jehovah your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
[DEU.13.17] None of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion upon you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;
[DEU.13.18] when you obey the voice of Jehovah your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah your God.
[DEU.14.1] You are the children of Jehovah your God: do not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
[DEU.14.2] For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a special people to himself, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
[DEU.14.3] You shall not eat any abominable thing.
[DEU.14.4] These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
[DEU.14.5] the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois.
[DEU.14.6] And every animal that has the hoof divided, and splits the hoof in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat.
[DEU.14.7] Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but do not divide the hoof, they are unclean to you.
[DEU.14.8] And the swine, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their carcass.
[DEU.14.9] These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat.
[DEU.14.10] And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.
[DEU.14.11] Of all clean birds you may eat.
[DEU.14.12] But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the osprey,
[DEU.14.13] and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
[DEU.14.14] and every raven after its kind,
[DEU.14.15] and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind,
[DEU.14.16] the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,
[DEU.14.17] and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,
[DEU.14.18] and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
[DEU.14.19] And all winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.
[DEU.14.20] Of all clean winged things you may eat.
[DEU.14.21] You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
[DEU.14.22] You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year.
[DEU.14.23] And you shall eat before Jehovah your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Jehovah your God always.
[DEU.14.24] And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; because the place is too far from you, which Jehovah your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah your God shall bless you:
[DEU.14.25] then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose:
[DEU.14.26] and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.
[DEU.14.27] And do not forsake the Levite who is within your gates: for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
[DEU.14.28] At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates:
[DEU.14.29] and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
[DEU.15.1] At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.
[DEU.15.2] And this is the way of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah's release has been proclaimed.
[DEU.15.3] Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.
[DEU.15.4] However there shall be no poor with you; (for Jehovah will surely bless you in the land which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it;)
[DEU.15.5] if only you diligently listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you this day.
[DEU.15.6] For Jehovah your God will bless you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.
[DEU.15.7] If there is with you a poor man, one of your brothers, within any of your gates in your land which Jehovah your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
[DEU.15.8] but you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he lacks.
[DEU.15.9] Beware that there is not a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Jehovah against you, and it be sin to you.
[DEU.15.10] You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because for this thing Jehovah your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.
[DEU.15.11] For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
[DEU.15.12] If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold to you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
[DEU.15.13] And when you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
[DEU.15.14] You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your threshing-floor, and out of your winepress; as Jehovah your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
[DEU.15.15] And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing today.
[DEU.15.16] And it shall be, if he says to you, I will not go out from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;
[DEU.15.17] then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
[DEU.15.18] It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hired servant he has served you six years: and Jehovah your God will bless you in all that you do.
[DEU.15.19] All the firstlings that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to Jehovah your God: you shall do no work with the firstling of your herd, nor shear the firstling of your flock.
[DEU.15.20] You shall eat it before Jehovah your God year by year in the place which Jehovah shall choose, you and your household.
[DEU.15.21] And if it has any blemish, as if it is lame or blind, any ill blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Jehovah your God.
[DEU.15.22] You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean alike shall eat it, as the gazelle, and as the deer.
[DEU.15.23] Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
[DEU.16.1] Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Jehovah your God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.
[DEU.16.2] And you shall sacrifice the Passover to Jehovah your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Jehovah shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
[DEU.16.3] You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
[DEU.16.4] And there shall be no leaven seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.
[DEU.16.5] You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates, which Jehovah your God gives you;
[DEU.16.6] but at the place which Jehovah your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.
[DEU.16.7] And you shall roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah your God shall choose; and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.
[DEU.16.8] Six days you shall eat unleavened bread; and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Jehovah your God; you shall do no work therein.
[DEU.16.9] Seven weeks shall you number to yourself: from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain shall you begin to number seven weeks.
[DEU.16.10] And you shall keep the feast of weeks to Jehovah your God with a tribute of a freewill-offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Jehovah your God blesses you:
[DEU.16.11] and you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of you, in the place which Jehovah your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
[DEU.16.12] And you shall remember that you were a servant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
[DEU.16.13] You shall keep the feast of booths seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing-floor and from your winepress:
[DEU.16.14] and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates.
[DEU.16.15] Seven days shall you keep a feast to Jehovah your God in the place which Jehovah shall choose; because Jehovah your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
[DEU.16.16] Three times in a year shall all your males appear before Jehovah your God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths; and they shall not appear before Jehovah empty:
[DEU.16.17] every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah your God which he has given you.
[DEU.16.18] You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which Jehovah your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
[DEU.16.19] You shall not warp judgment; you shall not respect persons; neither take a bribe; for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
[DEU.16.20] You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
[DEU.16.21] You shall not plant yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah your God, which you shall make yourself.
[DEU.16.22] Neither shall you set up a pillar; which Jehovah your God hates.
[DEU.17.1] You shall not sacrifice to Jehovah your God an ox or a sheep with any blemish or any defect, for that is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
[DEU.17.2] If there is found among you, within any of your gates which Jehovah your God gives you, a man or woman that does what is evil in the sight of Jehovah your God, in transgressing his covenant,
[DEU.17.3] and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
[DEU.17.4] and it is told you, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently; and if it is true, and the thing certain, that such an abomination is done in Israel,
[DEU.17.5] then you shall bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to your gates, even the man or the woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.
[DEU.17.6] At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
[DEU.17.7] The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from among you.
[DEU.17.8] If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy in your gates, then you shall get up and go up to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose;
[DEU.17.9] and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall declare to you the sentence of judgment.
[DEU.17.10] And you shall do according to the sentence, which they shall declare to you from that place which Jehovah shall choose; and you shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you:
[DEU.17.11] according to the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
[DEU.17.12] And the man that does presumptuously, in not listening to the priest that stands to minister there before Jehovah your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.
[DEU.17.13] And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
[DEU.17.14] When you have come to the land which Jehovah your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell in it, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me;
[DEU.17.15] you shall surely set him king over you, whom Jehovah your God shall choose: one from among your brothers shall you set king over you; you may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
[DEU.17.16] Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses: because Jehovah has said to you, You shall henceforth return no more that way.
[DEU.17.17] Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: nor shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
[DEU.17.18] And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
[DEU.17.19] and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
[DEU.17.20] that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
[DEU.18.1] The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance.
[DEU.18.2] And they shall have no inheritance among their brothers: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them.
[DEU.18.3] And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
[DEU.18.4] The first-fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.
[DEU.18.5] For Jehovah your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.
[DEU.18.6] And if a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he sojourns, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which Jehovah shall choose;
[DEU.18.7] then he shall minister in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, who stand there before Jehovah.
[DEU.18.8] They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which comes of the sale of his patrimony.
[DEU.18.9] When you have come into the land which Jehovah your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
[DEU.18.10] There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a witch,
[DEU.18.11] or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
[DEU.18.12] For whoever does these things is an abomination to Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah your God drives them out from before you.
[DEU.18.13] You shall be perfect with Jehovah your God.
[DEU.18.14] For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, Jehovah your God has not allowed you so to do.
[DEU.18.15] Jehovah your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me; you shall listen to him;
[DEU.18.16] according to all that you desired of Jehovah your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
[DEU.18.17] And Jehovah said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.
[DEU.18.18] I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
[DEU.18.19] And it shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
[DEU.18.20] But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.
[DEU.18.21] And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah has not spoken?
[DEU.18.22] when a prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah, if the thing does not happen, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.
[DEU.19.1] When Jehovah your God cuts off the nations, whose land Jehovah your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses;
[DEU.19.2] you shall set apart three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which Jehovah your God gives you to possess it.
[DEU.19.3] You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land, which Jehovah your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that any manslayer may flee there.
[DEU.19.4] And this is the case of the manslayer, that may flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, and did not hate him in time past;
[DEU.19.5] as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and hits his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
[DEU.19.6] lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not deserving of death, because he did not hate him in time past.
[DEU.19.7] Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourself.
[DEU.19.8] And if Jehovah your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;
[DEU.19.9] if you shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more for yourself, besides these three:
[DEU.19.10] that innocent blood not be shed in your land, which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.
[DEU.19.11] But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and flees to one of these cities;
[DEU.19.12] then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
[DEU.19.13] Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
[DEU.19.14] You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Jehovah your God gives you to possess it.
[DEU.19.15] One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
[DEU.19.16] If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing;
[DEU.19.17] then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;
[DEU.19.18] and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;
[DEU.19.19] then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
[DEU.19.20] And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.
[DEU.19.21] And your eye shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
[DEU.20.1] When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, do not be afraid of them; for Jehovah your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
[DEU.20.2] And it shall be, when you are come near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
[DEU.20.3] and shall say to them, Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: do not let your heart faint; do not fear, nor tremble, neither be troubled because of them;
[DEU.20.4] for Jehovah your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
[DEU.20.5] And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
[DEU.20.6] And what man is there that has planted a vineyard, and has not used the fruit of it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit of it.
[DEU.20.7] And what man is there that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
[DEU.20.8] And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart.
[DEU.20.9] And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
[DEU.20.10] When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
[DEU.20.11] And it shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
[DEU.20.12] And if it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:
[DEU.20.13] and when Jehovah your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
[DEU.20.14] but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take for a prey for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which Jehovah your God has given you.
[DEU.20.15] Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
[DEU.20.16] But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
[DEU.20.17] but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah your God has commanded you;
[DEU.20.18] that they do not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so you would sin against Jehovah your God.
[DEU.20.19] When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?
[DEU.20.20] Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
[DEU.21.1] If someone is found slain in the land which Jehovah your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has struck him,
[DEU.21.2] then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure the distance to the cities which are around the slain person.
[DEU.21.3] And it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain person, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;
[DEU.21.4] and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
[DEU.21.5] And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near; for them Jehovah your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be decided.
[DEU.21.6] And all the elders of that city, who are nearest to the slain person, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
[DEU.21.7] and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
[DEU.21.8] Forgive, O Jehovah, your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not allow innocent blood to remain in the midst of your people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
[DEU.21.9] So shall you put away the innocent blood from your midst, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
[DEU.21.10] When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and Jehovah your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive,
[DEU.21.11] and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire for her, and would take her as your wife;
[DEU.21.12] then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails;
[DEU.21.13] and she shall put off the clothes of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that you may go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
[DEU.21.14] And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go wherever she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
[DEU.21.15] If a man has two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers that was hated;
[DEU.21.16] then it shall be, in the day that he assigns his possessions to his children, he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is indeed the firstborn:
[DEU.21.17] but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
[DEU.21.18] If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, he will not listen to them;
[DEU.21.19] then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his place;
[DEU.21.20] and they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
[DEU.21.21] And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, so that he dies: so shall you put away the evil from your midst; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
[DEU.21.22] And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
[DEU.21.23] his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you defile not your land which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance.
[DEU.22.1] You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.
[DEU.22.2] And if your brother is not near to you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother seeks after it, and you shall restore it to him.
[DEU.22.3] And so shall you do with his donkey; and so shall you do with his garment; and so shall you do with every lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found: you may not hide yourself.
[DEU.22.4] You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely help him to lift them up again.
[DEU.22.5] A woman shall not wear that which pertains to a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Jehovah your God.
[DEU.22.6] If a bird's nest happens to be before you in the way, in any tree, or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting upon the young or upon the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young:
[DEU.22.7] you shall surely let the mother go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.
[DEU.22.8] When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you bring not blood upon your house, if any man falls from there.
[DEU.22.9] You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the whole fruit of the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard, shall be defiled.
[DEU.22.10] You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
[DEU.22.11] You shall not wear a garment of different kinds, of wool and linen together.
[DEU.22.12] You shall make for yourself fringes upon the four borders of your cloak, wherewith you cover yourself.
[DEU.22.13] If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and hates her,
[DEU.22.14] and lays shameful things to her charge, and brings up an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;
[DEU.22.15] then shall the father of the girl, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city in the gate;
[DEU.22.16] and the girl's father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her;
[DEU.22.17] and behold, he has laid shameful things, saying, I found not in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
[DEU.22.18] And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;
[DEU.22.19] and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the girl, because he has brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
[DEU.22.20] But if this thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the girl;
[DEU.22.21] then they shall bring out the girl to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house: so shall you put away the evil from among you.
[DEU.22.22] If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away the evil from Israel.
[DEU.22.23] If there is a girl that is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies with her;
[DEU.22.24] then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the girl, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from among you.
[DEU.22.25] But if the man finds the girl that is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her, and lies with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:
[DEU.22.26] but to the girl you shall do nothing; there is in the girl no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and slays him, even so is this matter;
[DEU.22.27] for he found her in the field, the pledged girl cried, and there was none to save her.
[DEU.22.28] If a man finds a girl that is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lays hold on her, and lies with her, and they are found;
[DEU.22.29] then the man that lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
[DEU.22.30] A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
[DEU.23.1] He that is wounded in the stones, or has his private member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
[DEU.23.2] A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his descendents enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
[DEU.23.3] An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of their descendents enter into the assembly of Jehovah forever:
[DEU.23.4] because they did not meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
[DEU.23.5] Nevertheless Jehovah your God would not listen to Balaam; but Jehovah your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Jehovah your God loved you.
[DEU.23.6] You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.
[DEU.23.7] You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.
[DEU.23.8] The children of the third generation that are born to them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
[DEU.23.9] When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then keep yourself from every evil thing.
[DEU.23.10] If there is among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which happens to him by night, then he shall go abroad out of the camp; he shall not come within the camp:
[DEU.23.11] but it shall be, when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.
[DEU.23.12] You shall have a place also outside the camp, to which you shall go forth abroad:
[DEU.23.13] and you shall have a spade among your tools; and it shall be, when you sit down abroad, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you:
[DEU.23.14] for Jehovah your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy, that he see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
[DEU.23.15] You shall not deliver to his master a servant that has escaped from his master to you:
[DEU.23.16] he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best: you shall not oppress him.
[DEU.23.17] There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
[DEU.23.18] You shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow: for both these are an abomination to Jehovah your God.
[DEU.23.19] You shall not lend upon interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest:
[DEU.23.20] to a foreigner you may lend upon interest; but to your brother you shall not lend upon interest, that Jehovah your God may bless you in all that you set your hand to in the land where you go in to possess it.
[DEU.23.21] When you shall vow a vow to Jehovah your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
[DEU.23.22] But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.
[DEU.23.23] That which has gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Jehovah your God, a freewill-offering, which you have promised with your mouth.
[DEU.23.24] When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your vessel.
[DEU.23.25] When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor’s standing grain.
[DEU.24.1] When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some indecency in her: then let him write her a bill of divorce, and give it into her hand, and send her out of his house.
[DEU.24.2] And when she departs out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
[DEU.24.3] If the latter husband dislikes her, and writes her a bill of divorce, and gives it into her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, which took her to be his wife;
[DEU.24.4] her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she is defiled; for that is abomination before Jehovah: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance.
[DEU.24.5] When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife which he has taken.
[DEU.24.6] No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for he takes a man's life to pledge.
[DEU.24.7] If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him; then that thief shall die: so shall you put away evil from among you.
[DEU.24.8] Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
[DEU.24.9] Remember what Jehovah your God did to Miriam, by the way as you came forth out of Egypt.
[DEU.24.10] When you lend your neighbor any manner of loan, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
[DEU.24.11] You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring out the pledge outside to you.
[DEU.24.12] And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
[DEU.24.13] you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Jehovah your God.
[DEU.24.14] You shall not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he is of your brothers, or of your strangers that are in your land inside your gates:
[DEU.24.15] in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it); lest he cry against you to Jehovah, and it be sin to you.
[DEU.24.16] The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
[DEU.24.17] You shall not pervert the justice due to the foreigner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing in pledge;
[DEU.24.18] but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Jehovah your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing.
[DEU.24.19] When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
[DEU.24.20] When you beat your olive-tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
[DEU.24.21] When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
[DEU.24.22] And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.
[DEU.25.1] If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they will justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
[DEU.25.2] And it will be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down, and be beaten in his presence, according to his wickedness, by number.
[DEU.25.3] Forty stripes he may give him, he will not exceed, lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above this with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.
[DEU.25.4] You will not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
[DEU.25.5] If brothers live together, and one of them dies, and has no child, the wife of the dead will not be married outside the family to a stranger: her husband's brother will go in to her, and take her to himself as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
[DEU.25.6] And it will be, that the firstborn whom she bears will succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name is not blotted out of Israel.
[DEU.25.7] And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife will go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.
[DEU.25.8] Then the elders of his city will call him and speak to him: and if he stands, and says, I do not want to take her;
[DEU.25.9] then his brother's wife will come to him in the presence of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot, and spit in his face; and she will answer and say, So will it be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.
[DEU.25.10] And his name will be called in Israel, The house of him who has his sandal pulled off.
[DEU.25.11] When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the private parts;
[DEU.25.12] then you will cut off her hand, your eye will not pity.
[DEU.25.13] You will not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small.
[DEU.25.14] You will not have in your house different measures, a great and a small.
[DEU.25.15] You will have a perfect and just weight; a perfect and just measure you will have: that your days may be prolonged in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
[DEU.25.16] For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Jehovah your God.
[DEU.25.17] Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth out of Egypt;
[DEU.25.18] how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.
[DEU.25.19] Therefore it will be, when Jehovah your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you will not forget.
[DEU.26.1] And it shall be, when you have come into the land which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell in it,
[DEU.26.2] that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Jehovah your God gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
[DEU.26.3] And you shall come to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him, I declare this day to Jehovah your God, that I have come to the land which Jehovah swore to our fathers to give us.
[DEU.26.4] And the priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah your God.
[DEU.26.5] And you shall answer and say before Jehovah your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
[DEU.26.6] And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage:
[DEU.26.7] and we cried to Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression;
[DEU.26.8] and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;
[DEU.26.9] and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[DEU.26.10] And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, O Jehovah, have given me. And you shall set it down before Jehovah your God, and worship before Jehovah your God:
[DEU.26.11] and you shall rejoice in all the good which Jehovah your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner that is in the midst of you.
[DEU.26.12] When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled.
[DEU.26.13] And you shall say before Jehovah your God, I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandment which you have commanded me: I have not transgressed any of your commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
[DEU.26.14] I have not eaten of the hallowed things while mourning, neither have I taken away any of them while unclean, nor given of them for the dead: I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that you have commanded me.
[DEU.26.15] Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[DEU.26.16] This day Jehovah your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
[DEU.26.17] You have declared Jehovah this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
[DEU.26.18] and Jehovah has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
[DEU.26.19] and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Jehovah your God, as he has spoken.
[DEU.27.1] And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day.
[DEU.27.2] And it shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which Jehovah your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:
[DEU.27.3] and you shall write upon them all the words of this law, when you have passed over; that you may go into the land which Jehovah your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
[DEU.27.4] And it shall be, when you are passed over the Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
[DEU.27.5] And there you shall build an altar to Jehovah your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron tool upon them.
[DEU.27.6] You shall build the altar of Jehovah your God of unhewn stones, and you shall offer burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah your God:
[DEU.27.7] and you shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and shall eat there; and you shall rejoice before Jehovah your God.
[DEU.27.8] And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
[DEU.27.9] And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Israel: this day you have become the people of Jehovah your God.
[DEU.27.10] You shall therefore obey the voice of Jehovah your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day.
[DEU.27.11] And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
[DEU.27.12] These shall stand on mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
[DEU.27.13] And these shall stand on mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
[DEU.27.14] And the Levites shall answer, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
[DEU.27.15] Cursed be the man that makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
[DEU.27.16] Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.17] Cursed be he who removes his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.18] Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.19] Cursed be he who distorts the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.20] Cursed be he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.21] Cursed be he who lies with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.22] Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.23] Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.24] Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.25] Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.27.26] Cursed be he who does not confirm the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
[DEU.28.1] And it will happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Jehovah your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Jehovah your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth.
[DEU.28.2] And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.
[DEU.28.3] Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
[DEU.28.4] Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
[DEU.28.5] Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.
[DEU.28.6] Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
[DEU.28.7] Jehovah will cause your enemies that rise up against you to be struck down before you: they will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.
[DEU.28.8] Jehovah will command the blessing upon you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
[DEU.28.9] Jehovah will establish you as a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and walk in his ways.
[DEU.28.10] And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of you.
[DEU.28.11] And Jehovah will make you plenteous in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers to give you.
[DEU.28.12] Jehovah will open to you his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand, and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
[DEU.28.13] And Jehovah will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them,
[DEU.28.14] and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
[DEU.28.15] But it will happen, if you will not listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
[DEU.28.16] Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
[DEU.28.17] Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.
[DEU.28.18] Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
[DEU.28.19] Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
[DEU.28.20] Jehovah will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.
[DEU.28.21] Jehovah will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land, where you are going in to possess it.
[DEU.28.22] Jehovah will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blast, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.
[DEU.28.23] And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
[DEU.28.24] Jehovah will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down upon you, until you are destroyed.
[DEU.28.25] Jehovah will cause you to be struck down before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them; and you shall be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.
[DEU.28.26] And your dead bodies shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be no one to frighten them away.
[DEU.28.27] Jehovah will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.
[DEU.28.28] Jehovah will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;
[DEU.28.29] and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
[DEU.28.30] You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.
[DEU.28.31] Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.
[DEU.28.32] Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
[DEU.28.33] The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation which you do not know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always;
[DEU.28.34] so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
[DEU.28.35] Jehovah will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, from which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
[DEU.28.36] Jehovah will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.
[DEU.28.37] And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Jehovah shall lead you away.
[DEU.28.38] You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
[DEU.28.39] You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.
[DEU.28.40] You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive shall drop off.
[DEU.28.41] You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.
[DEU.28.42] All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess.
[DEU.28.43] The foreigner that is in the middle of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
[DEU.28.44] He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
[DEU.28.45] And all these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not listen to the voice of Jehovah your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
[DEU.28.46] and they shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and upon your seed forever.
[DEU.28.47] Because you did not serve Jehovah your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
[DEU.28.48] therefore shall you serve your enemies whom Jehovah will send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.
[DEU.28.49] Jehovah will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand;
[DEU.28.50] a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
[DEU.28.51] and shall eat the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
[DEU.28.52] And they shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which Jehovah your God has given you.
[DEU.28.53] And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Jehovah your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress wherewith your enemies shall distress you.
[DEU.28.54] The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;
[DEU.28.55] so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith your enemy shall distress you in all your gates.
[DEU.28.56] The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
[DEU.28.57] and toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for lack of all things secretly in the siege and in the distress wherewith your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
[DEU.28.58] If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, Jehovah your God;
[DEU.28.59] then Jehovah will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance.
[DEU.28.60] And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall cling to you.
[DEU.28.61] Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon you, until you are destroyed.
[DEU.28.62] And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because you did not listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.
[DEU.28.63] And it shall happen, that as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked from off the land where you go in to possess it.
[DEU.28.64] And Jehovah will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
[DEU.28.65] And among these nations shall you find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but Jehovah will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and a pining of soul;
[DEU.28.66] and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
[DEU.28.67] In the morning you shall say, Would that it were evening! and at evening you shall say, Would that it were morning! for the fear of your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
[DEU.28.68] And Jehovah will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
[DEU.29.1] These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
[DEU.29.2] And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
[DEU.29.3] the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders:
[DEU.29.4] but Jehovah has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
[DEU.29.5] And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes have not worn out, and your shoes have not worn out on your feet.
[DEU.29.6] You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am Jehovah your God.
[DEU.29.7] And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we struck them:
[DEU.29.8] and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.
[DEU.29.9] Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
[DEU.29.10] You stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,
[DEU.29.11] your little ones, your wives, and your sojourner that is in your midst of your camp, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water;
[DEU.29.12] that you may enter into the covenant of Jehovah your God, and into his oath, which Jehovah your God makes with you this day;
[DEU.29.13] that he may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[DEU.29.14] Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
[DEU.29.15] but with him that stands here with us this day before Jehovah our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day
[DEU.29.16] (for you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
[DEU.29.17] and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);
[DEU.29.18] lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
[DEU.29.19] and it come to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
[DEU.29.20] Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
[DEU.29.21] And Jehovah will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
[DEU.29.22] And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which Jehovah has made it sick;
[DEU.29.23] and that the whole land of it is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
[DEU.29.24] even all the nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?
[DEU.29.25] Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
[DEU.29.26] and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given to them:
[DEU.29.27] therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;
[DEU.29.28] and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
[DEU.29.29] The secret things belong to Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
[DEU.30.1] And it will happen, when all these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you will call them to mind among all the nations, where Jehovah your God has driven you,
[DEU.30.2] and will return to Jehovah your God, and will obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;
[DEU.30.3] that then Jehovah your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where Jehovah your God has scattered you.
[DEU.30.4] If any of your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there will Jehovah your God gather you, and from there will he bring you back:
[DEU.30.5] and Jehovah your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers.
[DEU.30.6] And Jehovah your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your descendants, to love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
[DEU.30.7] And Jehovah your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on them that hate you, that persecuted you.
[DEU.30.8] And you will return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.
[DEU.30.9] And Jehovah your God will make you plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers;
[DEU.30.10] if you will obey the voice of Jehovah your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.
[DEU.30.11] For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
[DEU.30.12] It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who will go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us hear it, that we may do it?
[DEU.30.13] Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who will go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and make us hear it, that we may do it?
[DEU.30.14] But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
[DEU.30.15] See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;
[DEU.30.16] in that I command you this day to love Jehovah your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Jehovah your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
[DEU.30.17] But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but will be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
[DEU.30.18] I declare to you this day, that you will surely perish; you will not prolong your days in the land, where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
[DEU.30.19] I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants;
[DEU.30.20] to love Jehovah your God, to obey his voice, and to hold fast to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
[DEU.31.1] And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
[DEU.31.2] And he said to them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no longer go out and come in: and Jehovah has said to me, You will not go over this Jordan.
[DEU.31.3] Jehovah your God will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you will dispossess them: and Joshua, he will go over before you, as Jehovah has spoken.
[DEU.31.4] And Jehovah will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.
[DEU.31.5] And Jehovah will deliver them up before you, and you will do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
[DEU.31.6] Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid, nor be dismayed at them: for Jehovah your God, he is the one who goes with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.
[DEU.31.7] And Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and courageous: for you will go with this people into the land which Jehovah has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you will cause them to inherit it.
[DEU.31.8] And Jehovah, he it is who goes before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, nor forsake you: do not fear, nor be dismayed.
[DEU.31.9] And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and to all the elders of Israel.
[DEU.31.10] And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of booths,
[DEU.31.11] when all Israel has come to appear before Jehovah your God in the place which he will choose, you will read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
[DEU.31.12] Assemble the people, men, and women, and children, and your foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
[DEU.31.13] and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
[DEU.31.14] And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, the days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may command him. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
[DEU.31.15] And Jehovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
[DEU.31.16] And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, you will sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
[DEU.31.17] Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
[DEU.31.18] And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they will have done, in that they have turned to other gods.
[DEU.31.19] Now therefore write this song for you, and teach it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
[DEU.31.20] For when I will have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they will have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
[DEU.31.21] And it will come to pass, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants: for I know their imagination which they are developing even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
[DEU.31.22] So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
[DEU.31.23] And he commanded Joshua the son of Nun, and said, Be strong and courageous: for you will bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.
[DEU.31.24] And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
[DEU.31.25] that Moses commanded the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying,
[DEU.31.26] Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
[DEU.31.27] For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?
[DEU.31.28] Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
[DEU.31.29] For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
[DEU.31.30] And Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
[DEU.32.1] Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
[DEU.32.2] My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distill as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
[DEU.32.3] For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe greatness to our God.
[DEU.32.4] The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
[DEU.32.5] They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation.
[DEU.32.6] Do you thus repay Jehovah, foolish and unwise people? Is he not your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.
[DEU.32.7] Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you.
[DEU.32.8] When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
[DEU.32.9] For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
[DEU.32.10] He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He encircled him, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
[DEU.32.11] As an eagle that stirs up its nest, That flutters over its young, He spread out his wings, he took them, He bore them on his pinions.
[DEU.32.12] Jehovah alone led him, And there was no foreign god with him.
[DEU.32.13] He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;
[DEU.32.14] Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
[DEU.32.15] But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: You have grown fat, you have grown thick, you are covered with fatness; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
[DEU.32.16] They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
[DEU.32.17] They sacrificed to demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To new gods that came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.
[DEU.32.18] Of the Rock that begot you you are unmindful, And have forgotten God that gave you birth.
[DEU.32.19] And Jehovah saw it, and abhorred them, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
[DEU.32.20] And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
[DEU.32.21] They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
[DEU.32.22] For a fire is kindled in my anger, And burns to the lowest Sheol, And devours the earth with its increase, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
[DEU.32.23] I will heap evils upon them; I will spend my arrows on them:
[DEU.32.24] They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
[DEU.32.25] Outside shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; On both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
[DEU.32.26] I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
[DEU.32.27] Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah has not done all this.
[DEU.32.28] For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
[DEU.32.29] Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
[DEU.32.30] How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
[DEU.32.31] For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
[DEU.32.32] For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:
[DEU.32.33] Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
[DEU.32.34] Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
[DEU.32.35] Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slip; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them will make haste.
[DEU.32.36] For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he sees that their power is gone, And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large.
[DEU.32.37] And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;
[DEU.32.38] Which ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.
[DEU.32.39] See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
[DEU.32.40] For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
[DEU.32.41] If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, And will recompense those who hate me.
[DEU.32.42] I will make my arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
[DEU.32.43] Rejoice, you nations, with his people; For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.
[DEU.32.44] And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Joshua the son of Nun.
[DEU.32.45] And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
[DEU.32.46] And he said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
[DEU.32.47] For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.
[DEU.32.48] And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
[DEU.32.49] Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession:
[DEU.32.50] And die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people; as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people:
[DEU.32.51] Because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you did not sanctify me in the midst of the children of Israel.
[DEU.32.52] For you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go there into the land which I give the children of Israel.
[DEU.33.1] And this is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
[DEU.33.2] And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the ten thousands of holy ones: at His right hand was a fiery law for them.
[DEU.33.3] Yes, He loves the people; all His saints are in Your hand: and they sat down at Your feet; everyone shall receive of Your words.
[DEU.33.4] Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
[DEU.33.5] And He was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
[DEU.33.6] Let Reuben live, and not die; and let his men be few in number.
[DEU.33.7] And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; with his hands he contended for himself; and You shall be a help against his adversaries.
[DEU.33.8] And of Levi he said, Your Thummim and Your Urim are with Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah, with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
[DEU.33.9] Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed Your word, and keep Your covenant.
[DEU.33.10] They shall teach Jacob Your ordinances, and Israel Your law: they shall put incense before You, and whole burnt offering upon Your altar.
[DEU.33.11] Bless, Jehovah, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: crush the loins of those who rise up against him, and of those who hate him, that they rise not again.
[DEU.33.12] Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by Him; He covers him all the day long, and he dwells between His shoulders.
[DEU.33.13] And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couches beneath,
[DEU.33.14] And for the precious things of the yieldings of the sun, and for the precious things of the growth of the moons,
[DEU.33.15] And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
[DEU.33.16] And for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, and the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
[DEU.33.17] The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: with them he shall push the peoples all of them, to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
[DEU.33.18] And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.
[DEU.33.19] They shall call the peoples to the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand.
[DEU.33.20] And of Gad he said, Blessed be He who enlarges Gad: he dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.
[DEU.33.21] And he provided the first part for himself, for there was the lawgiver's portion reserved; and he came with the heads of the people; he executed the righteousness of Jehovah, and His ordinances with Israel.
[DEU.33.22] And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, that leaps forth from Bashan.
[DEU.33.23] And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of Jehovah, possess the west and the south.
[DEU.33.24] And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children; let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.
[DEU.33.25] Your bars shall be iron and brass; and as your days, so shall your strength be.
[DEU.33.26] There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, and in His excellency on the skies.
[DEU.33.27] The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, Destroy.
[DEU.33.28] And Israel dwelled in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of grain and new wine; yes, his heavens drop down dew.
[DEU.33.29] Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people saved by Jehovah, the shield of your help, and the sword of your excellency! And your enemies shall submit themselves to you; and you shall tread on their high places.
[DEU.34.1] And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead to Dan,
[DEU.34.2] and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the utmost sea,
[DEU.34.3] and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
[DEU.34.4] And Jehovah said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your descendants: I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not go over there.
[DEU.34.5] So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.
[DEU.34.6] And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor: but no man knows of his sepulcher to this day.
[DEU.34.7] And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
[DEU.34.8] And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
[DEU.34.9] And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him: and the children of Israel listened to him, and did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[DEU.34.10] And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Jehovah knew face to face,
[DEU.34.11] in all the signs and the wonders, which Jehovah sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
[DEU.34.12] and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great fear, which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
[JOS.1.1] Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
[JOS.1.2] Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, even to the children of Israel.
[JOS.1.3] Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon, I have given you, as I said to Moses.
[JOS.1.4] From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, will be your border.
[JOS.1.5] No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you.
[JOS.1.6] Be strong and courageous; for you will cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
[JOS.1.7] Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
[JOS.1.8] This book of the law will not depart out of your mouth, but you will meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it: for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
[JOS.1.9] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Jehovah your God is with you wherever you go.
[JOS.1.10] Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
[JOS.1.11] Pass through the middle of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare food; for in three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving you to possess it.
[JOS.1.12] To the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua spoke, saying,
[JOS.1.13] Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God is giving you rest, and will give you this land.
[JOS.1.14] Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock will abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you will pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and will help them;
[JOS.1.15] until Jehovah gives your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God is giving them: then you will return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.
[JOS.1.16] And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
[JOS.1.17] According as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you: only Jehovah your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
[JOS.1.18] Whoever rebels against your commandment, and will not listen to your words in all that you command him, he will be put to death: only be strong and courageous.
[JOS.2.1] And Joshua the son of Nun sent out from Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, especially Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.
[JOS.2.2] And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Men have come here tonight from the children of Israel to search out the country.
[JOS.2.3] And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men that have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out all the country.
[JOS.2.4] And the woman took the two men and hid them, and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they were from;
[JOS.2.5] and it happened at the time of shutting the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where they went I don't know. Pursue quickly after them, for you will overtake them.
[JOS.2.6] But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
[JOS.2.7] And the men pursued after them on the way to the Jordan to the fords, and as soon as those who pursued after them had gone out, they shut the gate.
[JOS.2.8] And before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof;
[JOS.2.9] and she said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away because of you.
[JOS.2.10] For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you completely destroyed.
[JOS.2.11] And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you, for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
[JOS.2.12] Now therefore, I beg you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true sign;
[JOS.2.13] and that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.
[JOS.2.14] And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if none of you tell this business of ours; and it shall be, when Jehovah gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
[JOS.2.15] Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was upon the town wall, and she lived upon the wall.
[JOS.2.16] And she said to them, Go to the mountain, in case the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterward you may go your way.
[JOS.2.17] And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear.
[JOS.2.18] Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window by which you let us down, and you shall gather your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household, home to you.
[JOS.2.19] And it shall be, that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; and whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if anyone lays a hand on him.
[JOS.2.20] But if you tell this business of ours, then we will be free of your oath which you have made us swear.
[JOS.2.21] And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they left; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
[JOS.2.22] And they went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them everywhere, but didn't find them.
[JOS.2.23] Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and crossed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.
[JOS.2.24] And they said to Joshua, Truly Jehovah has delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the country melt away because of us.
[JOS.3.1] And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they stayed there before they passed over.
[JOS.3.2] And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
[JOS.3.3] and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place, and follow it.
[JOS.3.4] Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; do not come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.
[JOS.3.5] And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.
[JOS.3.6] And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
[JOS.3.7] And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
[JOS.3.8] And you shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.
[JOS.3.9] And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Jehovah your God.
[JOS.3.10] And Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will surely dispossess from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
[JOS.3.11] Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan.
[JOS.3.12] Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
[JOS.3.13] And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
[JOS.3.14] And it came to pass, when the people moved from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests bearing the ark of the covenant being before the people;
[JOS.3.15] and when they that bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
[JOS.3.16] that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right opposite Jericho.
[JOS.3.17] And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation had passed completely over the Jordan.
[JOS.4.1] And it came to pass, when all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
[JOS.4.2] Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
[JOS.4.3] and command them, saying, Take up for yourselves out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.
[JOS.4.4] Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
[JOS.4.5] and Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Jehovah your God into the middle of the Jordan, and every man of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
[JOS.4.6] that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
[JOS.4.7] then you shall answer them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.
[JOS.4.8] And the children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Jehovah spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place, and laid them down there.
[JOS.4.9] And Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
[JOS.4.10] For the priests that bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and crossed over.
[JOS.4.11] And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over, that the ark of Jehovah crossed over, with the priests, in the presence of the people.
[JOS.4.12] And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them:
[JOS.4.13] about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
[JOS.4.14] On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
[JOS.4.15] And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
[JOS.4.16] Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.
[JOS.4.17] Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.
[JOS.4.18] And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah had come up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks, as before.
[JOS.4.19] And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
[JOS.4.20] And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal.
[JOS.4.21] And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
[JOS.4.22] then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
[JOS.4.23] For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had crossed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over;
[JOS.4.24] that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that you may fear Jehovah your God forever.
[JOS.5.1] And it happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we had passed over, their hearts melted, neither were there any spirit in them anymore, because of the children of Israel.
[JOS.5.2] At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make for yourself knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
[JOS.5.3] And Joshua made himself knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
[JOS.5.4] And this is the reason why Joshua did circumcise: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
[JOS.5.5] For all the people who came out were circumcised: but all the people who were born in the wilderness by the way as they came out of Egypt, they had not been circumcised.
[JOS.5.6] For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not listen to the voice of Jehovah: to whom Jehovah swore that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah had sworn to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[JOS.5.7] And their children, whom he raised up in their place, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
[JOS.5.8] And it happened, when they had finished circumcising all the nation, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed.
[JOS.5.9] And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. So the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day.
[JOS.5.10] And the children of Israel camped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
[JOS.5.11] And they ate of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, unleavened cakes and parched grain, the same day.
[JOS.5.12] And the manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna anymore; but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
[JOS.5.13] And it happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?
[JOS.5.14] And he said, No; but as prince of the host of Jehovah have I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshipped, and said to him, What does my lord say to his servant?
[JOS.5.15] And the prince of Jehovah's host said to Joshua, Take your shoe off your foot; for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.
[JOS.6.1] Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
[JOS.6.2] And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king, and the mighty men of valor.
[JOS.6.3] And you shall circle the city, all the men of war, going around the city once. Thus shall you do six days.
[JOS.6.4] And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
[JOS.6.5] And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
[JOS.6.6] So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah.
[JOS.6.7] And they said to the people, Pass on, and circle the city, and let the armed pass on before the ark of Jehovah.
[JOS.6.8] And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them.
[JOS.6.9] And the armed went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.
[JOS.6.10] And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout; then shall you shout.
[JOS.6.11] So he caused the ark of Jehovah to circle the city, going around it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
[JOS.6.12] And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah.
[JOS.6.13] And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed went before them; and the rear guard came after the ark of Jehovah, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.
[JOS.6.14] And the second day they circled the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did six days.
[JOS.6.15] And it was so, that on the seventh day, they rose early at the dawning of the day, and circled the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they circled the city seven times.
[JOS.6.16] And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Jehovah has given you the city.
[JOS.6.17] And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
[JOS.6.18] But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
[JOS.6.19] But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Jehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.
[JOS.6.20] So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
[JOS.6.21] And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
[JOS.6.22] And Joshua said to the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her.
[JOS.6.23] And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; all her relatives also they brought out: and they set them outside the camp of Israel.
[JOS.6.24] And they burned the city with fire, and all that was within it: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.
[JOS.6.25] But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, Joshua saved alive; and she lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
[JOS.6.26] And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.
[JOS.6.27] So Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was throughout all the land.
[JOS.7.1] But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.
[JOS.7.2] Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
[JOS.7.3] They returned to Joshua, and said to him, Do not let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; do not make all the people toil there; for they are few.
[JOS.7.4] So about three thousand men went up there from the people: and they fled before the men of Ai.
[JOS.7.5] And the men of Ai struck about thirty-six men; and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
[JOS.7.6] Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
[JOS.7.7] And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? Would that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!
[JOS.7.8] Oh, Jehovah, what shall I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
[JOS.7.9] For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?
[JOS.7.10] And Jehovah said to Joshua, Get up; why have you fallen upon your face?
[JOS.7.11] Israel has sinned; yes, they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yes, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and lied also: and they have even put it among their own stuff.
[JOS.7.12] Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become accursed: I will not be with you anymore, except you destroy the devoted thing from among you.
[JOS.7.13] Get up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow: for thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you.
[JOS.7.14] In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah takes shall come near by families; and the family which Jehovah shall take shall come near by households; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man.
[JOS.7.15] And it shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he has committed a disgrace in Israel.
[JOS.7.16] So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
[JOS.7.17] and he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
[JOS.7.18] and he brought near his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
[JOS.7.19] And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.
[JOS.7.20] And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:
[JOS.7.21] when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels in weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
[JOS.7.22] So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it.
[JOS.7.23] And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Jehovah.
[JOS.7.24] And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his cattle, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
[JOS.7.25] Joshua said, why have you troubled us? Jehovah will trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
[JOS.7.26] They raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day.
[JOS.8.1] And Jehovah said to Joshua, Do not be afraid, neither be dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;
[JOS.8.2] and you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king; only the spoil of it, and its livestock, you shall take for a prey for yourselves: set ambush for the city behind it.
[JOS.8.3] So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
[JOS.8.4] And he commanded them, saying, See, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready:
[JOS.8.5] and I, and all the people that are with me, will approach the city: and it will happen, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them;
[JOS.8.6] and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;
[JOS.8.7] and you shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
[JOS.8.8] And it will be, when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Jehovah shall you do: see, I have commanded you.
[JOS.8.9] And Joshua sent them forth: and they went to the place of ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
[JOS.8.10] And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
[JOS.8.11] And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.
[JOS.8.12] And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
[JOS.8.13] So they stationed the people, even all the army that was on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
[JOS.8.14] And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah: but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
[JOS.8.15] And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
[JOS.8.16] And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
[JOS.8.17] And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that did not go out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued Israel.
[JOS.8.18] And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
[JOS.8.19] And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they hurried and set the city on fire.
[JOS.8.20] And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
[JOS.8.21] And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
[JOS.8.22] And the others came forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they struck them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
[JOS.8.23] And they took the king of Ai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
[JOS.8.24] And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and they all fell by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and struck it with the edge of the sword.
[JOS.8.25] And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the people of Ai.
[JOS.8.26] For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
[JOS.8.27] Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey for themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.
[JOS.8.28] So Joshua burned Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
[JOS.8.29] And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, to this day.
[JOS.8.30] Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
[JOS.8.31] as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, upon which no man had wielded any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
[JOS.8.32] And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
[JOS.8.33] And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the foreigner as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
[JOS.8.34] And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
[JOS.8.35] There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the foreigners that were among them.
[JOS.9.1] And it happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it,
[JOS.9.2] that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
[JOS.9.3] But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
[JOS.9.4] they also acted craftily, and went and pretended to be envoys, and took old sacks on their donkeys, and wine-skins, old and torn and mended,
[JOS.9.5] and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.
[JOS.9.6] And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country; now therefore make a covenant with us.
[JOS.9.7] And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Maybe you are living among us; and how would we make a covenant with you?
[JOS.9.8] And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from where have you come?
[JOS.9.9] And they said to him, From a very far country your servants have come because of the name of Jehovah your God; for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
[JOS.9.10] and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
[JOS.9.11] And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: and now make a covenant with us.
[JOS.9.12] This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came out to go to you; but now, look, it is dry, and has become moldy:
[JOS.9.13] and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and look, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes have become old because of the very long journey.
[JOS.9.14] And the men took of their provision, and did not ask counsel at the mouth of Jehovah.
[JOS.9.15] And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
[JOS.9.16] And it happened at the end of three days, after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.
[JOS.9.17] And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
[JOS.9.18] And the children of Israel did not strike them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the leaders.
[JOS.9.19] But all the leaders said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
[JOS.9.20] This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.
[JOS.9.21] And the leaders said to them, Let them live: so they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, as the leaders had spoken to them.
[JOS.9.22] And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?
[JOS.9.23] Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
[JOS.9.24] And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was told your servants for a certainty, how that Jehovah your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were very afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
[JOS.9.25] And now, see, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do.
[JOS.9.26] And he did so to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they killed them not.
[JOS.9.27] And Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, to this day, in the place which he should choose.
[JOS.10.1] Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
[JOS.10.2] that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
[JOS.10.3] Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,
[JOS.10.4] Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
[JOS.10.5] Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
[JOS.10.6] And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp to Gilgal, saying, Do not slack your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
[JOS.10.7] So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
[JOS.10.8] And Jehovah said to Joshua, Do not fear them: for I have delivered them into your hands; none of them shall stand before you.
[JOS.10.9] Joshua therefore came to them suddenly; he went up from Gilgal all night.
[JOS.10.10] And Jehovah confused them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them to Azekah, and to Makkedah.
[JOS.10.11] And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
[JOS.10.12] Then spoke Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still on Gibeon; and you, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
[JOS.10.13] And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and did not hurry to go down about a whole day.
[JOS.10.14] And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Jehovah hearkened to the voice of a man: for Jehovah fought for Israel.
[JOS.10.15] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
[JOS.10.16] And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
[JOS.10.17] And it was told to Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
[JOS.10.18] And Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:
[JOS.10.19] but do not stay; pursue your enemies, and strike them from the hindmost; do not allow them to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God has delivered them into your hands.
[JOS.10.20] And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
[JOS.10.21] that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
[JOS.10.22] Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings to me from the cave.
[JOS.10.23] And they did so, and brought out those five kings to him from the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
[JOS.10.24] And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet on their necks.
[JOS.10.25] And Joshua said to them, Do not fear, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom you fight.
[JOS.10.26] And afterward Joshua struck them, and killed them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
[JOS.10.27] And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
[JOS.10.28] And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them and all the souls that were in it; he left none remaining: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
[JOS.10.29] And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
[JOS.10.30] and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were in it; he left none remaining in it; and he did to the king thereof as he had done to the king of Jericho.
[JOS.10.31] And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
[JOS.10.32] and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
[JOS.10.33] Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
[JOS.10.34] And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it;
[JOS.10.35] and they took it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were in it he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
[JOS.10.36] And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it:
[JOS.10.37] and they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were in it; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were in it.
[JOS.10.38] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it:
[JOS.10.39] and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were in it; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.
[JOS.10.40] So Joshua struck all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining; but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded.
[JOS.10.41] And Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
[JOS.10.42] And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
[JOS.10.43] And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
[JOS.11.1] And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
[JOS.11.2] and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
[JOS.11.3] to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
[JOS.11.4] And they went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
[JOS.11.5] And all these kings met together, and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
[JOS.11.6] And Jehovah said to Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel; you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
[JOS.11.7] So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
[JOS.11.8] And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they struck them, until they left none remaining.
[JOS.11.9] And Joshua did to them as Jehovah bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
[JOS.11.10] And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms.
[JOS.11.11] And they struck all the souls that were there with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was not any left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
[JOS.11.12] And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, Joshua took, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded.
[JOS.11.13] But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only; that Joshua burnt.
[JOS.11.14] And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither did they leave any that breathed.
[JOS.11.15] As Jehovah commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
[JOS.11.16] So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and its lowland;
[JOS.11.17] from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and struck them, and put them to death.
[JOS.11.18] Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
[JOS.11.19] There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.
[JOS.11.20] For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
[JOS.11.21] And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
[JOS.11.22] There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, some remained.
[JOS.11.23] So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
[JOS.12.1] Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
[JOS.12.2] Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half the Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
[JOS.12.3] and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
[JOS.12.4] and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
[JOS.12.5] and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half the Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
[JOS.12.6] Moses the servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel struck them: and Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
[JOS.12.7] And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
[JOS.12.8] in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
[JOS.12.9] the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
[JOS.12.10] the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
[JOS.12.11] the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
[JOS.12.12] the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
[JOS.12.13] the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
[JOS.12.14] the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
[JOS.12.15] the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
[JOS.12.16] the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
[JOS.12.17] the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
[JOS.12.18] the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
[JOS.12.19] the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
[JOS.12.20] the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
[JOS.12.21] the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
[JOS.12.22] the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
[JOS.12.23] the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
[JOS.12.24] the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
[JOS.13.1] Now Joshua was old and well advanced in years; and Jehovah said to him, You are old and well advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.
[JOS.13.2] This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
[JOS.13.3] from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, counted to the Canaanites: the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,
[JOS.13.4] from the south, all the land of the Canaanites; and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;
[JOS.13.5] and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
[JOS.13.6] all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them I will drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
[JOS.13.7] Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
[JOS.13.8] With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them:
[JOS.13.9] from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon;
[JOS.13.10] and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;
[JOS.13.11] and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;
[JOS.13.12] all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, (who remained of the remnant of the giants); for Moses struck them, and drove them out.
[JOS.13.13] Nevertheless the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.
[JOS.13.14] Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Jehovah, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.
[JOS.13.15] Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
[JOS.13.16] And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;
[JOS.13.17] Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
[JOS.13.18] and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
[JOS.13.19] and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
[JOS.13.20] and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
[JOS.13.21] and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who dwelt in the land.
[JOS.13.22] Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest of their slain.
[JOS.13.23] And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
[JOS.13.24] And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.
[JOS.13.25] And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah;
[JOS.13.26] and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
[JOS.13.27] and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border thereof, to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
[JOS.13.28] This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
[JOS.13.29] And Moses gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.
[JOS.13.30] And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities:
[JOS.13.31] and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.
[JOS.13.32] These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
[JOS.13.33] But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Jehovah, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spoke to them.
[JOS.14.1] And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,
[JOS.14.2] by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
[JOS.14.3] For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
[JOS.14.4] For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance.
[JOS.14.5] As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
[JOS.14.6] Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that Jehovah spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea.
[JOS.14.7] I was forty years old when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
[JOS.14.8] Nevertheless my brothers that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Jehovah my God.
[JOS.14.9] And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land where your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have wholly followed Jehovah my God.
[JOS.14.10] And now, behold, Jehovah has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, I am this day eighty-five years old.
[JOS.14.11] As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.
[JOS.14.12] Now therefore give me this hill-country, of which Jehovah spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be Jehovah will be with me, and I will drive them out, as Jehovah spoke.
[JOS.14.13] And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
[JOS.14.14] Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day; because he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[JOS.14.15] Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
[JOS.15.1] And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extreme part of the south.
[JOS.15.2] And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
[JOS.15.3] and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin; and it went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
[JOS.15.4] and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea: this shall be your south border.
[JOS.15.5] And the east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan;
[JOS.15.6] and the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
[JOS.15.7] and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out were at En-rogel;
[JOS.15.8] and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the extreme end of the valley of Rephaim northward;
[JOS.15.9] and the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim);
[JOS.15.10] and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
[JOS.15.11] and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
[JOS.15.12] And the west border was at the Great Sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
[JOS.15.13] And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
[JOS.15.14] And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
[JOS.15.15] And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.
[JOS.15.16] And Caleb said, He that strikes Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
[JOS.15.17] And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
[JOS.15.18] And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said, What would you?
[JOS.15.19] And she said, Give me a blessing; for you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
[JOS.15.20] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
[JOS.15.21] And the farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
[JOS.15.22] and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
[JOS.15.23] and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
[JOS.15.24] Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
[JOS.15.25] and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor),
[JOS.15.26] Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
[JOS.15.27] and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet,
[JOS.15.28] and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,
[JOS.15.29] Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
[JOS.15.30] and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
[JOS.15.31] and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
[JOS.15.32] and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
[JOS.15.33] In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
[JOS.15.34] and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
[JOS.15.35] Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
[JOS.15.36] and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.37] Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
[JOS.15.38] and Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
[JOS.15.39] Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
[JOS.15.40] and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,
[JOS.15.41] and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.42] Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
[JOS.15.43] and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
[JOS.15.44] and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.45] Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
[JOS.15.46] from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
[JOS.15.47] Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea, and the border.
[JOS.15.48] And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
[JOS.15.49] and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir),
[JOS.15.50] and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
[JOS.15.51] and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.52] Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,
[JOS.15.53] and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
[JOS.15.54] and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.55] Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
[JOS.15.56] and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
[JOS.15.57] Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.58] Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
[JOS.15.59] and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.60] Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.61] In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
[JOS.15.62] and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
[JOS.15.63] And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
[JOS.16.1] And the lot came to the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Bethel;
[JOS.16.2] and it went from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
[JOS.16.3] and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth-horon the lower, even to Gezer; and its end was at the sea.
[JOS.16.4] And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
[JOS.16.5] And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was this: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the upper;
[JOS.16.6] and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north; and the border turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janoah;
[JOS.16.7] and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
[JOS.16.8] From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and its end was at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;
[JOS.16.9] together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
[JOS.16.10] And they did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
[JOS.17.1] And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he got Gilead and Bashan.
[JOS.17.2] So the lot was for the rest of the people of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida; these were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
[JOS.17.3] But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
[JOS.17.4] And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the leaders, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers. Therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
[JOS.17.5] And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
[JOS.17.6] because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the people of Manasseh.
[JOS.17.7] And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, to the people of En-tappuah.
[JOS.17.8] The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
[JOS.17.9] And the border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh; and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the end of it at the sea:
[JOS.17.10] southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
[JOS.17.11] And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
[JOS.17.12] Yet the people of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
[JOS.17.13] And it came to pass, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
[JOS.17.14] And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, asking, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because Jehovah has blessed me up to now?
[JOS.17.15] And Joshua said to them, If you are a great people, then go up to the forest, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.
[JOS.17.16] And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel.
[JOS.17.17] And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power; you shall not have one lot only,
[JOS.17.18] but the hill-country shall be yours; for though it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and the outs of it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
[JOS.18.1] And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them.
[JOS.18.2] And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
[JOS.18.3] And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long will you be slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, has given you?
[JOS.18.4] Appoint for yourselves three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.
[JOS.18.5] And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in its border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
[JOS.18.6] And you shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring here to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.
[JOS.18.7] For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
[JOS.18.8] And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged those who went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come back to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
[JOS.18.9] And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
[JOS.18.10] And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
[JOS.18.11] And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
[JOS.18.12] And their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the border went out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
[JOS.18.13] And the border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth-horon the nether.
[JOS.18.14] And the border was drawn and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth-horon southward; and its goings out were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
[JOS.18.15] And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim; and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah;
[JOS.18.16] and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel;
[JOS.18.17] and it was drawn northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
[JOS.18.18] and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah;
[JOS.18.19] and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.
[JOS.18.20] And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders of it round about, according to their families.
[JOS.18.21] Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,
[JOS.18.22] and Beth Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
[JOS.18.23] and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
[JOS.18.24] and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
[JOS.18.25] Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
[JOS.18.26] and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
[JOS.18.27] and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
[JOS.18.28] and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
[JOS.19.1] And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
[JOS.19.2] And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
[JOS.19.3] and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
[JOS.19.4] and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
[JOS.19.5] and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
[JOS.19.6] and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.7] Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;
[JOS.19.8] and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families.
[JOS.19.9] Out of the portion of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon; for the portion of the sons of Judah was too much for them; so the sons of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
[JOS.19.10] And the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid;
[JOS.19.11] and their border went up westward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;
[JOS.19.12] and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and up to Japhia;
[JOS.19.13] and from there it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out to Rimmon which stretches to Neah;
[JOS.19.14] and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the limits of it were at the valley of Iphtahel;
[JOS.19.15] and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.16] This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.17] The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the sons of Issachar according to their families.
[JOS.19.18] And their border was to Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
[JOS.19.19] and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
[JOS.19.20] and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez,
[JOS.19.21] and Remeth, and Engannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez,
[JOS.19.22] and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the limits of their border were at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.23] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.24] And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families.
[JOS.19.25] And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
[JOS.19.26] and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
[JOS.19.27] and it turned toward the sunrise to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtahel northward at Beth-emek and Neiel; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand,
[JOS.19.28] and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Sidon;
[JOS.19.29] and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the limits of it were at the sea by the region of Achzib;
[JOS.19.30] and Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.31] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.32] The sixth lot came out for the sons of Naphtali, even for the sons of Naphtali according to their families.
[JOS.19.33] And their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum; and the limits of it were at the Jordan;
[JOS.19.34] and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and it reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise.
[JOS.19.35] And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
[JOS.19.36] and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
[JOS.19.37] and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
[JOS.19.38] and Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.39] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.40] The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families.
[JOS.19.41] And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
[JOS.19.42] and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah,
[JOS.19.43] and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
[JOS.19.44] and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
[JOS.19.45] and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon,
[JOS.19.46] and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
[JOS.19.47] And the border of the sons of Dan went out beyond these; for the sons of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived in it, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
[JOS.19.48] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
[JOS.19.49] So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by its borders; and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
[JOS.19.50] according to the command of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived in it.
[JOS.19.51] These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
[JOS.20.1] And Jehovah spoke to Joshua, saying,
[JOS.20.2] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, whereof I spoke to you by Moses,
[JOS.20.3] that the slayer who kills any person unwittingly and without intent may flee there; and they shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.
[JOS.20.4] And he shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
[JOS.20.5] And if the avenger of blood pursues after him, then they shall not deliver up the slayer into his hand; because he killed his neighbor unwittingly, and didn't hate him before.
[JOS.20.6] And he shall dwell in that city, until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from where he fled.
[JOS.20.7] And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah.
[JOS.20.8] And beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they gave Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead, out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan, out of the tribe of Manasseh.
[JOS.20.9] These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unwittingly might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stands before the congregation.
[JOS.21.1] Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel;
[JOS.21.2] and they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their suburbs for our cattle.
[JOS.21.3] And the children of Israel gave to the Levites from their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.
[JOS.21.4] And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of the Simeonites, and from the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities by lot.
[JOS.21.5] And the rest of the children of Kohath had from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities by lot.
[JOS.21.6] And the children of Gershon had from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities by lot.
[JOS.21.7] The children of Merari according to their families had from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
[JOS.21.8] And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded through Moses.
[JOS.21.9] And they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah, and from the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name:
[JOS.21.10] and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
[JOS.21.11] And they gave them Kiriath-arba, named Hebron, in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs surrounding it; the city of Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron);
[JOS.21.12] but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
[JOS.21.13] And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.14] and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.15] and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.16] and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities from these two tribes.
[JOS.21.17] And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.18] Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
[JOS.21.19] All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
[JOS.21.20] And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
[JOS.21.21] And they gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.22] and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.
[JOS.21.23] And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.24] Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
[JOS.21.25] And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
[JOS.21.26] All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
[JOS.21.27] And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
[JOS.21.28] And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.29] Jarmuth with its suburbs, En-gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
[JOS.21.30] And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.31] Helkath with its suburbs, Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
[JOS.21.32] And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
[JOS.21.33] All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
[JOS.21.34] And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun were Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.35] Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
[JOS.21.36] And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.37] Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
[JOS.21.38] And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
[JOS.21.39] Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
[JOS.21.40] All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities.
[JOS.21.41] All the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
[JOS.21.42] These cities each had its suburbs surrounding it: so it was with all these cities.
[JOS.21.43] So Jehovah gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and lived in it.
[JOS.21.44] And Jehovah gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and not a man of all their enemies stood against them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.
[JOS.21.45] Nothing failed of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass.
[JOS.22.1] Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
[JOS.22.2] and said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you:
[JOS.22.3] you have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.
[JOS.22.4] Now Jehovah your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them: therefore now return, and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan.
[JOS.22.5] Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to hold tightly to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
[JOS.22.6] So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
[JOS.22.7] Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan: but to the other half Joshua gave among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
[JOS.22.8] and spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents, and with very much livestock, with silver, and with gold, and with bronze, and with iron, and with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
[JOS.22.9] The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, where they had possession, according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
[JOS.22.10] When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.
[JOS.22.11] The children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel.
[JOS.22.12] When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
[JOS.22.13] The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
[JOS.22.14] and with him ten leaders, one leader of a father’s house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were each head of their father’s houses among the thousands of Israel.
[JOS.22.15] They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
[JOS.22.16] Thus says the whole congregation of Jehovah, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, to rebel this day against Jehovah?
[JOS.22.17] Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Jehovah,
[JOS.22.18] that you must turn away this day from following Jehovah? It will be, seeing you rebel today against Jehovah, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
[JOS.22.19] Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Jehovah, where Jehovah’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us: but do not rebel against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, in building an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God.
[JOS.22.20] Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.
[JOS.22.21] Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,
[JOS.22.22] The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knows; and Israel he shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah, do not save us this day,
[JOS.22.23] that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah; or if to offer thereon burnt-offering or grain-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Jehovah himself require it;
[JOS.22.24] and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose to say, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?
[JOS.22.25] For Jehovah has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no portion in Jehovah: so might your children make our children cease from fearing Jehovah.
[JOS.22.26] Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice:
[JOS.22.27] but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we might perform the service of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no portion in Jehovah.
[JOS.22.28] Therefore we said, It will be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.
[JOS.22.29] Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for grain-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before his tabernacle.
[JOS.22.30] When Phinehas the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
[JOS.22.31] Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that Jehovah is among us, because you have not committed this trespass against Jehovah: now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah.
[JOS.22.32] Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the leaders, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them back word.
[JOS.22.33] The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land where the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt.
[JOS.22.34] The children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Witness: For, they said, it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God.
[JOS.23.1] And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
[JOS.23.2] that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well advanced in years:
[JOS.23.3] and you have seen all that Jehovah your God has done to all these nations because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that has fought for you.
[JOS.23.4] Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
[JOS.23.5] And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spoke to you.
[JOS.23.6] Therefore be very firm to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not aside from it to the right hand or to the left;
[JOS.23.7] that you come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;
[JOS.23.8] but cling to Jehovah your God, as you have done to this day.
[JOS.23.9] For Jehovah has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
[JOS.23.10] One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fights for you, as he spoke to you.
[JOS.23.11] Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Jehovah your God.
[JOS.23.12] Else if you do in any way go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
[JOS.23.13] know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God has given you.
[JOS.23.14] And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spoke concerning you; all have come to pass to you, not one thing has failed thereof.
[JOS.23.15] And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things have come upon you of which Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God has given you.
[JOS.23.16] When you transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
[JOS.24.1] And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
[JOS.24.2] And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers lived from ancient times beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
[JOS.24.3] And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and gave him Isaac.
[JOS.24.4] And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
[JOS.24.5] And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst: and afterward I brought you out.
[JOS.24.6] And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.
[JOS.24.7] And when they cried out to Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.
[JOS.24.8] And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before you.
[JOS.24.9] Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, rose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.
[JOS.24.10] But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
[JOS.24.11] And you went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.
[JOS.24.12] And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
[JOS.24.13] And I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you live in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which you did not plant, you eat.
[JOS.24.14] Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve Jehovah.
[JOS.24.15] And if it seems evil to you to serve Jehovah, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
[JOS.24.16] And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
[JOS.24.17] for Jehovah our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;
[JOS.24.18] and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that lived in the land: therefore we also will serve Jehovah; for he is our God.
[JOS.24.19] And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
[JOS.24.20] If you forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good.
[JOS.24.21] And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Jehovah.
[JOS.24.22] And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Jehovah for yourselves, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
[JOS.24.23] Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[JOS.24.24] And the people said to Joshua, Jehovah our God we will serve, and to his voice we will listen.
[JOS.24.25] So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
[JOS.24.26] And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
[JOS.24.27] And Joshua said to all the people, Look, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.
[JOS.24.28] So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
[JOS.24.29] And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.
[JOS.24.30] And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
[JOS.24.31] And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had worked for Israel.
[JOS.24.32] And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
[JOS.24.33] And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim.
[JDG.1.1] And it happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Who will go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
[JDG.1.2] And Jehovah said, Judah will go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
[JDG.1.3] And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Simeon went with him.
[JDG.1.4] And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they killed of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
[JDG.1.5] And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they killed the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
[JDG.1.6] But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
[JDG.1.7] And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I have done, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
[JDG.1.8] And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
[JDG.1.9] And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that lived in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
[JDG.1.10] And Judah went against the Canaanites that lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
[JDG.1.11] And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.)
[JDG.1.12] And Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
[JDG.1.13] And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
[JDG.1.14] And it happened, when she came to him, that she urged him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from her donkey; and Caleb said to her, What do you want?
[JDG.1.15] And she said to him, Give me a blessing; for you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
[JDG.1.16] And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the South of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
[JDG.1.17] And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites that lived in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
[JDG.1.18] Also Judah took Gaza, with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.
[JDG.1.19] And Jehovah was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill-country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
[JDG.1.20] And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out the three sons of Anak.
[JDG.1.21] And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that lived in Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
[JDG.1.22] And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Jehovah was with them.
[JDG.1.23] And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
[JDG.1.24] And the spies saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.
[JDG.1.25] And he showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go, and all his family.
[JDG.1.26] And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is its name to this day.
[JDG.1.27] And Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
[JDG.1.28] And it happened, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.
[JDG.1.29] And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites that lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
[JDG.1.30] Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to forced labor.
[JDG.1.31] Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
[JDG.1.32] but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
[JDG.1.33] Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor.
[JDG.1.34] And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-country; for they would not let them come down to the valley;
[JDG.1.35] but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.
[JDG.1.36] And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
[JDG.2.1] And the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you:
[JDG.2.2] and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars. But you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this?
[JDG.2.3] Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be like thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.
[JDG.2.4] And it came to pass, when the angel of Jehovah spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
[JDG.2.5] And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Jehovah.
[JDG.2.6] Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
[JDG.2.7] And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah, that he had done for Israel.
[JDG.2.8] And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
[JDG.2.9] And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
[JDG.2.10] And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had done for Israel.
[JDG.2.11] And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim;
[JDG.2.12] and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were around them, and bowed themselves down to them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.
[JDG.2.13] And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
[JDG.2.14] And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of plunderers that plundered them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
[JDG.2.15] Wherever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn to them: and they were greatly distressed.
[JDG.2.16] And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that plundered them.
[JDG.2.17] And yet they did not listen to their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they quickly turned aside out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.
[JDG.2.18] And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of those that oppressed them and troubled them.
[JDG.2.19] But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
[JDG.2.20] And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and he said, Because this nation has transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
[JDG.2.21] I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
[JDG.2.22] that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
[JDG.2.23] So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
[JDG.3.1] Now these are the nations which Jehovah left, to test Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
[JDG.3.2] only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at least such as before knew nothing of it:
[JDG.3.3] namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that lived in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
[JDG.3.4] And they were to test Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
[JDG.3.5] And the children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
[JDG.3.6] and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
[JDG.3.7] And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.
[JDG.3.8] Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
[JDG.3.9] And when the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, Jehovah raised up a savior to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
[JDG.3.10] And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan-rishathaim.
[JDG.3.11] And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
[JDG.3.12] And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
[JDG.3.13] And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees.
[JDG.3.14] And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab for eighteen years.
[JDG.3.15] But when the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, Jehovah raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. And the children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
[JDG.3.16] And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his clothing upon his right thigh.
[JDG.3.17] And he offered the tribute to Eglon king of Moab: now Eglon was a very fat man.
[JDG.3.18] And when he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people that carried the tribute.
[JDG.3.19] But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand to you, O king. And he said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
[JDG.3.20] And Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. And Ehud said, I have a message from God to you. And he arose out of his seat.
[JDG.3.21] And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
[JDG.3.22] and the handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
[JDG.3.23] Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room upon him, and locked them.
[JDG.3.24] Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he covers his feet in the cool chamber.
[JDG.3.25] And they waited till they were ashamed; and behold, he still did not open the doors of the upper room; therefore they took the key, and opened them, and behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
[JDG.3.26] And Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.
[JDG.3.27] And it came to pass, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.
[JDG.3.28] And he said to them, Follow after me; for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and did not allow a man to pass over.
[JDG.3.29] And they struck at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every stout man and every man of valor; and not a man escaped.
[JDG.3.30] So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
[JDG.3.31] And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad: and he also saved Israel.
[JDG.4.1] And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, when Ehud was dead.
[JDG.4.2] And Jehovah sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
[JDG.4.3] And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he oppressed the children of Israel severely for twenty years.
[JDG.4.4] Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time.
[JDG.4.5] And she lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
[JDG.4.6] And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, Has not Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
[JDG.4.7] And I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.
[JDG.4.8] And Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.
[JDG.4.9] And she said, I will surely go with you: yet the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
[JDG.4.10] And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
[JDG.4.11] Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
[JDG.4.12] And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.
[JDG.4.13] And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles to the river Kishon.
[JDG.4.14] And Deborah said to Barak, Arise; for this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand: is not Jehovah gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
[JDG.4.15] And Jehovah confused Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got down from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
[JDG.4.16] But Barak pursued the chariots, and the army, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
[JDG.4.17] However Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
[JDG.4.18] And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.
[JDG.4.19] And he said to her, Give me, I beg you, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
[JDG.4.20] And he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man comes and asks you, and says, Is there any man here? that you shall say, No.
[JDG.4.21] Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he fainted and died.
[JDG.4.22] And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. And he came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples.
[JDG.4.23] So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
[JDG.4.24] And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
[JDG.5.1] Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
[JDG.5.2] For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, for that the people willingly offered themselves, bless Jehovah.
[JDG.5.3] Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; I, even I, will sing to Jehovah; I will sing praise to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[JDG.5.4] Jehovah, when you went forth out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.
[JDG.5.5] The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, even this Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[JDG.5.6] In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and travelers walked through byways.
[JDG.5.7] The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, until I, Deborah, arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
[JDG.5.8] They chose new gods; then was there war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
[JDG.5.9] My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people: bless Jehovah.
[JDG.5.10] Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
[JDG.5.11] Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of Jehovah, even the righteous acts of his rule in Israel. Then the people of Jehovah went down to the gates.
[JDG.5.12] Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead your captives captive, you son of Abinoam.
[JDG.5.13] Then came down a remnant of the nobles and the people; Jehovah came down for me against the mighty.
[JDG.5.14] Out of Ephraim they came down who have their root in Amalek; after you, Benjamin, among your peoples; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they who handle the marshal's staff.
[JDG.5.15] And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak; into the valley they rushed at his heel. By the watercourses of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.
[JDG.5.16] Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, to hear the piping for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
[JDG.5.17] Gilead abode beyond the Jordan: and Dan, why did he remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and abode by his creeks.
[JDG.5.18] Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.
[JDG.5.19] The kings came and fought; then fought the kings of Canaan, in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
[JDG.5.20] From heaven fought the stars, from their courses they fought against Sisera.
[JDG.5.21] The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength.
[JDG.5.22] Then were the horse-hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
[JDG.5.23] Curse Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah, curse bitterly the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of Jehovah, to the help of Jehovah against the mighty.
[JDG.5.24] Blessed above women shall Jael be, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
[JDG.5.25] He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought him butter in a lordly dish.
[JDG.5.26] She put her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she struck Sisera, she smote off his head; yes, she struck through and pierced his temples.
[JDG.5.27] At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
[JDG.5.28] Through the window she looked forth, and cried, the mother of Sisera, through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
[JDG.5.29] Her wise ladies answered her, yes, she returned answer to herself,
[JDG.5.30] Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?
[JDG.5.31] So let all your enemies perish, O Jehovah: but let them who love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
[JDG.6.1] And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
[JDG.6.2] And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
[JDG.6.3] And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;
[JDG.6.4] and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.
[JDG.6.5] For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
[JDG.6.6] And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Jehovah.
[JDG.6.7] And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried to Jehovah because of Midian,
[JDG.6.8] that Jehovah sent a prophet to the children of Israel: and he said to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
[JDG.6.9] and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;
[JDG.6.10] and I said to you, I am Jehovah your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not listened to my voice.
[JDG.6.11] And the angel of Jehovah came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
[JDG.6.12] And the angel of Jehovah appeared to him, and said to him, Jehovah is with you, you mighty man of valor.
[JDG.6.13] And Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then has all this happened to us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? But now Jehovah has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
[JDG.6.14] And Jehovah looked on him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent you?
[JDG.6.15] And he said to him, Oh, Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
[JDG.6.16] And Jehovah said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.
[JDG.6.17] And he said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
[JDG.6.18] Do not leave here, I pray, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you. And he said, I will stay until you come back.
[JDG.6.19] And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
[JDG.6.20] And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
[JDG.6.21] Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
[JDG.6.22] And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! for because I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.
[JDG.6.23] And Jehovah said to him, Peace be to you; fear not: you shall not die.
[JDG.6.24] Then Gideon built an altar there to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom: to this day it remains in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
[JDG.6.25] And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said to him, Take your father's bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
[JDG.6.26] and build an altar to Jehovah your God upon the top of this stronghold, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt-offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.
[JDG.6.27] Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken to him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
[JDG.6.28] And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered on the altar that was built.
[JDG.6.29] And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.
[JDG.6.30] Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
[JDG.6.31] And Joash said to all that stood against him, Will you contend for Baal? or will you save him? he that will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning: if he is a god, let him contend for himself, because one has broken down his altar.
[JDG.6.32] Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.
[JDG.6.33] Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and camped in the valley of Jezreel.
[JDG.6.34] But the Spirit of Jehovah came on Gideon; and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together after him.
[JDG.6.35] And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
[JDG.6.36] And Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
[JDG.6.37] behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.
[JDG.6.38] And it was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
[JDG.6.39] And Gideon said to God, Let not your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.
[JDG.6.40] And God did so that night: for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
[JDG.7.1] Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and camped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
[JDG.7.2] And Jehovah said to Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.
[JDG.7.3] Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty-two thousand; but ten thousand remained.
[JDG.7.4] And Jehovah said to Gideon, The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I say to you, This shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
[JDG.7.5] So he brought down the people to the water: and Jehovah said to Gideon, Everyone that laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself; likewise everyone that bows down on his knees to drink.
[JDG.7.6] And the number of those that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
[JDG.7.7] And Jehovah said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand; and let all the other people go every man to his place.
[JDG.7.8] So the people took provisions in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
[JDG.7.9] And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said to him, Arise, go down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.
[JDG.7.10] But if you fear to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp:
[JDG.7.11] and you shall hear what they say; and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant to the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp.
[JDG.7.12] And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.
[JDG.7.13] And when Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, that the tent lay flat.
[JDG.7.14] And his comrade answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God has delivered Midian, and all the camp.
[JDG.7.15] And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah has delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
[JDG.7.16] And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.
[JDG.7.17] And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall you do.
[JDG.7.18] When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Jehovah and for Gideon.
[JDG.7.19] So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
[JDG.7.20] And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.
[JDG.7.21] And they stood every man in his place around the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and fled.
[JDG.7.22] And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his comrade, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Bethshittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
[JDG.7.23] And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
[JDG.7.24] And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan.
[JDG.7.25] And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
[JDG.8.1] And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us this way, that you did not call us when you went to fight with Midian? And they rebuked him sharply.
[JDG.8.2] And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
[JDG.8.3] God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was calmed toward him, when he had spoken this.
[JDG.8.4] And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
[JDG.8.5] And he said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
[JDG.8.6] And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?
[JDG.8.7] And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will beat your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
[JDG.8.8] And he went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them the same way: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
[JDG.8.9] And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
[JDG.8.10] Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the army of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew sword.
[JDG.8.11] And Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure.
[JDG.8.12] And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the army.
[JDG.8.13] And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
[JDG.8.14] And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.
[JDG.8.15] And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you mocked me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?
[JDG.8.16] And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
[JDG.8.17] And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
[JDG.8.18] Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you killed at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
[JDG.8.19] And he said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother: as Jehovah lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.
[JDG.8.20] And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise, and kill them. But the youth did not draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
[JDG.8.21] Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise yourself, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.
[JDG.8.22] Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.
[JDG.8.23] And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah shall rule over you.
[JDG.8.24] And Gideon said to them, I do have a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his plunder. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
[JDG.8.25] And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and every man threw in the earrings of his plunder.
[JDG.8.26] And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.
[JDG.8.27] And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.
[JDG.8.28] So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
[JDG.8.29] And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.
[JDG.8.30] And Gideon had seventy sons from his body; for he had many wives.
[JDG.8.31] And his concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
[JDG.8.32] And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
[JDG.8.33] And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.
[JDG.8.34] And the children of Israel did not remember Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
[JDG.8.35] neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon), according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
[JDG.9.1] And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's relatives, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
[JDG.9.2] Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
[JDG.9.3] And his mother's relatives spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
[JDG.9.4] And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired worthless and reckless persons, who followed him.
[JDG.9.5] And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
[JDG.9.6] And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.
[JDG.9.7] And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
[JDG.9.8] The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign over us.
[JDG.9.9] But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
[JDG.9.10] And the trees said to the fig tree, Come and reign over us.
[JDG.9.11] But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
[JDG.9.12] And the trees said to the vine, Come and reign over us.
[JDG.9.13] And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
[JDG.9.14] Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come and reign over us.
[JDG.9.15] And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shade: but if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
[JDG.9.16] Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and sincerely, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands
[JDG.9.17] (for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:
[JDG.9.18] and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have killed his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother);
[JDG.9.19] if you then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
[JDG.9.20] but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
[JDG.9.21] And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
[JDG.9.22] And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
[JDG.9.23] And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
[JDG.9.24] that the violence done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
[JDG.9.25] And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
[JDG.9.26] And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him.
[JDG.9.27] And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
[JDG.9.28] And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?
[JDG.9.29] And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out.
[JDG.9.30] And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
[JDG.9.31] And he sent messengers to Abimelech privately, saying, Look, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem; and look, they are stirring up the city against you.
[JDG.9.32] Now therefore, rise up by night, you and the people that are with you, and lie in wait in the field:
[JDG.9.33] and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush upon the city: and look, when he and the people that are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion.
[JDG.9.34] And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid in wait against Shechem in four companies.
[JDG.9.35] And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the ambush.
[JDG.9.36] And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
[JDG.9.37] And Gaal spoke again and said, Look, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
[JDG.9.38] Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that you have despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.
[JDG.9.39] And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
[JDG.9.40] And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even to the entrance of the gate.
[JDG.9.41] And Abimelech lived at Arumah: and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
[JDG.9.42] And it came to pass on the next day, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech.
[JDG.9.43] And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid in wait in the field: and he looked, and, look, the people were coming out of the city; and he rose up against them, and struck them.
[JDG.9.44] And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed upon all that were in the field, and struck them.
[JDG.9.45] And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people that were in it: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
[JDG.9.46] And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El-berith.
[JDG.9.47] And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
[JDG.9.48] And Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people that were with him, What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise.
[JDG.9.49] And all the people likewise cut down every man his branch, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire over them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
[JDG.9.50] Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
[JDG.9.51] But there was a strong tower in the middle of the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all the people of the city, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.
[JDG.9.52] And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
[JDG.9.53] And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.
[JDG.9.54] Then he called hastily to the young man his armor-bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword, and kill me, that men not say of me, A woman killed him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
[JDG.9.55] And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.
[JDG.9.56] Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
[JDG.9.57] and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
[JDG.10.1] After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.
[JDG.10.2] And he judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
[JDG.10.3] And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
[JDG.10.4] And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
[JDG.10.5] And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon.
[JDG.10.6] And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and did not serve him.
[JDG.10.7] And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
[JDG.10.8] And they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
[JDG.10.9] And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was very distressed.
[JDG.10.10] And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, saying, We have sinned against you, both because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.
[JDG.10.11] And Jehovah said to the children of Israel, Did I not save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
[JDG.10.12] The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
[JDG.10.13] Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods: therefore I will save you no more.
[JDG.10.14] Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.
[JDG.10.15] And the children of Israel said to Jehovah, We have sinned: do to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, we beg you, this day.
[JDG.10.16] And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
[JDG.10.17] Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.
[JDG.10.18] And the people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is there that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
[JDG.11.1] Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
[JDG.11.2] And Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.
[JDG.11.3] Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered worthless men to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
[JDG.11.4] And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
[JDG.11.5] And it happened, when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
[JDG.11.6] and they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
[JDG.11.7] And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? And why have you come to me now when you are in distress?
[JDG.11.8] And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon, and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
[JDG.11.9] And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah delivers them before me, shall I be your head?
[JDG.11.10] And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely we will do as you say.
[JDG.11.11] Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.
[JDG.11.12] And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?
[JDG.11.13] And the king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands peaceably.
[JDG.11.14] And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;
[JDG.11.15] and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,
[JDG.11.16] but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
[JDG.11.17] then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I beg you, pass through your land; but the king of Edom did not listen. And in the same manner they sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel stayed in Kadesh.
[JDG.11.18] Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they did not come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
[JDG.11.19] And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass through your land to my place.
[JDG.11.20] But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
[JDG.11.21] And Jehovah, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
[JDG.11.22] And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
[JDG.11.23] So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
[JDG.11.24] Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomever Jehovah our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
[JDG.11.25] And now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
[JDG.11.26] While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why did you not recover them within that time?
[JDG.11.27] I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
[JDG.11.28] However, the king of the children of Ammon did not listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
[JDG.11.29] Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
[JDG.11.30] And Jephthah vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
[JDG.11.31] then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
[JDG.11.32] So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.
[JDG.11.33] And he struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
[JDG.11.34] Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
[JDG.11.35] When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I cannot go back.
[JDG.11.36] And she said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Jehovah; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, forasmuch as Jehovah has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.
[JDG.11.37] And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and lament my virginity, I and my companions.
[JDG.11.38] He said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went, she and her companions, and lamented her virginity on the mountains.
[JDG.11.39] And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it became a custom in Israel,
[JDG.11.40] that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
[JDG.12.1] The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon, and said to Jephthah, Why did you cross over to fight against the children of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.
[JDG.12.2] Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you did not save me out of their hand.
[JDG.12.3] And when I saw that you did not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand: why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?
[JDG.12.4] Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.
[JDG.12.5] The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me cross over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No;
[JDG.12.6] then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they seized him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan: and there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
[JDG.12.7] Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
[JDG.12.8] After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
[JDG.12.9] He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
[JDG.12.10] Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
[JDG.12.11] After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
[JDG.12.12] Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
[JDG.12.13] After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
[JDG.12.14] He had forty sons and thirty grandsons that rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
[JDG.12.15] Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
[JDG.13.1] And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
[JDG.13.2] And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and had not borne children.
[JDG.13.3] And the angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren, and have not borne; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
[JDG.13.4] Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
[JDG.13.5] for, lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
[JDG.13.6] Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very wonderful; and I did not ask him where he came from, neither did he tell me his name:
[JDG.13.7] but he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine or strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
[JDG.13.8] Then Manoah prayed to Jehovah, and said, Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child that shall be born.
[JDG.13.9] And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah, her husband, was not with her.
[JDG.13.10] And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, that came to me that day.
[JDG.13.11] And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? And he said, I am.
[JDG.13.12] And Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass: what shall be the manner of the child, and what shall be his work?
[JDG.13.13] And the angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
[JDG.13.14] She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
[JDG.13.15] And Manoah said to the angel of Jehovah, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a young goat for you.
[JDG.13.16] And the angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread; and if you will make ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to Jehovah. For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of Jehovah.
[JDG.13.17] And Manoah said to the angel of Jehovah, What is your name, that when your words come to pass, we may honor you?
[JDG.13.18] And the angel of Jehovah said to him, Why do you ask after my name, seeing it is wonderful?
[JDG.13.19] So Manoah took the young goat with the meal-offering, and offered it on the rock to Jehovah: and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.
[JDG.13.20] For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
[JDG.13.21] But the angel of Jehovah did not appear anymore to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah.
[JDG.13.22] And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
[JDG.13.23] But his wife said to him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told us such things as these.
[JDG.13.24] And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
[JDG.13.25] And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
[JDG.14.1] Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
[JDG.14.2] He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as a wife.
[JDG.14.3] Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me; for she pleases me well.
[JDG.14.4] But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
[JDG.14.5] Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and behold, a young lion roared against him.
[JDG.14.6] And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he tore it as he would have torn a young goat, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
[JDG.14.7] He went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.
[JDG.14.8] After a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
[JDG.14.9] He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave them, and they ate: but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
[JDG.14.10] His father went down to the woman: and Samson made a feast there; for so used the young men to do.
[JDG.14.11] It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
[JDG.14.12] Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can solve it within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
[JDG.14.13] but if you cannot solve it, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing. They said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it.
[JDG.14.14] He said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. They could not in three days solve the riddle.
[JDG.14.15] It came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire: have you called us to impoverish us? is it not so?
[JDG.14.16] Samson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me, and do not love me: you have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and have not told it me. He said to her, Behold, I have not told it to my father or my mother, and shall I tell you?
[JDG.14.17] She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him severely; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
[JDG.14.18] The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? He said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle.
[JDG.14.19] The Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes of clothing to those who declared the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
[JDG.14.20] But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
[JDG.15.1] But it happened after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a young goat; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the room. But her father would not allow him to enter.
[JDG.15.2] And her father said, I really thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, take her instead.
[JDG.15.3] And Samson said to them, This time I will be blameless in regard to the Philistines, when I harm them.
[JDG.15.4] And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in between every pair of tails.
[JDG.15.5] And when he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and olive groves.
[JDG.15.6] Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife, and gave her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
[JDG.15.7] And Samson said to them, Since you have done this, I will take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.
[JDG.15.8] And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
[JDG.15.9] Then the Philistines went up, and camped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
[JDG.15.10] And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they said, We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.
[JDG.15.11] Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this that you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
[JDG.15.12] And they said to him, We have come down to bind you, so that we may deliver you into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.
[JDG.15.13] And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hands; but surely we will not kill you. And they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.
[JDG.15.14] When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bonds dropped from off his hands.
[JDG.15.15] And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and killed a thousand men with it.
[JDG.15.16] And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey have I killed a thousand men.
[JDG.15.17] And it happened, when he had finished speaking, that he threw away the jawbone out of his hand; and he called that place Ramath-lehi.
[JDG.15.18] And he was very thirsty, and called on Jehovah, and said, You have granted this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?
[JDG.15.19] But God opened the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. And when he had drunk, his spirit came back, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
[JDG.15.20] And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
[JDG.16.1] Samson went to Gaza, and saw a prostitute there, and went in to her.
[JDG.16.2] It was told to the Gazites, Samson has come here. They surrounded the place, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait until the morning light, then we will kill him.
[JDG.16.3] Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the hill that is before Hebron.
[JDG.16.4] After this, he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
[JDG.16.5] The lords of the Philistines came to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.
[JDG.16.6] Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I ask of you, where your great strength lies, and with what you might be bound to afflict you.
[JDG.16.7] Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven fresh cords that were never dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
[JDG.16.8] Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
[JDG.16.9] Now she had men lying in wait, staying with her in the inner chamber. She said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson. He broke the cords, as a string of yarn is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
[JDG.16.10] Delilah said to Samson, See, you have fooled me, and told me lies: now tell me, I ask you, with what you might be bound.
[JDG.16.11] He said to her, If they only bind me with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
[JDG.16.12] So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson. And the men were lying in wait in the inner chamber. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
[JDG.16.13] Delilah said to Samson, Until now you have mocked me and told me lies: tell me with what you might be bound. And he said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my hair with the web.
[JDG.16.14] And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson. He awoke out of his sleep, and pulled away the pin of the loom and the web.
[JDG.16.15] She said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies.
[JDG.16.16] It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.
[JDG.16.17] He told her all his heart, and said to her, No razor has come upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb: if I am shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
[JDG.16.18] When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
[JDG.16.19] She made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
[JDG.16.20] She said, The Philistines are upon you, Samson. He awoke from his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he did not know that Jehovah had departed from him.
[JDG.16.21] The Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground at the mill in the prison house.
[JDG.16.22] However the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved.
[JDG.16.23] The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
[JDG.16.24] When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us.
[JDG.16.25] It happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may entertain us. They called for Samson out of the prison house; and he performed before them. And they set him between the pillars.
[JDG.16.26] Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house stands, that I may lean upon them.
[JDG.16.27] Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who were watching while Samson performed.
[JDG.16.28] Samson called to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, remember me, I ask you, and strengthen me, I ask you, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
[JDG.16.29] Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house stood, and leaned on them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
[JDG.16.30] Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people who were there. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.
[JDG.16.31] Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
[JDG.17.1] And there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
[JDG.17.2] And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son by Jehovah.
[JDG.17.3] And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I truly dedicate the silver to Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you.
[JDG.17.4] When he restored the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.
[JDG.17.5] And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
[JDG.17.6] In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what was right in his own eyes.
[JDG.17.7] And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
[JDG.17.8] And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to live where he could find a place: and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
[JDG.17.9] And Micah said to him, Where did you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to live where I may find a place.
[JDG.17.10] And Micah said to him, Live with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of clothing, and your living. So the Levite went in.
[JDG.17.11] And the Levite was content to live with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
[JDG.17.12] And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
[JDG.17.13] Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, since I have a Levite to my priest.
[JDG.18.1] In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
[JDG.18.2] And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land: and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
[JDG.18.3] When they were by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought you here? and what are you doing in this place? and what do you have here?
[JDG.18.4] And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.
[JDG.18.5] And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
[JDG.18.6] And the priest said to them, Go in peace: your way in which you go is before Jehovah.
[JDG.18.7] Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
[JDG.18.8] And they came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What do you say?
[JDG.18.9] And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and will you be still? do not be slothful to go, and to enter in to possess the land.
[JDG.18.10] When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.
[JDG.18.11] And there set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
[JDG.18.12] And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.
[JDG.18.13] And they passed from there to the hill-country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
[JDG.18.14] Then the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.
[JDG.18.15] And they turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.
[JDG.18.16] And the six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.
[JDG.18.17] And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
[JDG.18.18] And when these went into Micah's house, and took the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?
[JDG.18.19] And they said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand upon your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
[JDG.18.20] And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
[JDG.18.21] So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.
[JDG.18.22] When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and caught up with the children of Dan.
[JDG.18.23] And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company?
[JDG.18.24] And he said, You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then do you say to me, What ails you?
[JDG.18.25] And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household.
[JDG.18.26] And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
[JDG.18.27] And they took what Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire.
[JDG.18.28] And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and lived in it.
[JDG.18.29] And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
[JDG.18.30] And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
[JDG.18.31] So they set up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
[JDG.19.1] And it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem-judah.
[JDG.19.2] And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.
[JDG.19.3] And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
[JDG.19.4] And his father-in-law, the young woman's father, kept him there; and he stayed with him three days: so they ate and drank, and stayed there.
[JDG.19.5] And it happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to depart: and the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.
[JDG.19.6] So they sat down, and ate and drank, both of them together: and the young woman's father said to the man, Be pleased, I pray you, to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
[JDG.19.7] And the man arose to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, so he stayed there again.
[JDG.19.8] And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young woman's father said, Strengthen your heart, I pray you, and stay until the day declines; and they both ate.
[JDG.19.9] And when the man arose to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws towards evening, I pray you stay all night: behold, the day is declining, stay here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get up early on your way, that you may go home.
[JDG.19.10] But the man would not stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and came opposite Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.
[JDG.19.11] When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray you, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and stay in it.
[JDG.19.12] And his master said to him, We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners, that are not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.
[JDG.19.13] And he said to his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will stay in Gibeah or in Ramah.
[JDG.19.14] So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
[JDG.19.15] And they turned aside there, to go in to stay in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat down in the street of the city; for there was no man that took them into his house to stay.
[JDG.19.16] And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he was staying in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
[JDG.19.17] And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the traveler in the street of the city; and the old man said, Where are you going? and where are you coming from?
[JDG.19.18] And he said to him, We are passing from Bethlehem-judah to the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from there I am, and I went to Bethlehem-judah: and I am going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that takes me into his house.
[JDG.19.19] Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man that is with your servants: there is no lack of anything.
[JDG.19.20] And the old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only do not stay in the street.
[JDG.19.21] So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
[JDG.19.22] As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring out the man that came into your house, that we may know him.
[JDG.19.23] And the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, I pray you, do not act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not commit this folly.
[JDG.19.24] Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; I will bring them out now, and you humble them, and do what seems good to you: but to this man do not such a vile thing.
[JDG.19.25] But the men would not listen to him: so the man seized his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
[JDG.19.26] Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her master was, until it was light.
[JDG.19.27] And her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.
[JDG.19.28] And he said to her, Rise up, and let us be going; but there was no answer: then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and went to his place.
[JDG.19.29] And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
[JDG.19.30] And it was so, that all who saw it said, Such a thing has not happened nor been seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day: consider it, take counsel, and speak.
[JDG.20.1] Then all the children of Israel came out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Jehovah at Mizpah.
[JDG.20.2] And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
[JDG.20.3] (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?
[JDG.20.4] And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came to Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
[JDG.20.5] And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They planned to kill me, and they forced my concubine, and she is dead.
[JDG.20.6] And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
[JDG.20.7] Behold, all you children of Israel, give your counsel and advice here.
[JDG.20.8] And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will any of us turn back to his house.
[JDG.20.9] But now this is the thing that we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;
[JDG.20.10] and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get provisions for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have done in Israel.
[JDG.20.11] So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
[JDG.20.12] And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
[JDG.20.13] Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brethren, the children of Israel.
[JDG.20.14] And the children of Benjamin gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
[JDG.20.15] And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
[JDG.20.16] Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair, and not miss.
[JDG.20.17] And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
[JDG.20.18] And the children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up first.
[JDG.20.19] And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
[JDG.20.20] And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
[JDG.20.21] And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty-two thousand men.
[JDG.20.22] And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.
[JDG.20.23] And the children of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until evening; and they asked of Jehovah, saying, Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And Jehovah said, Go up against him.
[JDG.20.24] And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
[JDG.20.25] And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
[JDG.20.26] Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Jehovah.
[JDG.20.27] And the children of Israel asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
[JDG.20.28] and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.
[JDG.20.29] And Israel set ambushes around Gibeah.
[JDG.20.30] And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
[JDG.20.31] And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite and kill some of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
[JDG.20.32] And the children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.
[JDG.20.33] And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the ambush of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.
[JDG.20.34] And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was fierce; but they did not know that disaster was close upon them.
[JDG.20.35] And Jehovah struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
[JDG.20.36] So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck down, for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.
[JDG.20.37] And the ambush hurried, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
[JDG.20.38] Now the appointment between the men of Israel and the ambush was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
[JDG.20.39] And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.
[JDG.20.40] But when the cloud began to rise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole city went up in smoke to the sky.
[JDG.20.41] And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that disaster had come upon them.
[JDG.20.42] Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.
[JDG.20.43] They inclosed the Benjaminites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at the resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
[JDG.20.44] And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
[JDG.20.45] And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and followed hard after them to Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
[JDG.20.46] So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
[JDG.20.47] But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months.
[JDG.20.48] And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, the cattle, and all that they found; moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
[JDG.21.1] Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin in marriage.
[JDG.21.2] And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept greatly.
[JDG.21.3] And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?
[JDG.21.4] And it happened on the next day, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
[JDG.21.5] And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that did not come up in the assembly to Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that did not come up to Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He will surely be put to death.
[JDG.21.6] And the children of Israel regretted for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
[JDG.21.7] How will we provide wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters for wives?
[JDG.21.8] And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to Jehovah to Mizpah? And behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
[JDG.21.9] For the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
[JDG.21.10] And the congregation sent there twelve thousand of the bravest of the fighters, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
[JDG.21.11] And this is the thing that you will do: you will utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain with a man.
[JDG.21.12] And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
[JDG.21.13] And the whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
[JDG.21.14] And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they were not enough for them.
[JDG.21.15] And the people regretted for Benjamin, because that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
[JDG.21.16] Then the elders of the congregation said, How will we provide wives for those whose wives were destroyed?
[JDG.21.17] And they said, There must be an inheritance for those that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.
[JDG.21.18] Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters; for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that gives a wife to Benjamin.
[JDG.21.19] And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
[JDG.21.20] And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
[JDG.21.21] and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
[JDG.21.22] And it will be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, Grant them kindly to us; because we did not take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, that now you would be guilty.
[JDG.21.23] And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried away: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them.
[JDG.21.24] And the children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
[JDG.21.25] In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what was right in his own eyes.
[RUT.1.1] Now it happened in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.
[RUT.1.2] And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab and stayed there.
[RUT.1.3] And Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left, and her two sons.
[RUT.1.4] And they took for themselves wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they lived there about ten years.
[RUT.1.5] And Mahlon and Chilion both died; and the woman was left of her two children and her husband.
[RUT.1.6] Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how Jehovah had visited his people in giving them bread.
[RUT.1.7] And she went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
[RUT.1.8] And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
[RUT.1.9] Jehovah grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
[RUT.1.10] And they said to her, No, but we will return with you to your people.
[RUT.1.11] And Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters: why will you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
[RUT.1.12] Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;
[RUT.1.13] would you wait for them until they were grown? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah has gone out against me.
[RUT.1.14] And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
[RUT.1.15] And she said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods: go back after your sister-in-law.
[RUT.1.16] And Ruth said, Do not urge me to leave you, and to return from following after you; for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
[RUT.1.17] where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.
[RUT.1.18] And when she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.
[RUT.1.19] So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the town was stirred because of them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?
[RUT.1.20] And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
[RUT.1.21] I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?
[RUT.1.22] So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
[RUT.2.1] And Naomi had a relative of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
[RUT.2.2] And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.
[RUT.2.3] And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
[RUT.2.4] And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him, Jehovah bless you.
[RUT.2.5] Then said Boaz to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose young woman is this?
[RUT.2.6] And the servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabite young woman who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
[RUT.2.7] and she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.
[RUT.2.8] Then Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, neither pass from here, but stay here close to my female workers.
[RUT.2.9] Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch you? and when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of what the young men have drawn.
[RUT.2.10] Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
[RUT.2.11] And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shown to me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people whom you did not know before.
[RUT.2.12] Jehovah recompense your work, and a full reward be given you by Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.
[RUT.2.13] Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaids.
[RUT.2.14] And at mealtime Boaz said to her, Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your portion in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and they reached her parched grain, and she ate and was satisfied, and left some of it.
[RUT.2.15] And when she rose up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.
[RUT.2.16] And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and do not rebuke her.
[RUT.2.17] So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.
[RUT.2.18] And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought out and gave her what she had left after she was satisfied.
[RUT.2.19] And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? and where did you work? blessed be he who took knowledge of you. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, The man's name with whom I worked today is Boaz.
[RUT.2.20] And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he by Jehovah, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of our closest relatives.
[RUT.2.21] And Ruth the Moabitess said, Indeed, he said to me, You shall keep close by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
[RUT.2.22] And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his female workers, and that they meet you not in any other field.
[RUT.2.23] So she kept close by the female workers of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.
[RUT.3.1] And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
[RUT.3.2] And now is not Boaz of our relatives, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley tonight in the threshing-floor.
[RUT.3.3] Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself, and put on your clothing, and go down to the threshing-floor, but do not make yourself known to the man, until he has finished eating and drinking.
[RUT.3.4] And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay yourself down, and he will tell you what you shall do.
[RUT.3.5] And she said to her, All that you say I will do.
[RUT.3.6] And she went down to the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law told her.
[RUT.3.7] And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain, and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid herself down.
[RUT.3.8] And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
[RUT.3.9] And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your servant: spread therefore your skirt over your servant; for you are a near kinsman.
[RUT.3.10] And he said, Blessed are you of Jehovah, my daughter: you have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you did not follow young men, whether poor or rich.
[RUT.3.11] And now, my daughter, do not fear; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people know that you are a worthy woman.
[RUT.3.12] And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; however there is a kinsman nearer than I.
[RUT.3.13] Stay this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as Jehovah lives: lie down until the morning.
[RUT.3.14] And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could recognize another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.
[RUT.3.15] And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon you, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.
[RUT.3.16] And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
[RUT.3.17] And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Do not go empty to your mother-in-law.
[RUT.3.18] Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he has finished the thing this day.
[RUT.4.1] Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat down there: and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Turn aside, friend, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
[RUT.4.2] And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit down here. And they sat down.
[RUT.4.3] And he said to the close relative, Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
[RUT.4.4] and I thought to disclose it to you, saying, Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it besides you; and I am after you. And he said, I will redeem it.
[RUT.4.5] Then Boaz said, The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
[RUT.4.6] And the close relative said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance: take my right of redemption for yourself; for I cannot redeem it.
[RUT.4.7] Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel.
[RUT.4.8] So the close relative said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself. And he drew off his shoe.
[RUT.4.9] And Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, from the hand of Naomi.
[RUT.4.10] Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day.
[RUT.4.11] And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is coming into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel: and may you do worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
[RUT.4.12] and let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give you of this young woman.
[RUT.4.13] So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.
[RUT.4.14] And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who has not left you this day without a close relative; and let his name be famous in Israel.
[RUT.4.15] And he shall be to you a restorer of life, and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.
[RUT.4.16] And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became its nurse.
[RUT.4.17] And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, A son is born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
[RUT.4.18] Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
[RUT.4.19] and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,
[RUT.4.20] and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
[RUT.4.21] and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
[RUT.4.22] and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.
[1SA.1.1] Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
[1SA.1.2] and he had two wives; the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
[1SA.1.3] And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Jehovah, were there.
[1SA.1.4] And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
[1SA.1.5] but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
[1SA.1.6] And her adversary provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.
[1SA.1.7] And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
[1SA.1.8] And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you weep? and why do you not eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better to you than ten sons?
[1SA.1.9] So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of Jehovah.
[1SA.1.10] And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept bitterly.
[1SA.1.11] And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant, and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give to your maidservant a man-child, then I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
[1SA.1.12] And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli observed her mouth.
[1SA.1.13] Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she was drunk.
[1SA.1.14] And Eli said to her, How long will you be drunk? put away your wine from you.
[1SA.1.15] And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before Jehovah.
[1SA.1.16] Don't count your maidservant for a worthless woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken until now.
[1SA.1.17] Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.
[1SA.1.18] And she said, Let your maidservant find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and ate; and her countenance was no longer sad.
[1SA.1.19] And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Jehovah, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Jehovah remembered her.
[1SA.1.20] And it came to pass, when the time had come about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
[1SA.1.21] And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
[1SA.1.22] But Hannah did not go up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and remain there forever.
[1SA.1.23] And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to you; wait until you have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman stayed and nursed her son, until she weaned him.
[1SA.1.24] And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of Jehovah in Shiloh: and the child was young.
[1SA.1.25] And they killed the bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
[1SA.1.26] And she said, Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman that stood by you here, praying to Jehovah.
[1SA.1.27] For this child I prayed; and Jehovah has given me my petition which I asked of him:
[1SA.1.28] therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he lives he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshiped Jehovah there.
[1SA.2.1] And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart rejoices in Jehovah; my horn is exalted in Jehovah; my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; because I rejoice in your salvation.
[1SA.2.2] There is none holy as Jehovah; for there is none besides you, neither is there any rock like our God.
[1SA.2.3] Talk no more so exceedingly proud; let not arrogance come out of your mouth; for Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
[1SA.2.4] The bows of the mighty men are broken; and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
[1SA.2.5] They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and they that were hungry have ceased to hunger; yes, the barren have borne seven; and she that has many children languishes.
[1SA.2.6] Jehovah kills, and makes alive: he brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
[1SA.2.7] Jehovah makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, he also lifts up.
[1SA.2.8] He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he has set the world upon them.
[1SA.2.9] He will keep the feet of his saints, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
[1SA.2.10] They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
[1SA.2.11] And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child ministered to Jehovah before Eli the priest.
[1SA.2.12] Now the sons of Eli were base men; they did not know Jehovah.
[1SA.2.13] And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
[1SA.2.14] and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there.
[1SA.2.15] Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh from you, but raw.
[1SA.2.16] And if the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would answer, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
[1SA.2.17] And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
[1SA.2.18] But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
[1SA.2.19] Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
[1SA.2.20] And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went to their own home.
[1SA.2.21] And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.
[1SA.2.22] Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women that served at the door of the tent of meeting.
[1SA.2.23] And he said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
[1SA.2.24] No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Jehovah's people to transgress.
[1SA.2.25] If one man sins against another, God shall mediate for him; but if a man sins against Jehovah, who shall intercede for him? Notwithstanding, they did not listen to the voice of their father, because Jehovah intended to slay them.
[1SA.2.26] And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.
[1SA.2.27] And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Did I plainly reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house?
[1SA.2.28] And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? And did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
[1SA.2.29] Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief of all the offerings of Israel my people?
[1SA.2.30] Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Jehovah says, Be it far from me; for those that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
[1SA.2.31] Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
[1SA.2.32] And you shall behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
[1SA.2.33] And the man of yours, whom I shall not cut off from my altar, shall be to consume your eyes and to grieve your heart; and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age.
[1SA.2.34] And this shall be the sign to you, that shall come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die, both of them.
[1SA.2.35] And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
[1SA.2.36] And it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I beg you, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
[1SA.3.1] And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
[1SA.3.2] And it happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
[1SA.3.3] and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was;
[1SA.3.4] that Jehovah called Samuel; and he said, Here I am.
[1SA.3.5] And he ran to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he said, I did not call; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
[1SA.3.6] And Jehovah called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he answered, I did not call, my son; lie down again.
[1SA.3.7] Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed to him.
[1SA.3.8] And Jehovah called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah had called the boy.
[1SA.3.9] Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, Speak, Jehovah; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
[1SA.3.10] And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at the other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for your servant hears.
[1SA.3.11] And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle.
[1SA.3.12] In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
[1SA.3.13] For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse upon themselves, and he did not restrain them.
[1SA.3.14] And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering forever.
[1SA.3.15] And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
[1SA.3.16] Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here I am.
[1SA.3.17] And he said, What is the thing that Jehovah has spoken to you? I beg you, do not hide it from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he has spoken to you.
[1SA.3.18] And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what seems good to him.
[1SA.3.19] And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
[1SA.3.20] And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.
[1SA.3.21] And Jehovah appeared again in Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.
[1SA.4.1] And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and camped beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines camped in Aphek.
[1SA.4.2] And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was defeated before the Philistines; and they killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.
[1SA.4.3] And when the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.
[1SA.4.4] So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sits upon the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
[1SA.4.5] And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
[1SA.4.6] And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah had come into the camp.
[1SA.4.7] And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for it has not been like this before.
[1SA.4.8] Woe to us! Who will deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
[1SA.4.9] Be strong and act like men, O Philistines, that you not serve the Hebrews, as they have served you: act like men, and fight.
[1SA.4.10] And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
[1SA.4.11] And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
[1SA.4.12] And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth upon his head.
[1SA.4.13] And when he came, Eli sat upon his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
[1SA.4.14] And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means the noise of this tumult? And the man hurried, and came and told Eli.
[1SA.4.15] Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
[1SA.4.16] And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How did it go, my son?
[1SA.4.17] And he that brought the news answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
[1SA.4.18] And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
[1SA.4.19] And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she kneeled down and gave birth; for her pains came upon her.
[1SA.4.20] And about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said to her, Do not be afraid; for you have given birth to a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
[1SA.4.21] And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
[1SA.4.22] And she said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.
[1SA.5.1] Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
[1SA.5.2] And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
[1SA.5.3] And when they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
[1SA.5.4] And when they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
[1SA.5.5] Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
[1SA.5.6] But the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its region.
[1SA.5.7] And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us; for his hand is hard upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
[1SA.5.8] They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried around to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel there.
[1SA.5.9] And it was so, that, after they had carried it there, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great destruction; and he struck the men of the city, both small and great, and tumors broke out on them.
[1SA.5.10] So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.
[1SA.5.11] They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
[1SA.5.12] And the men who did not die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
[1SA.6.1] And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
[1SA.6.2] And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? Show us where we shall send it to its place.
[1SA.6.3] And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but by all means return a guilt offering to him: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
[1SA.6.4] Then they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
[1SA.6.5] Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that harm the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will ease his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land.
[1SA.6.6] Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had dealt harshly with them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
[1SA.6.7] Now therefore take and prepare a new cart, and two milch cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home, away from them.
[1SA.6.8] And take the ark of Jehovah, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you return to him as a guilt offering, in a coffer by the side of it; and send it away, that it may go.
[1SA.6.9] And see; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us.
[1SA.6.10] And the men did so, and took two milch cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
[1SA.6.11] And they put the ark of Jehovah on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
[1SA.6.12] And the cows took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
[1SA.6.13] And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
[1SA.6.14] And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cows as a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
[1SA.6.15] And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Jehovah.
[1SA.6.16] And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
[1SA.6.17] And these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
[1SA.6.18] and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone on which they set down the ark of Jehovah, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
[1SA.6.19] And he struck of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark of Jehovah, he struck of the people fifty thousand and seventy men: and the people mourned, because Jehovah had struck the people with a great slaughter.
[1SA.6.20] And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up from us?
[1SA.6.21] And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Jehovah; come down, and take it up to you.
[1SA.7.1] And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and brought up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah.
[1SA.7.2] And it came to pass, from the day that the ark remained in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after Jehovah.
[1SA.7.3] And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
[1SA.7.4] Then the children of Israel put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.
[1SA.7.5] And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Jehovah.
[1SA.7.6] And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
[1SA.7.7] And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
[1SA.7.8] And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Do not stop crying to Jehovah our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
[1SA.7.9] And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering to Jehovah. And Samuel cried to Jehovah for Israel; and Jehovah answered him.
[1SA.7.10] And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.
[1SA.7.11] And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth-car.
[1SA.7.12] Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Till now has Jehovah helped us.
[1SA.7.13] So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come into the border of Israel any more: and the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
[1SA.7.14] And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the border of Israel did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
[1SA.7.15] And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
[1SA.7.16] And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
[1SA.7.17] And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and there he built an altar to Jehovah.
[1SA.8.1] And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
[1SA.8.2] Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
[1SA.8.3] And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
[1SA.8.4] Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah;
[1SA.8.5] and they said to him, Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
[1SA.8.6] But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.
[1SA.8.7] And Jehovah said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
[1SA.8.8] According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to you.
[1SA.8.9] Now therefore listen to their voice: however, you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
[1SA.8.10] And Samuel told all the words of Jehovah to the people who asked of him a king.
[1SA.8.11] And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;
[1SA.8.12] and he will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
[1SA.8.13] And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and cooks, and bakers.
[1SA.8.14] And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
[1SA.8.15] And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
[1SA.8.16] And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
[1SA.8.17] He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
[1SA.8.18] And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves; and Jehovah will not hear you in that day.
[1SA.8.19] But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No: but we will have a king over us,
[1SA.8.20] that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
[1SA.8.21] And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the ears of Jehovah.
[1SA.8.22] And Jehovah said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Every man go to his city.
[1SA.9.1] Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
[1SA.9.2] And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a young man and handsome; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.
[1SA.9.3] And the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.
[1SA.9.4] And he passed through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.
[1SA.9.5] When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us.
[1SA.9.6] And he said to him, Look now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man that is held in honor; all that he says surely comes to pass: now let us go there; perhaps he can tell us our way that we should go.
[1SA.9.7] Then Saul said to his servant, But, look, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our sacks, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what do we have?
[1SA.9.8] And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Look, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
[1SA.9.9] (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, then he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
[1SA.9.10] Then Saul said to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
[1SA.9.11] As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
[1SA.9.12] And they answered them, and said, He is; look, he is before you: hurry now, for he came today to the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place:
[1SA.9.13] as soon as you have come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the sacrifice; and afterwards those who are invited eat. Now therefore go up; for at this time you shall find him.
[1SA.9.14] And they went up to the city; and as they came inside the city, look, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
[1SA.9.15] Now Jehovah had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
[1SA.9.16] Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.
[1SA.9.17] When Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said to him, Look, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.
[1SA.9.18] Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, please, where the seer's house is.
[1SA.9.19] And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
[1SA.9.20] And as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, don't be concerned about them; for they are found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?
[1SA.9.21] And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and is not my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me this way?
[1SA.9.22] And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the hall, and made them sit in the chief place among them that were invited, who were about thirty persons.
[1SA.9.23] And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it aside.
[1SA.9.24] And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Look, that which has been reserved! set it before you and eat; because for the appointed time it has been kept for you, since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
[1SA.9.25] When they had come down from the high place into the city, he spoke with Saul upon the housetop.
[1SA.9.26] And they arose early: and it happened about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Get up, that I may send you away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
[1SA.9.27] As they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Tell the servant to pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand here a while, that I may cause you to hear the word of God.
[1SA.10.1] Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that Jehovah has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
[1SA.10.2] When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, lo, your father has stopped caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
[1SA.10.3] Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor; and there three men going up to God to Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
[1SA.10.4] and they will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you will receive from their hand.
[1SA.10.5] After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is: and it will come to pass, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
[1SA.10.6] and the Spirit of Jehovah will come mightily on you, and you will prophesy with them, and will be turned into another man.
[1SA.10.7] Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do as occasion serves; for God is with you.
[1SA.10.8] And you will go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace- offerings: seven days you will wait, till I come to you, and show you what you will do.
[1SA.10.9] And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
[1SA.10.10] And when they came to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.
[1SA.10.11] And it came to pass, when all that knew him previously saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, What has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
[1SA.10.12] And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
[1SA.10.13] And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
[1SA.10.14] And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go? And he said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.
[1SA.10.15] And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said to you.
[1SA.10.16] And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he did not tell him.
[1SA.10.17] And Samuel called the people together to Jehovah to Mizpah;
[1SA.10.18] and he said to the children of Israel, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
[1SA.10.19] but you have this day rejected your God, who saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.
[1SA.10.20] So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
[1SA.10.21] And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.
[1SA.10.22] Therefore they asked further of Jehovah, Did the man come here yet? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage.
[1SA.10.23] And they ran and fetched him from there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
[1SA.10.24] And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.
[1SA.10.25] Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
[1SA.10.26] And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the valiant man, whose hearts God had touched.
[1SA.10.27] But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
[1SA.11.1] Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.
[1SA.11.2] And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out; and I will lay it as a reproach on all Israel.
[1SA.11.3] And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.
[1SA.11.4] Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
[1SA.11.5] And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
[1SA.11.6] And the Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was greatly kindled.
[1SA.11.7] And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one person.
[1SA.11.8] And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
[1SA.11.9] And they said to the messengers that came, You shall say this to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have help. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
[1SA.11.10] Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us all that seems good to you.
[1SA.11.11] And it was so, on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
[1SA.11.12] And the people said to Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring those men, that we may put them to death.
[1SA.11.13] But Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Jehovah has worked salvation in Israel.
[1SA.11.14] Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
[1SA.11.15] And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Jehovah; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
[1SA.12.1] And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
[1SA.12.2] And now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
[1SA.12.3] Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it you.
[1SA.12.4] And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from any man's hand.
[1SA.12.5] And he said to them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they said, He is witness.
[1SA.12.6] And Samuel said to the people, It is Jehovah that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
[1SA.12.7] Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers.
[1SA.12.8] When Jacob went into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
[1SA.12.9] But they forgot Jehovah their God, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
[1SA.12.10] And they cried to Jehovah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.
[1SA.12.11] And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.
[1SA.12.12] And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king must reign over us; when Jehovah your God was your king.
[1SA.12.13] Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for: and, behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.
[1SA.12.14] If you will fear Jehovah, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, and both you and also the king that reigns over you are followers of Jehovah your God, well:
[1SA.12.15] but if you will not listen to the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then will the hand of Jehovah be against you, as it was against your fathers.
[1SA.12.16] Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Jehovah will do before your eyes.
[1SA.12.17] Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain; and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Jehovah, in asking for yourselves a king.
[1SA.12.18] So Samuel called to Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
[1SA.12.19] And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Jehovah your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.
[1SA.12.20] And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: you have indeed done all this evil; yet do not turn aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart;
[1SA.12.21] and do not turn aside; for then would you go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
[1SA.12.22] For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased Jehovah to make you a people to himself.
[1SA.12.23] Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
[1SA.12.24] Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you.
[1SA.12.25] But if you will still do wickedly, you will be consumed, both you and your king.
[1SA.13.1] Saul was forty years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
[1SA.13.2] Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
[1SA.13.3] And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
[1SA.13.4] And all Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
[1SA.13.5] And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.
[1SA.13.6] When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
[1SA.13.7] Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead, but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
[1SA.13.8] And he waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
[1SA.13.9] And Saul said, Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
[1SA.13.10] And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, look, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.
[1SA.13.11] And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
[1SA.13.12] therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.
[1SA.13.13] And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly: you haven’t kept the commandment of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you: for now would Jehovah have established your kingdom upon Israel forever.
[1SA.13.14] But now your kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you haven’t kept that which Jehovah commanded you.
[1SA.13.15] And Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
[1SA.13.16] And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, remained in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
[1SA.13.17] And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
[1SA.13.18] and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
[1SA.13.19] Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
[1SA.13.20] but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his mattock, and his ax, and his sickle;
[1SA.13.21] yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
[1SA.13.22] So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
[1SA.13.23] And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
[1SA.14.1] Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, Come and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he did not tell his father.
[1SA.14.2] And Saul stayed in the outermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
[1SA.14.3] and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan was gone.
[1SA.14.4] And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
[1SA.14.5] The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
[1SA.14.6] And Jonathan said to the young man that carried his armor, Come and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.
[1SA.14.7] And his armor-bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart: turn, behold, I am with you according to your heart.
[1SA.14.8] Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.
[1SA.14.9] If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
[1SA.14.10] But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up; for Jehovah has delivered them into our hand: and this shall be the sign to us.
[1SA.14.11] And both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come out of the holes where they had hidden themselves.
[1SA.14.12] And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you something. And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, Come up after me; for Jehovah has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
[1SA.14.13] And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor-bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor-bearer slew them after him.
[1SA.14.14] And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.
[1SA.14.15] And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the raiders, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceedingly great trembling.
[1SA.14.16] And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went here and there.
[1SA.14.17] Then said Saul to the people that were with him, Count now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
[1SA.14.18] And Saul said to Ahijah, Bring the ark of God here. For the ark of God was there at that time with the children of Israel.
[1SA.14.19] And it came to pass, while Saul talked to the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased: and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.
[1SA.14.20] And Saul and all the people that were with him gathered themselves together, and came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great confusion.
[1SA.14.21] Now the Hebrews that were with the Philistines as beforetime, who went up with them into the camp from the country round about, they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
[1SA.14.22] Likewise all the men of Israel that had hidden in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, they also followed hard after them in the battle.
[1SA.14.23] So Jehovah saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over to Beth-aven.
[1SA.14.24] And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had commanded the people, saying, Cursed is the man that eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
[1SA.14.25] And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
[1SA.14.26] And when the people came to the forest, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.
[1SA.14.27] But Jonathan did not hear when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were brightened.
[1SA.14.28] Then one of the people answered, and said, Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed is the man that eats food this day. And the people were faint.
[1SA.14.29] Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land: see, I ask you, how my eyes have been brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
[1SA.14.30] How much more, if perhaps the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not have been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
[1SA.14.31] And they struck down of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint;
[1SA.14.32] and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people ate them with the blood.
[1SA.14.33] Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, You have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone to me this day.
[1SA.14.34] And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and do not sin against Jehovah in eating with the blood. All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
[1SA.14.35] And Saul built an altar to Jehovah: the same was the first altar that he built to Jehovah.
[1SA.14.36] And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God.
[1SA.14.37] And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he did not answer him that day.
[1SA.14.38] And Saul said, Draw near here, all you leaders of the people; and know and see wherein this sin has been this day.
[1SA.14.39] For, as Jehovah lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
[1SA.14.40] Then said he to all Israel, Be you on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.
[1SA.14.41] Therefore Saul said to Jehovah, the God of Israel, Show the right. And Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot; but the people escaped.
[1SA.14.42] And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
[1SA.14.43] Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, see, I must die.
[1SA.14.44] And Saul said, God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.
[1SA.14.45] And the people said to Saul, Should Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah lives, not a hair of his head shall fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, so that he did not die.
[1SA.14.46] Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
[1SA.14.47] Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he punished them.
[1SA.14.48] And he did valiantly, and struck down the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that plundered them.
[1SA.14.49] Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
[1SA.14.50] and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
[1SA.14.51] And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
[1SA.14.52] And there was hard war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to himself.
[1SA.15.1] And Samuel said to Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen to the voice of the words of Jehovah.
[1SA.15.2] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
[1SA.15.3] Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
[1SA.15.4] And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
[1SA.15.5] And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
[1SA.15.6] And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
[1SA.15.7] And Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
[1SA.15.8] And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
[1SA.15.9] But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
[1SA.15.10] Then the word of Jehovah came to Samuel, saying,
[1SA.15.11] It grieves me that I have set up Saul as king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my instructions. And Samuel was angry; and he cried to Jehovah all night.
[1SA.15.12] And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and look, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and has gone down to Gilgal.
[1SA.15.13] And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of Jehovah: I have performed the commandment of Jehovah.
[1SA.15.14] And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
[1SA.15.15] And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Jehovah your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
[1SA.15.16] Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what Jehovah has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.
[1SA.15.17] And Samuel said, Though you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed you king over Israel;
[1SA.15.18] and Jehovah sent you on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.
[1SA.15.19] Why then did you not obey the voice of Jehovah, but did swoop upon the spoil, and do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah?
[1SA.15.20] And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[1SA.15.21] But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Jehovah your God in Gilgal.
[1SA.15.22] And Samuel said, Has Jehovah as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
[1SA.15.23] For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and household gods. Because you have rejected the word of Jehovah, he has also rejected you from being king.
[1SA.15.24] And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
[1SA.15.25] Now therefore, I pray, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah.
[1SA.15.26] And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah has rejected you from being king over Israel.
[1SA.15.27] And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
[1SA.15.28] And Samuel said to him, Jehovah has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, that is better than you.
[1SA.15.29] And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
[1SA.15.30] Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah your God.
[1SA.15.31] So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Jehovah.
[1SA.15.32] Then said Samuel, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
[1SA.15.33] And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
[1SA.15.34] Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
[1SA.15.35] And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
[1SA.16.1] And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
[1SA.16.2] And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hears it, he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah.
[1SA.16.3] And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you will do: and you will anoint for me him whom I name to you.
[1SA.16.4] And Samuel did what Jehovah said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Do you come peaceably?
[1SA.16.5] And he said, Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
[1SA.16.6] And it came to pass, when they had come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.
[1SA.16.7] But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks on the heart.
[1SA.16.8] Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this.
[1SA.16.9] Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, Neither has Jehovah chosen this.
[1SA.16.10] And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, Jehovah has not chosen these.
[1SA.16.11] And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he comes here.
[1SA.16.12] And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look at. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.
[1SA.16.13] Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
[1SA.16.14] Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah troubled him.
[1SA.16.15] And Saul’s servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
[1SA.16.16] Let our lord now command your servants, that are before you, to seek out a man, who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he will play with his hand, and you will be well.
[1SA.16.17] And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
[1SA.16.18] Then one of the young men answered, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Jehovah is with him.
[1SA.16.19] Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.
[1SA.16.20] And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
[1SA.16.21] And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.
[1SA.16.22] And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray you, stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.
[1SA.16.23] And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was on Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
[1SA.17.1] Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
[1SA.17.2] And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
[1SA.17.3] And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
[1SA.17.4] And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
[1SA.17.5] And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clothed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
[1SA.17.6] And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
[1SA.17.7] And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield-bearer went before him.
[1SA.17.8] And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come out to set your battle in array? am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
[1SA.17.9] If he is able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us.
[1SA.17.10] And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
[1SA.17.11] And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
[1SA.17.12] Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.
[1SA.17.13] And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
[1SA.17.14] And David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
[1SA.17.15] Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
[1SA.17.16] And the Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
[1SA.17.17] And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brethren an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brethren;
[1SA.17.18] and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brethren fare, and take their pledge.
[1SA.17.19] Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
[1SA.17.20] And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
[1SA.17.21] And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
[1SA.17.22] And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brethren.
[1SA.17.23] And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
[1SA.17.24] And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were very afraid.
[1SA.17.25] And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it will be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
[1SA.17.26] And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What will be done for the man that kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
[1SA.17.27] And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So will it be done for the man that kills him.
[1SA.17.28] And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why have you come down? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.
[1SA.17.29] And David said, What have I done now? Is there not a cause?
[1SA.17.30] And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
[1SA.17.31] And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
[1SA.17.32] And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
[1SA.17.33] And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
[1SA.17.34] And David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
[1SA.17.35] I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth: and when he rose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.
[1SA.17.36] Your servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.
[1SA.17.37] And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and Jehovah be with you.
[1SA.17.38] And Saul clothed David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clothed him with a coat of mail.
[1SA.17.39] And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he attempted to go; for he had not tested it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not tested them. And David took them off.
[1SA.17.40] And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
[1SA.17.41] And the Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.
[1SA.17.42] And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and with a fair appearance.
[1SA.17.43] And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
[1SA.17.44] And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.
[1SA.17.45] Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
[1SA.17.46] This day Jehovah will deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from you; and I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the heavens, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
[1SA.17.47] and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand.
[1SA.17.48] And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
[1SA.17.49] And David put his hand in his bag, and took from there a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.
[1SA.17.50] So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
[1SA.17.51] Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
[1SA.17.52] And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
[1SA.17.53] And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
[1SA.17.54] And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
[1SA.17.55] And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.
[1SA.17.56] And the king said, Inquire you whose son the young man is.
[1SA.17.57] And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
[1SA.17.58] And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? And David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
[1SA.18.1] And it happened, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
[1SA.18.2] And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
[1SA.18.3] Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.
[1SA.18.4] And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt.
[1SA.18.5] And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
[1SA.18.6] And it happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.
[1SA.18.7] And the women sang to one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
[1SA.18.8] And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have credited to David ten thousands, and to me they have credited but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
[1SA.18.9] And Saul eyed David from that day forward.
[1SA.18.10] And it happened on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as he did day by day. And Saul had his spear in his hand;
[1SA.18.11] and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
[1SA.18.12] And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.
[1SA.18.13] Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
[1SA.18.14] And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
[1SA.18.15] And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he feared him.
[1SA.18.16] But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
[1SA.18.17] And Saul said to David, Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as a wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
[1SA.18.18] And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
[1SA.18.19] But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
[1SA.18.20] And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
[1SA.18.21] And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.
[1SA.18.22] And Saul commanded his servants, Talk with David secretly, and say, See, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
[1SA.18.23] And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
[1SA.18.24] And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
[1SA.18.25] And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
[1SA.18.26] And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;
[1SA.18.27] and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
[1SA.18.28] And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
[1SA.18.29] And Saul was yet more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
[1SA.18.30] Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and it happened, as often as they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much esteemed.
[1SA.19.1] And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
[1SA.19.2] And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and stay in a secret place, and hide yourself:
[1SA.19.3] and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.
[1SA.19.4] And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you:
[1SA.19.5] for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
[1SA.19.6] And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As Jehovah lives, he shall not be put to death.
[1SA.19.7] And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as previously.
[1SA.19.8] And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and struck them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
[1SA.19.9] And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
[1SA.19.10] And Saul sought to strike David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
[1SA.19.11] And Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.
[1SA.19.12] So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
[1SA.19.13] And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.
[1SA.19.14] And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
[1SA.19.15] And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
[1SA.19.16] And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.
[1SA.19.17] And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me like this, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?
[1SA.19.18] Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.
[1SA.19.19] And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
[1SA.19.20] And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
[1SA.19.21] And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
[1SA.19.22] Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
[1SA.19.23] And he went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
[1SA.19.24] And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore, they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
[1SA.20.1] And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is my iniquity? and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?
[1SA.20.2] And he said to him, Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small but that he shows it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
[1SA.20.3] And David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
[1SA.20.4] Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.
[1SA.20.5] And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
[1SA.20.6] If your father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
[1SA.20.7] If he says thus, It is well; your servant shall have peace: but if he be very angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
[1SA.20.8] Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Jehovah with you: but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
[1SA.20.9] And Jonathan said, Far be it from you: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell it you?
[1SA.20.10] Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if your father answers you roughly?
[1SA.20.11] And Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
[1SA.20.12] And Jonathan said to David, Jehovah, the God of Israel, be witness: when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
[1SA.20.13] Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I do not disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Jehovah be with you, as he has been with my father.
[1SA.20.14] And you shall not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;
[1SA.20.15] but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever: no, not when Jehovah has cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
[1SA.20.16] So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
[1SA.20.17] And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
[1SA.20.18] Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
[1SA.20.19] And when you have stayed three days, then you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.
[1SA.20.20] And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
[1SA.20.21] And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Jehovah lives.
[1SA.20.22] But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way; for Jehovah has sent you away.
[1SA.20.23] And as touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between you and me forever.
[1SA.20.24] So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon had come, the king sat down to eat food.
[1SA.20.25] And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon the seat by the wall: and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side: but David’s place was empty.
[1SA.20.26] Nevertheless Saul spoke not anything that day: for he thought, Something has befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
[1SA.20.27] And it came to pass on the next day after the new moon, which was the second day, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why doesn’t the son of Jesse come to meal, neither yesterday, nor today?
[1SA.20.28] And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
[1SA.20.29] and he said, Let me go, I pray you; for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.
[1SA.20.30] Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse and rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
[1SA.20.31] For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and fetch him to me, for he shall surely die.
[1SA.20.32] And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why should he be put to death? what has he done?
[1SA.20.33] And Saul cast his spear at him to strike him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.
[1SA.20.34] So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
[1SA.20.35] And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
[1SA.20.36] And he said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. And as the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
[1SA.20.37] And when the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, Isn’t the arrow beyond you?
[1SA.20.38] And Jonathan cried after the boy, Go fast, hurry, don’t wait. And Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
[1SA.20.39] But the boy knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
[1SA.20.40] And Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city.
[1SA.20.41] And as soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept with one another, until David exceeded.
[1SA.20.42] And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
[1SA.21.1] Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
[1SA.21.2] And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.
[1SA.21.3] Now therefore what is under your hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever there is present.
[1SA.21.4] And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
[1SA.21.5] And David answered the priest, and said to him, Truly, women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was a common journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?
[1SA.21.6] So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
[1SA.21.7] Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg, the Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.
[1SA.21.8] And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
[1SA.21.9] And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me.
[1SA.21.10] And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
[1SA.21.11] And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him during dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?
[1SA.21.12] And David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
[1SA.21.13] And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
[1SA.21.14] Then said Achish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?
[1SA.21.15] Do I lack mad men, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
[1SA.22.1] David therefore departed from there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.
[1SA.22.2] And everyone that was in distress, and everyone that was in debt, and everyone that was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
[1SA.22.3] And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I beg you, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
[1SA.22.4] And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
[1SA.22.5] And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and get into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
[1SA.22.6] And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him: now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk-tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.
[1SA.22.7] And Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
[1SA.22.8] that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
[1SA.22.9] Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
[1SA.22.10] And he asked of Jehovah for him, and gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
[1SA.22.11] Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
[1SA.22.12] And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
[1SA.22.13] And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have asked of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
[1SA.22.14] Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
[1SA.22.15] Have I today begun to ask of God for him? Be it far from me: let not the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.
[1SA.22.16] And the king said, You will surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.
[1SA.22.17] And the king said to the guard that stood about him, Turn, and kill the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.
[1SA.22.18] And the king said to Doeg, Turn, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons that wore a linen ephod.
[1SA.22.19] And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and babies, and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
[1SA.22.20] And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
[1SA.22.21] And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed Jehovah's priests.
[1SA.22.22] And David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have caused the death of all the persons of your father's house.
[1SA.22.23] Stay with me, do not fear; for he that seeks my life seeks your life: for you are safe with me.
[1SA.23.1] And they told David, saying, Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are robbing the threshing floors.
[1SA.23.2] Therefore David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go and strike the Philistines? And Jehovah said to David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.
[1SA.23.3] And David's men said to him, Look, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
[1SA.23.4] Then David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
[1SA.23.5] And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
[1SA.23.6] And it happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
[1SA.23.7] And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in by entering into a city that has gates and bars.
[1SA.23.8] And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
[1SA.23.9] And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
[1SA.23.10] Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, your servant has definitely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
[1SA.23.11] Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O Jehovah, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.
[1SA.23.12] Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver you up.
[1SA.23.13] Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah; and he ceased to go forth.
[1SA.23.14] And David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
[1SA.23.15] And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.
[1SA.23.16] And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.
[1SA.23.17] And he said to him, Do not fear; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
[1SA.23.18] And they two made a covenant before Jehovah: and David stayed in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.
[1SA.23.19] Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does David not hide himself with us in the strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
[1SA.23.20] Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him into the king's hand.
[1SA.23.21] And Saul said, Blessed be you of Jehovah; for you have had compassion on me.
[1SA.23.22] Go, I beg you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his foot is, and who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very cautiously.
[1SA.23.23] See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come again to me with correctness, and I will go with you: and it will happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
[1SA.23.24] And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
[1SA.23.25] And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David, which made him go down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
[1SA.23.26] And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David hastened to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
[1SA.23.27] But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Hurry, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.
[1SA.23.28] So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
[1SA.23.29] And David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.
[1SA.24.1] And it came to pass, when Saul returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.
[1SA.24.2] Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
[1SA.24.3] And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost part of the cave.
[1SA.24.4] And the men of David said to him, Here is the day of which Jehovah said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.
[1SA.24.5] And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart struck him because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
[1SA.24.6] And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Jehovah's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah's anointed.
[1SA.24.7] So David restrained his men with these words, and allowed them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
[1SA.24.8] David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did homage.
[1SA.24.9] And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your harm?
[1SA.24.10] Behold, this day your eyes have seen how Jehovah had delivered you today into my hand in the cave; and some urged me to kill you, but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is Jehovah's anointed.
[1SA.24.11] Moreover, my father, see, indeed see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and killed you not, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.
[1SA.24.12] Jehovah judge between me and you, and Jehovah avenge me of you, but my hand shall not be upon you.
[1SA.24.13] As the proverb of the ancients says, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon you.
[1SA.24.14] After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.
[1SA.24.15] Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.
[1SA.24.16] And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
[1SA.24.17] And he said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.
[1SA.24.18] And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, inasmuch as when Jehovah had delivered me up into your hand, you killed me not.
[1SA.24.19] For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? Therefore Jehovah reward you good for what you have done to me this day.
[1SA.24.20] And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.
[1SA.24.21] Swear now therefore to me by Jehovah, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.
[1SA.24.22] And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
[1SA.25.1] And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and mourned for him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
[1SA.25.2] And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
[1SA.25.3] Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face; but the man was churlish and evil in his actions; and he was of the house of Caleb.
[1SA.25.4] And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
[1SA.25.5] And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name;
[1SA.25.6] and in this way you shall say to him that lives in prosperity, Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
[1SA.25.7] And now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.
[1SA.25.8] Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray you, whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.
[1SA.25.9] And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and paused.
[1SA.25.10] And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants now a day that break away every man from his master.
[1SA.25.11] Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men, whom I do not know where they come from?
[1SA.25.12] So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
[1SA.25.13] And David said to his men, Gird each man his sword. And they girded each man his sword. And David also girded his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
[1SA.25.14] But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Look, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he railed at them.
[1SA.25.15] But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, neither did we miss anything, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
[1SA.25.16] they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
[1SA.25.17] Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless man, that one cannot speak to him.
[1SA.25.18] Then Abigail hurried, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
[1SA.25.19] And she said to her young men, Go on before me; look, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband, Nabal.
[1SA.25.20] And it was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that look, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
[1SA.25.21] Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has returned me evil for good.
[1SA.25.22] God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that urinate against a wall.
[1SA.25.23] And when Abigail saw David, she hurried, and got down from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.
[1SA.25.24] And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me let this sin be: and let your servant, I pray you, speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.
[1SA.25.25] Please do not let my lord regard this worthless man, Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
[1SA.25.26] Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, since Jehovah has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
[1SA.25.27] And now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men that follow my lord.
[1SA.25.28] I pray you, forgive the trespass of your servant: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.
[1SA.25.29] And though man is risen to pursue you, and to seek your soul: yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah your God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
[1SA.25.30] And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,
[1SA.25.31] that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself: and when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.
[1SA.25.32] And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:
[1SA.25.33] and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
[1SA.25.34] For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any that urinate against a wall.
[1SA.25.35] So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.
[1SA.25.36] And Abigail came to Nabal; and, look, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
[1SA.25.37] And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
[1SA.25.38] And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah struck Nabal, so that he died.
[1SA.25.39] And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal has Jehovah returned on his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.
[1SA.25.40] And when the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.
[1SA.25.41] And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Look, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
[1SA.25.42] And Abigail hurried and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five maidens of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
[1SA.25.43] David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
[1SA.25.44] Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
[1SA.26.1] And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?
[1SA.26.2] Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
[1SA.26.3] And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul had come after him into the wilderness.
[1SA.26.4] David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
[1SA.26.5] And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people encamped round about him.
[1SA.26.6] Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.
[1SA.26.7] So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.
[1SA.26.8] Then Abishai said to David, God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore let me strike him, I pray, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.
[1SA.26.9] And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?
[1SA.26.10] And David said, As Jehovah lives, Jehovah will strike him; or his day will come to die; or he will go down into battle and perish.
[1SA.26.11] Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed: but now take, I pray, the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.
[1SA.26.12] So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head; and they got away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake: for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Jehovah was fallen upon them.
[1SA.26.13] Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;
[1SA.26.14] and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Do you not answer, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who are you who cries to the king?
[1SA.26.15] And David said to Abner, Are you not a man? and who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.
[1SA.26.16] This thing is not good that you have done. As Jehovah lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Jehovah's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.
[1SA.26.17] And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
[1SA.26.18] And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
[1SA.26.19] Now therefore, I beg, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is Jehovah that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it is the children of men, cursed are they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave to the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
[1SA.26.20] Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.
[1SA.26.21] Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
[1SA.26.22] And David answered and said, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and fetch it.
[1SA.26.23] And Jehovah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Jehovah delivered you into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah's anointed.
[1SA.26.24] And behold, as your life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Jehovah, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
[1SA.26.25] Then Saul said to David, Blessed are you, my son David: you will both do mightily and will surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
[1SA.27.1] And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me anymore within all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
[1SA.27.2] And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
[1SA.27.3] And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
[1SA.27.4] And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
[1SA.27.5] And David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there: for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?
[1SA.27.6] Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
[1SA.27.7] And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
[1SA.27.8] And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites: for those were the inhabitants of the land who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
[1SA.27.9] And David struck the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
[1SA.27.10] And Achish said, Where have you made a raid today? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
[1SA.27.11] And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.
[1SA.27.12] And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
[1SA.28.1] And it happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the army, you and your men.
[1SA.28.2] And David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore I will make you keeper of my head forever.
[1SA.28.3] Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
[1SA.28.4] And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and camped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they camped in Gilboa.
[1SA.28.5] And when Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
[1SA.28.6] And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
[1SA.28.7] Then Saul said to his servants, Seek me a woman that has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that has a familiar spirit at En-dor.
[1SA.28.8] And Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Please divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whom I shall name to you.
[1SA.28.9] And the woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
[1SA.28.10] And Saul swore to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
[1SA.28.11] Then the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to you? And he said, Bring up Samuel to me.
[1SA.28.12] And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? for you are Saul.
[1SA.28.13] And the king said to her, Don't be afraid: for what do you see? And the woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.
[1SA.28.14] And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, An old man comes up; and he is covered with a robe. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed his face to the ground, and did obeisance.
[1SA.28.15] And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.
[1SA.28.16] And Samuel said, Why then do you ask of me, seeing Jehovah has departed from you, and is become your adversary?
[1SA.28.17] And Jehovah has done to you, as he spoke by me: and Jehovah has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.
[1SA.28.18] Because you did not obey the voice of Jehovah, and did not execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore has Jehovah done this thing to you this day.
[1SA.28.19] Moreover Jehovah will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: Jehovah will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.
[1SA.28.20] Then Saul fell immediately full length on the earth, and was greatly afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
[1SA.28.21] And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was greatly troubled, and said to him, Behold, your maidservant has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
[1SA.28.22] Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way.
[1SA.28.23] But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
[1SA.28.24] And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hurried, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it:
[1SA.28.25] and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
[1SA.29.1] Now the Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the fountain which is in Jezreel.
[1SA.29.2] And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
[1SA.29.3] Then said the captains of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said to the captains of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away to me to this day?
[1SA.29.4] But the captains of the Philistines were angry with him; and the captains of the Philistines said to him, Make this man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us; for how should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
[1SA.29.5] Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
[1SA.29.6] Then Achish called David, and said to him, Surely as Jehovah lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords favor you not.
[1SA.29.7] Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you do not displease the lords of the Philistines.
[1SA.29.8] And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
[1SA.29.9] And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God: nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
[1SA.29.10] Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord that have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
[1SA.29.11] So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
[1SA.30.1] And it happened, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had attacked Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
[1SA.30.2] and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great: they did not kill any, but carried them off, and went on their way.
[1SA.30.3] And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
[1SA.30.4] Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
[1SA.30.5] And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
[1SA.30.6] And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
[1SA.30.7] And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray you, bring here the ephod. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
[1SA.30.8] And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all.
[1SA.30.9] So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
[1SA.30.10] But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too faint to go over the brook Besor.
[1SA.30.11] And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink;
[1SA.30.12] and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
[1SA.30.13] And David said to him, To whom do you belong? And where are you from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
[1SA.30.14] We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongs to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
[1SA.30.15] And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.
[1SA.30.16] And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
[1SA.30.17] And David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, except four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.
[1SA.30.18] And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
[1SA.30.19] And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to themselves: David brought back all.
[1SA.30.20] And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, This is David's spoil.
[1SA.30.21] And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had also made to stay at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them.
[1SA.30.22] Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those that went with David, and said, Because they did not go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
[1SA.30.23] Then said David, You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Jehovah has given us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
[1SA.30.24] And who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is that goes down to the battle, so shall his share be that remains by the supplies: they shall share alike.
[1SA.30.25] And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
[1SA.30.26] And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Look, a gift for you of the spoil of the enemies of Jehovah:
[1SA.30.27] to those that were in Bethel, and to those in Ramoth of the South, and to those in Jattir,
[1SA.30.28] and to those in Aroer, and to those in Siphmoth, and to those in Eshtemoa,
[1SA.30.29] and to those in Racal, and to those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those in the cities of the Kenites,
[1SA.30.30] and to those in Hormah, and to those in Bor-ashan, and to those in Athach,
[1SA.30.31] and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to stay.
[1SA.31.1] Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
[1SA.31.2] And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
[1SA.31.3] And the battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was seriously wounded by the archers.
[1SA.31.4] Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
[1SA.31.5] And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.
[1SA.31.6] So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
[1SA.31.7] And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and those that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
[1SA.31.8] And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
[1SA.31.9] And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to bring the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.
[1SA.31.10] And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
[1SA.31.11] And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
[1SA.31.12] all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
[1SA.31.13] And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
[2SA.1.1] And it happened after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;
[2SA.1.2] it happened on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
[2SA.1.3] And David said to him, From where do you come? And he said to him, I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.
[2SA.1.4] And David said to him, How did it go? I ask you, tell me. And he answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
[2SA.1.5] And David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
[2SA.1.6] And the young man who told him said, By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa: and, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him.
[2SA.1.7] And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, Here am I.
[2SA.1.8] And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
[2SA.1.9] And he said to me, Stand, I ask you, beside me, and kill me; for anguish has seized me, because my life is yet whole in me.
[2SA.1.10] So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.
[2SA.1.11] Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and likewise all the men who were with him:
[2SA.1.12] and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
[2SA.1.13] And David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from? And he answered, I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.
[2SA.1.14] And David said to him, How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?
[2SA.1.15] And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he struck him, so that he died.
[2SA.1.16] And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have killed Jehovah's anointed.
[2SA.1.17] And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
[2SA.1.18] (and he instructed them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
[2SA.1.19] Your glory, O Israel, is slain upon your high places! How are the mighty fallen!
[2SA.1.20] Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; unless the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, unless the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
[2SA.1.21] You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
[2SA.1.22] From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
[2SA.1.23] Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
[2SA.1.24] You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
[2SA.1.25] How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain upon your high places.
[2SA.1.26] I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have you been to me: your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
[2SA.1.27] How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
[2SA.2.1] And it happened after this, that David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And he said, To Hebron.
[2SA.2.2] So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
[2SA.2.3] And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they lived in the cities of Hebron.
[2SA.2.4] And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
[2SA.2.5] And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of Jehovah, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
[2SA.2.6] And now Jehovah show lovingkindness and truth to you: and I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.
[2SA.2.7] Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
[2SA.2.8] Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
[2SA.2.9] and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
[2SA.2.10] Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
[2SA.2.11] And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
[2SA.2.12] And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
[2SA.2.13] And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
[2SA.2.14] And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
[2SA.2.15] Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
[2SA.2.16] And they caught each one by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
[2SA.2.17] And the battle was very severe that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
[2SA.2.18] And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
[2SA.2.19] And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
[2SA.2.20] Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it you, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.
[2SA.2.21] And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
[2SA.2.22] And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?
[2SA.2.23] But he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died where he was: and it happened, that all that came to the place where Asahel had fallen down and died stood still.
[2SA.2.24] But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
[2SA.2.25] And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
[2SA.2.26] Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, till you bid the people return from following their brothers?
[2SA.2.27] And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
[2SA.2.28] So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they anymore.
[2SA.2.29] And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
[2SA.2.30] And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
[2SA.2.31] But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.
[2SA.2.32] And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.
[2SA.3.1] Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David grew stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
[2SA.3.2] And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
[2SA.3.3] and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
[2SA.3.4] and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
[2SA.3.5] and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
[2SA.3.6] And it happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.
[2SA.3.7] Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?
[2SA.3.8] Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? this day I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David, and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
[2SA.3.9] God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not do to him;
[2SA.3.10] to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
[2SA.3.11] And he could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
[2SA.3.12] And Abner sent messengers to David immediately, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, look, my hand shall be with you, to bring all Israel around to you.
[2SA.3.13] And he said, Good; I will make a league with you; but one thing I require of you, that is, you shall not see my face, unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.
[2SA.3.14] And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was engaged to for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
[2SA.3.15] And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.
[2SA.3.16] And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, Go, return; and he returned.
[2SA.3.17] And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past you sought for David to be king over you:
[2SA.3.18] now then do it; for Jehovah has spoken about David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their enemies.
[2SA.3.19] And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
[2SA.3.20] So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.
[2SA.3.21] And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
[2SA.3.22] And, look, the servants of David and Joab came from a raid, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
[2SA.3.23] When Joab and all the army that was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.
[2SA.3.24] Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? look, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?
[2SA.3.25] You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.
[2SA.3.26] And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David did not know it.
[2SA.3.27] And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the belly, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
[2SA.3.28] And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
[2SA.3.29] let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
[2SA.3.30] So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
[2SA.3.31] And David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the coffin.
[2SA.3.32] And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
[2SA.3.33] And the king chanted a lament over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?
[2SA.3.34] Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into chains: as a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him.
[2SA.3.35] And all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun is down.
[2SA.3.36] And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
[2SA.3.37] So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
[2SA.3.38] And the king said to his servants, Don't you know that there has been a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
[2SA.3.39] And I am this day weak, even though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me: may Jehovah reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.
[2SA.4.1] And when Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became weak, and all the Israelites were troubled.
[2SA.4.2] And Saul’s son had two men, captains of raiding bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is counted to Benjamin:
[2SA.4.3] and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived there as non-residents to this day).
[2SA.4.4] Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the news of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
[2SA.4.5] And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he was taking his rest at noon.
[2SA.4.6] And they came there into the midst of the house, as though they would fetch wheat; and they struck him in the stomach: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
[2SA.4.7] Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
[2SA.4.8] And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and Jehovah has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his descendants.
[2SA.4.9] And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
[2SA.4.10] when one told me, saying, Look, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good news, I took hold of him, and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
[2SA.4.11] How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hand, and remove you from the earth?
[2SA.4.12] And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
[2SA.5.1] Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and spoke, saying, See, we are your bone and your flesh.
[2SA.5.2] In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Jehovah said to you, You shall be shepherd over my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.
[2SA.5.3] So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
[2SA.5.4] David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
[2SA.5.5] In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
[2SA.5.6] And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, You will not come in here; but the blind and the lame will drive you away; thinking, David cannot come in here.
[2SA.5.7] Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
[2SA.5.8] And David said on that day, Whoever attacks the Jebusites, let him reach the water shaft, and the lame and the blind, who are despised by David's soul. Therefore they say, The blind and the lame will not come into the house.
[2SA.5.9] So David dwelled in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built around from the Millo and inward.
[2SA.5.10] David grew greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.
[2SA.5.11] Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
[2SA.5.12] David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
[2SA.5.13] David took more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
[2SA.5.14] These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
[2SA.5.15] and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
[2SA.5.16] and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
[2SA.5.17] When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard it and went down to the stronghold.
[2SA.5.18] Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
[2SA.5.19] David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? Jehovah said to David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.
[2SA.5.20] David came to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, Jehovah has broken through my enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
[2SA.5.21] They left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
[2SA.5.22] The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
[2SA.5.23] When David inquired of Jehovah, he said, You shall not go up: circle around behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
[2SA.5.24] It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall bestir yourself; for then Jehovah has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.
[2SA.5.25] David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.
[2SA.6.1] And David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
[2SA.6.2] And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of Jehovah of hosts that sits above the cherubim.
[2SA.6.3] And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
[2SA.6.4] And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
[2SA.6.5] And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
[2SA.6.6] And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.
[2SA.6.7] And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.
[2SA.6.8] And David was angry, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah: and he called that place Perez-uzzah, to this day.
[2SA.6.9] And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me?
[2SA.6.10] So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah to him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
[2SA.6.11] And the ark of Jehovah stayed in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and Jehovah blessed Obed-edom, and all his house.
[2SA.6.12] And it was told King David, saying, Jehovah has blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.
[2SA.6.13] And it was so, that, when they that bore the ark of Jehovah had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
[2SA.6.14] And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
[2SA.6.15] So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of the horn.
[2SA.6.16] And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
[2SA.6.17] And they brought in the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
[2SA.6.18] And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts.
[2SA.6.19] And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a cake of bread, and a measure of wine, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house.
[2SA.6.20] Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
[2SA.6.21] And David said to Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah.
[2SA.6.22] And I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in my own sight: but of the handmaids of whom you have spoken, I will be had in honor.
[2SA.6.23] And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
[2SA.7.1] And it happened, when the king lived in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies around,
[2SA.7.2] that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of God lives within curtains.
[2SA.7.3] And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for Jehovah is with you.
[2SA.7.4] But it happened that night, that the word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying,
[2SA.7.5] Go and tell my servant David, Thus says Jehovah, Should you build me a house for me to live in?
[2SA.7.6] For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle.
[2SA.7.7] In all the places I have moved with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
[2SA.7.8] Now therefore so you shall say to my servant David, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people, over Israel;
[2SA.7.9] and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
[2SA.7.10] And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may live in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as at the first,
[2SA.7.11] and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Jehovah tells you that Jehovah will make you a house.
[2SA.7.12] When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, that shall proceed from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
[2SA.7.13] He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
[2SA.7.14] I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
[2SA.7.15] but my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
[2SA.7.16] And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
[2SA.7.17] According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
[2SA.7.18] Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
[2SA.7.19] And this was yet a small thing in your eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this reflects man, O Lord Jehovah!
[2SA.7.20] And what can David say more to you? for you know your servant, O Lord Jehovah.
[2SA.7.21] For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
[2SA.7.22] Therefore you are great, O Jehovah God; for there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
[2SA.7.23] And what one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for himself as a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
[2SA.7.24] And you established for yourself your people Israel to be a people to you forever; and you, Jehovah, became their God.
[2SA.7.25] And now, O Jehovah God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have spoken.
[2SA.7.26] And let your name be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you.
[2SA.7.27] For you, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
[2SA.7.28] And now, O Lord Jehovah, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant;
[2SA.7.29] now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O Lord Jehovah, have spoken it; and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
[2SA.8.1] And after this it came to pass, that David struck the Philistines and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
[2SA.8.2] And he struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to be put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
[2SA.8.3] David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his dominion at the River.
[2SA.8.4] And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for a hundred chariots.
[2SA.8.5] And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
[2SA.8.6] Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went.
[2SA.8.7] And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
[2SA.8.8] And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took very much bronze.
[2SA.8.9] And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer,
[2SA.8.10] then Toi sent Joram his son to King David, to greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him (for Hadadezer had wars with Toi); and Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.
[2SA.8.11] These also did King David dedicate to Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations which he subdued:
[2SA.8.12] from Syria, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
[2SA.8.13] And David got a name when he returned from striking the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
[2SA.8.14] And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went.
[2SA.8.15] And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people.
[2SA.8.16] And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
[2SA.8.17] and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
[2SA.8.18] and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
[2SA.9.1] And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
[2SA.9.2] Now there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he.
[2SA.9.3] And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, who is lame in his feet.
[2SA.9.4] And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
[2SA.9.5] Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.
[2SA.9.6] And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and paid homage. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold, your servant!
[2SA.9.7] And David said to him, Fear not; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.
[2SA.9.8] And he paid homage, and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I am?
[2SA.9.9] Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to your master's son.
[2SA.9.10] And you shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
[2SA.9.11] Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
[2SA.9.12] And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
[2SA.9.13] So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king's table. And he was lame in both his feet.
[2SA.10.1] And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
[2SA.10.2] And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
[2SA.10.3] But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that David honors your father, that he has sent comforters to you? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
[2SA.10.4] So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in half to their buttocks, and sent them away.
[2SA.10.5] When they told it to David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.
[2SA.10.6] When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
[2SA.10.7] When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
[2SA.10.8] And the children of Ammon came out, and set the battle in array at the entrance of the gate; and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
[2SA.10.9] Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
[2SA.10.10] And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
[2SA.10.11] And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
[2SA.10.12] Be courageous, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and may Jehovah do what seems good to him.
[2SA.10.13] So Joab and the people that were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
[2SA.10.14] And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
[2SA.10.15] When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
[2SA.10.16] And Hadarezer sent and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadarezer at their head.
[2SA.10.17] When it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
[2SA.10.18] And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.
[2SA.10.19] And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were overcome before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon anymore.
[2SA.11.1] And it happened, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
[2SA.11.2] And it happened one evening, that David arose from his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
[2SA.11.3] And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
[2SA.11.4] And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
[2SA.11.5] And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am pregnant.
[2SA.11.6] And David sent to Joab, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
[2SA.11.7] And when Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
[2SA.11.8] And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king.
[2SA.11.9] But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
[2SA.11.10] And when they had told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?
[2SA.11.11] And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, remain in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
[2SA.11.12] And David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.
[2SA.11.13] And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk; and at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house.
[2SA.11.14] And it happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
[2SA.11.15] And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and withdraw from him, that he may be struck down, and die.
[2SA.11.16] And it happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
[2SA.11.17] And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
[2SA.11.18] Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
[2SA.11.19] and he commanded the messenger, saying, When you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king,
[2SA.11.20] it shall be, that if the king's wrath arises, and he says to you, Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
[2SA.11.21] Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall? Then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
[2SA.11.22] So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.
[2SA.11.23] And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate.
[2SA.11.24] And the shooters shot at your servants from off the wall; and some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
[2SA.11.25] Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage him.
[2SA.11.26] And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
[2SA.11.27] And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.
[2SA.12.1] And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
[2SA.12.2] The rich man had many flocks and herds;
[2SA.12.3] but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it ate of his own food, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
[2SA.12.4] And there came a traveler to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to prepare for the wayfaring man that had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and prepared it for the man that had come to him.
[2SA.12.5] And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, the man that has done this is deserving to die:
[2SA.12.6] and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
[2SA.12.7] And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;
[2SA.12.8] and I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you such and such things.
[2SA.12.9] Why have you despised the word of Jehovah, to do what is evil in his sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
[2SA.12.10] Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
[2SA.12.11] Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
[2SA.12.12] For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
[2SA.12.13] And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said to David, Jehovah also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
[2SA.12.14] However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.
[2SA.12.15] And Nathan departed to his house. And Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
[2SA.12.16] David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
[2SA.12.17] And the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
[2SA.12.18] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to our voice: how then shall we tell him that the child is dead, so that he may do himself harm?
[2SA.12.19] But when David saw that his servants whispered together, David perceived that the child was dead: and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
[2SA.12.20] Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of Jehovah, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he sought, they set food before him, and he ate.
[2SA.12.21] Then his servants said to him, What thing is this that you have done? you fasted and wept for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread.
[2SA.12.22] And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knows whether Jehovah may not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
[2SA.12.23] But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
[2SA.12.24] And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;
[2SA.12.25] and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.
[2SA.12.26] Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
[2SA.12.27] And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yes, I have taken the city of waters.
[2SA.12.28] Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.
[2SA.12.29] And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
[2SA.12.30] And he took the crown of their king from off his head; and the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceedingly much.
[2SA.12.31] And he brought forth the people that were in it, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and thus did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
[2SA.13.1] And it happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
[2SA.13.2] And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard for Amnon to do anything to her.
[2SA.13.3] But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very crafty man.
[2SA.13.4] And he said to him, Why are you, being the king's son, lean from day to day? will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
[2SA.13.5] And Jonadab said to him, Lay down on your bed, and feign yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray, and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.
[2SA.13.6] So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.
[2SA.13.7] Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him.
[2SA.13.8] So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.
[2SA.13.9] And she took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out, every man from him.
[2SA.13.10] And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
[2SA.13.11] And when she had brought them near for him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
[2SA.13.12] And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not this folly.
[2SA.13.13] And I, where shall I carry my shame? and as for you, you will be as one of the vile ones in Israel. Now therefore, I pray, speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.
[2SA.13.14] However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
[2SA.13.15] Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.
[2SA.13.16] And she said to him, There is no cause; this great wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me. But he would not listen to her.
[2SA.13.17] Then he called his servant that ministered to him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
[2SA.13.18] And she had a garment of various colors upon her; for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
[2SA.13.19] And Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
[2SA.13.20] And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? but now hold your peace, my sister: he is your brother; do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar dwelt in her brother Absalom's house, and was desolate.
[2SA.13.21] But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
[2SA.13.22] And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
[2SA.13.23] And it happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
[2SA.13.24] And Absalom came to the king, and said, Look now, your servant has sheepshearers; let the king, I pray, and his servants go with your servant.
[2SA.13.25] And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you. And he urged him; however he would not go, but blessed him.
[2SA.13.26] Then said Absalom, If not, I pray you, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?
[2SA.13.27] But Absalom urged him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
[2SA.13.28] And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, then kill him, fear not; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be brave.
[2SA.13.29] And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got up on his mule, and fled.
[2SA.13.30] And it happened, while they were on the way, that the report came to David, saying, Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
[2SA.13.31] Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their garments torn.
[2SA.13.32] And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
[2SA.13.33] Now therefore do not let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead.
[2SA.13.34] But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him.
[2SA.13.35] And Jonadab said to the king, Look, the king's sons are coming: as your servant said, so it is.
[2SA.13.36] And it happened, as soon as he had finished speaking, that, look, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept; and the king also and all his servants wept very greatly.
[2SA.13.37] But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
[2SA.13.38] So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
[2SA.13.39] And the soul of king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
[2SA.14.1] Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
[2SA.14.2] And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched from there a wise woman, and said to her, I beg you to pretend to mourn, and put on mourning apparel, please, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman that has for a long time mourned for the dead:
[2SA.14.3] and go to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
[2SA.14.4] And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
[2SA.14.5] And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
[2SA.14.6] And your servant had two sons, and they strove together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.
[2SA.14.7] And behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, Deliver him that struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also. Thus they will quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the face of the earth.
[2SA.14.8] And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.
[2SA.14.9] And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.
[2SA.14.10] And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.
[2SA.14.11] Then she said, I beg you, let the king remember Jehovah your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not anymore, unless they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.
[2SA.14.12] Then the woman said, Let your servant, I ask you, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
[2SA.14.13] And the woman said, Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
[2SA.14.14] For we will surely die, and are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
[2SA.14.15] Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your servant said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
[2SA.14.16] For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
[2SA.14.17] Then your servant said, Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah your God be with you.
[2SA.14.18] Then the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I ask you, anything that I ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
[2SA.14.19] And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant;
[2SA.14.20] to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.
[2SA.14.21] And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
[2SA.14.22] And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and paid respect, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.
[2SA.14.23] So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
[2SA.14.24] And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house, and did not see the face of the king.
[2SA.14.25] Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
[2SA.14.26] And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, according to the king's weight.
[2SA.14.27] And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
[2SA.14.28] And Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem; and he did not see the king's face.
[2SA.14.29] Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
[2SA.14.30] Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
[2SA.14.31] Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?
[2SA.14.32] And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why have I come from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.
[2SA.14.33] So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
[2SA.15.1] And it happened after this, that Absalom prepared for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
[2SA.15.2] And Absalom used to rise up early, and stand beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
[2SA.15.3] And Absalom said to him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear you.
[2SA.15.4] Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
[2SA.15.5] And it was so, that when any man came near to bow down to him, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
[2SA.15.6] And in this manner Absalom did to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
[2SA.15.7] And it happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I ask you, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Jehovah, in Hebron.
[2SA.15.8] For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah will indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Jehovah.
[2SA.15.9] And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
[2SA.15.10] But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
[2SA.15.11] And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their integrity; and they did not know anything.
[2SA.15.12] And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
[2SA.15.13] And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.
[2SA.15.14] And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for otherwise none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
[2SA.15.15] And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.
[2SA.15.16] And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house.
[2SA.15.17] And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stayed in Beth-merhak.
[2SA.15.18] And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
[2SA.15.19] Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why do you also go with us? return, and abide with the king: for you are a foreigner, and also an exile; return to your own place.
[2SA.15.20] Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, seeing I go wherever I may? return, and take back your brethren: mercy and truth be with you.
[2SA.15.21] And Ittai answered the king, and said, As Jehovah lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether it is for death or for life, there also will your servant be.
[2SA.15.22] And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.
[2SA.15.23] And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
[2SA.15.24] And, look, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
[2SA.15.25] And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
[2SA.15.26] but if he say, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him.
[2SA.15.27] The king said also to Zadok the priest, Are you not a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
[2SA.15.28] See, I will tarry at the fords of the wilderness, until there comes word from you to inform me.
[2SA.15.29] Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried back the ark of God to Jerusalem: and they abode there.
[2SA.15.30] And David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
[2SA.15.31] And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
[2SA.15.32] And it happened, that when David had come to the top of the ascent, where God was worshiped, look, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth upon his head.
[2SA.15.33] And David said to him, If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me:
[2SA.15.34] but if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant: then you may defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
[2SA.15.35] And have you not there with you Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that whatever you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
[2SA.15.36] Look, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send to me everything that you shall hear.
[2SA.15.37] So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
[2SA.16.1] And when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
[2SA.16.2] And the king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? And Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
[2SA.16.3] And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.
[2SA.16.4] Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours. And Ziba said, I humbly bow; let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.
[2SA.16.5] And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.
[2SA.16.6] And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
[2SA.16.7] And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow.
[2SA.16.8] Jehovah has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Jehovah has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and behold, you are taken in your own mischief, because you are a man of blood.
[2SA.16.9] Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray you, and take off his head.
[2SA.16.10] And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? because he curses, and because Jehovah has said to him, Curse David; who then shall say, Why have you done so?
[2SA.16.11] And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my body, seeks my life; how much more may this Benjamite now? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah has bidden him.
[2SA.16.12] It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done to me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for his cursing this day.
[2SA.16.13] So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and threw dust.
[2SA.16.14] And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.
[2SA.16.15] And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
[2SA.16.16] And it happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, had come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, Long live the king, long live the king.
[2SA.16.17] And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? why did you not go with your friend?
[2SA.16.18] And Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom Jehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I remain.
[2SA.16.19] And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father's presence, so will I serve in your presence.
[2SA.16.20] Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.
[2SA.16.21] And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father: then the hands of all that are with you will be strong.
[2SA.16.22] So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
[2SA.16.23] And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
[2SA.17.1] Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
[2SA.17.2] and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him will flee; and I will strike the king only;
[2SA.17.3] and I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
[2SA.17.4] And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
[2SA.17.5] Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
[2SA.17.6] And when Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken in this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not, you speak.
[2SA.17.7] And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
[2SA.17.8] Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are full of anger, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
[2SA.17.9] Behold, he is hidden now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them have fallen at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
[2SA.17.10] And even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt: for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
[2SA.17.11] But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
[2SA.17.12] So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one.
[2SA.17.13] Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.
[2SA.17.14] And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
[2SA.17.15] Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.
[2SA.17.16] Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Do not lodge this night in the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
[2SA.17.17] Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En-rogel; and a maidservant used to go and tell them, and they went and told king David; for they might not be seen to come into the city.
[2SA.17.18] But a lad saw them, and told Absalom: and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; where they went down.
[2SA.17.19] And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and nothing was known.
[2SA.17.20] And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
[2SA.17.21] And it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.
[2SA.17.22] Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that had not gone over the Jordan.
[2SA.17.23] And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
[2SA.17.24] Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
[2SA.17.25] And Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
[2SA.17.26] And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
[2SA.17.27] And it came to pass, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
[2SA.17.28] brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,
[2SA.17.29] and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
[2SA.18.1] And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
[2SA.18.2] And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
[2SA.18.3] But the people said, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us; but you are worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that you be ready to help us out of the city.
[2SA.18.4] And the king said to them, What seems best to you I will do. And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
[2SA.18.5] And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
[2SA.18.6] So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
[2SA.18.7] And the people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
[2SA.18.8] For the battle was spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
[2SA.18.9] And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
[2SA.18.10] And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
[2SA.18.11] And Joab said to the man that told him, And behold, you saw it, and why didn’t you strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a sash.
[2SA.18.12] And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care for me of the young man Absalom.
[2SA.18.13] Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.
[2SA.18.14] Then Joab said, I may not wait thus with you. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
[2SA.18.15] And ten young men that bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.
[2SA.18.16] And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
[2SA.18.17] And they took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
[2SA.18.18] Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the King's Valley; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.
[2SA.18.19] Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that Jehovah has avenged him of his enemies.
[2SA.18.20] And Joab said to him, You shall not be the bearer of tidings this day, but you shall bear tidings another day; but this day you shall bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
[2SA.18.21] Then Joab said to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen. And the Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
[2SA.18.22] Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, let me, I pray you, also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the tidings?
[2SA.18.23] But let me, come what may, said he, run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
[2SA.18.24] Now David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
[2SA.18.25] And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came rapidly, and drew near.
[2SA.18.26] And the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper, and said, Behold, another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings tidings.
[2SA.18.27] And the watchman said, I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good tidings.
[2SA.18.28] And Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well. And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be Jehovah your God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
[2SA.18.29] And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, even your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
[2SA.18.30] And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
[2SA.18.31] And, behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Tidings for my lord the king; for Jehovah has avenged you this day of all those that rose up against you.
[2SA.18.32] And the king said to the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is.
[2SA.18.33] And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
[2SA.19.1] And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.
[2SA.19.2] And the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, The king grieves for his son.
[2SA.19.3] And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
[2SA.19.4] And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
[2SA.19.5] And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
[2SA.19.6] in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well.
[2SA.19.7] Now therefore arise, go out, and speak comfort to your servants: for I swear by Jehovah, if you do not go out, there will not stay a man with you this night: and that will be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.
[2SA.19.8] Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
[2SA.19.9] And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.
[2SA.19.10] And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak you not a word of bringing the king back?
[2SA.19.11] And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? (seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to bring him to his house.)
[2SA.19.12] You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?
[2SA.19.13] And say you to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not captain of the army before me continually in the place of Joab.
[2SA.19.14] And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, Return, you and all your servants.
[2SA.19.15] So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
[2SA.19.16] And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
[2SA.19.17] And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
[2SA.19.18] And there went over a ferry-boat to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan.
[2SA.19.19] And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
[2SA.19.20] For your servant knows that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
[2SA.19.21] But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the anointed of Jehovah?
[2SA.19.22] And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
[2SA.19.23] Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him.
[2SA.19.24] And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
[2SA.19.25] And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?
[2SA.19.26] And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride on it, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.
[2SA.19.27] And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in your eyes.
[2SA.19.28] For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among them that ate at your own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more to the king?
[2SA.19.29] And the king said to him, Why speak any more of your matters? I say, You and Ziba divide the land.
[2SA.19.30] And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, for as much as my lord the king is come in peace to his own house.
[2SA.19.31] And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went to the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.
[2SA.19.32] Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
[2SA.19.33] And the king said to Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.
[2SA.19.34] And Barzillai said to the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
[2SA.19.35] I am this day eighty years old: can I discern between good and bad? can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?
[2SA.19.36] Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king repay me with such a reward?
[2SA.19.37] Let your servant, I pray you, return back, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
[2SA.19.38] And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you: and whatever you shall require of me, that will I do for you.
[2SA.19.39] And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over: and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
[2SA.19.40] So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him: and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
[2SA.19.41] And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?
[2SA.19.42] And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: why then are you angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or has he given us any gift?
[2SA.19.43] And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
[2SA.20.1] And there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no part in David; neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
[2SA.20.2] So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah joined to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
[2SA.20.3] And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in custody, and provided them with sustenance, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
[2SA.20.4] Then the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be present here yourself.
[2SA.20.5] So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together; but he waited longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
[2SA.20.6] And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
[2SA.20.7] And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
[2SA.20.8] When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his soldier's attire, and on it was a girdle with a sword fastened on his hip in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
[2SA.20.9] And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
[2SA.20.10] But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he struck him therewith in the body, and shed out his intestines to the ground, and did not strike him again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
[2SA.20.11] And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He that favors Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab.
[2SA.20.12] And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone that came by him stood still.
[2SA.20.13] When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
[2SA.20.14] And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they assembled together, and went also after him.
[2SA.20.15] And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
[2SA.20.16] Then a wise woman cried out of the city, Listen, listen; say, I pray you, to Joab, Come near here, that I may speak with you.
[2SA.20.17] And he came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said to him, Listen to the words of your handmaid. And he answered, I am listening.
[2SA.20.18] Then she spoke, saying, They were accustomed to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended disputes.
[2SA.20.19] I am of those that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
[2SA.20.20] And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
[2SA.20.21] The matter is not so: but a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Look, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
[2SA.20.22] Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
[2SA.20.23] Now Joab was over all the army of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;
[2SA.20.24] and Adoram was over the men subject to forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
[2SA.20.25] and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
[2SA.20.26] and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
[2SA.21.1] And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.
[2SA.21.2] And the king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
[2SA.21.3] and David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?
[2SA.21.4] And the Gibeonites said to him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, What you shall say, that will I do for you.
[2SA.21.5] And they said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
[2SA.21.6] let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.
[2SA.21.7] But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
[2SA.21.8] But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
[2SA.21.9] and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before Jehovah, and they fell all seven together. And they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
[2SA.21.10] And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from heaven; and she allowed neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
[2SA.21.11] And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
[2SA.21.12] And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa;
[2SA.21.13] and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of those that were hanged.
[2SA.21.14] And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
[2SA.21.15] And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David grew faint;
[2SA.21.16] and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
[2SA.21.17] But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you do not quench the lamp of Israel.
[2SA.21.18] And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
[2SA.21.19] And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
[2SA.21.20] And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
[2SA.21.21] And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.
[2SA.21.22] These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
[2SA.22.1] And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
[2SA.22.2] and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
[2SA.22.3] God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.
[2SA.22.4] I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from my enemies.
[2SA.22.5] For the waves of death surrounded me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
[2SA.22.6] The cords of Sheol were around me; The snares of death came to me.
[2SA.22.7] In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yes, I called to my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry entered into his ears.
[2SA.22.8] Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was angry.
[2SA.22.9] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
[2SA.22.10] He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
[2SA.22.11] And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yes, he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
[2SA.22.12] And he made darkness pavilions around about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
[2SA.22.13] At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
[2SA.22.14] Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
[2SA.22.15] And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and confused them.
[2SA.22.16] Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
[2SA.22.17] He sent from above, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
[2SA.22.18] He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
[2SA.22.19] They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my support.
[2SA.22.20] He also brought me out into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
[2SA.22.21] Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
[2SA.22.22] For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
[2SA.22.23] For all his ordinances were before me; And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
[2SA.22.24] I was also perfect toward him; And I kept myself from my iniquity.
[2SA.22.25] Therefore has Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyes.
[2SA.22.26] With the merciful you show yourself merciful; With the perfect man you show yourself perfect;
[2SA.22.27] With the pure you show yourself pure; And with the perverse you show yourself contrary.
[2SA.22.28] And the afflicted people you will save; But your eyes are upon the haughty, that you may bring them down.
[2SA.22.29] For you are my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.
[2SA.22.30] For by you I run on a troop; By my God do I leap over a wall.
[2SA.22.31] As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
[2SA.22.32] For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?
[2SA.22.33] God is my strong fortress; And he guides the perfect in his way.
[2SA.22.34] He makes my feet like hinds' feet; And sets me upon my high places.
[2SA.22.35] He teaches my hands to war; So that my arms bend a bow of brass.
[2SA.22.36] You have also given me the shield of your salvation; And your gentleness has made me great.
[2SA.22.37] You have enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.
[2SA.22.38] I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
[2SA.22.39] And I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they cannot arise: Yes, they are fallen under my feet.
[2SA.22.40] For you have girded me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
[2SA.22.41] You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me.
[2SA.22.42] They looked, but there was none to save; Even to Jehovah, but he answered them not.
[2SA.22.43] Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and scattered them abroad.
[2SA.22.44] You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
[2SA.22.45] The foreigners shall submit themselves to me; As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
[2SA.22.46] The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
[2SA.22.47] Jehovah lives; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
[2SA.22.48] Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,
[2SA.22.49] And who brings me forth from my enemies: Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the violent man.
[2SA.22.50] Therefore I will give thanks to you, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises to your name.
[2SA.22.51] He gives great deliverance to his king, And shows loving-kindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, forevermore.
[2SA.23.1] Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, and the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
[2SA.23.2] The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, and his word was on my tongue.
[2SA.23.3] The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
[2SA.23.4] He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.
[2SA.23.5] Truly my house is not so with God; yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he makes it not to grow.
[2SA.23.6] But the wicked shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with the hand;
[2SA.23.7] But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear: and they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.
[2SA.23.8] These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
[2SA.23.9] And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away.
[2SA.23.10] He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword; and Jehovah wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.
[2SA.23.11] And after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
[2SA.23.12] But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great victory.
[2SA.23.13] And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest-time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
[2SA.23.14] And David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
[2SA.23.15] And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
[2SA.23.16] And the three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink it, but poured it out to Jehovah.
[2SA.23.17] And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
[2SA.23.18] And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
[2SA.23.19] Was he not most honorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: but he attained not to the first three.
[2SA.23.20] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty acts, he killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab; he went down also and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow.
[2SA.23.21] And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and hit the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
[2SA.23.22] These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.
[2SA.23.23] He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
[2SA.23.24] Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
[2SA.23.25] Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
[2SA.23.26] Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
[2SA.23.27] Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
[2SA.23.28] Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
[2SA.23.29] Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
[2SA.23.30] Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
[2SA.23.31] Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
[2SA.23.32] Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
[2SA.23.33] Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
[2SA.23.34] Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
[2SA.23.35] Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
[2SA.23.36] Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
[2SA.23.37] Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
[2SA.23.38] Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
[2SA.23.39] Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
[2SA.24.1] And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
[2SA.24.2] And the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.
[2SA.24.3] And Joab said to the king, Now may Jehovah your God add to the people, however many they may be, a hundredfold; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?
[2SA.24.4] Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
[2SA.24.5] And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer:
[2SA.24.6] then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Sidon,
[2SA.24.7] and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba.
[2SA.24.8] So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
[2SA.24.9] And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
[2SA.24.10] And David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
[2SA.24.11] And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
[2SA.24.12] Go and speak to David, Thus says Jehovah, I offer you three things: choose one of them, that I may do it to you.
[2SA.24.13] So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? now consider, and see what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
[2SA.24.14] And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us now fall into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
[2SA.24.15] So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
[2SA.24.16] And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
[2SA.24.17] And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I beg you, be against me, and against my father's house.
[2SA.24.18] And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, raise an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
[2SA.24.19] And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded.
[2SA.24.20] And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
[2SA.24.21] And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor from you, to build an altar to Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
[2SA.24.22] And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him: behold, the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
[2SA.24.23] all this, O king, does Araunah give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, Jehovah your God accept you.
[2SA.24.24] And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will surely buy it from you at a price: neither will I offer burnt-offerings to Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
[2SA.24.25] And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
[1KI.1.1] Now King David was old and advanced in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not get warm.
[1KI.1.2] Therefore his servants said to him, Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her stand before the king, and be nurse to him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may get warm.
[1KI.1.3] So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the region of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
[1KI.1.4] And the young woman was very beautiful; and she became the king's nurse, and served him; but the king did not know her intimately.
[1KI.1.5] Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
[1KI.1.6] And his father had not displeased him at any time by asking, Why have you done so? and he also was a very handsome man; and his mother bore him after Absalom.
[1KI.1.7] And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
[1KI.1.8] But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
[1KI.1.9] And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he called all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants:
[1KI.1.10] but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he did not call.
[1KI.1.11] Then Nathan spoke to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord does not know it?
[1KI.1.12] Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
[1KI.1.13] Go and enter to King David, and say to him, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Surely Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
[1KI.1.14] Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.
[1KI.1.15] And Bath-sheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite served the king.
[1KI.1.16] And Bath-sheba bowed and made reverence to the king. And the king said, What do you want?
[1KI.1.17] And she said to him, My lord, you swore by Jehovah your God to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
[1KI.1.18] And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and you, my lord the king, do not know it.
[1KI.1.19] And he has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but Solomon your servant he has not called.
[1KI.1.20] And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
[1KI.1.21] Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
[1KI.1.22] And, behold, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
[1KI.1.23] And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he came in before the king, he bowed with his face to the ground.
[1KI.1.24] And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
[1KI.1.25] For he is gone down this day, and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Long live King Adonijah.
[1KI.1.26] But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, he has not called.
[1KI.1.27] Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
[1KI.1.28] Then King David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
[1KI.1.29] And the king swore, and said, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,
[1KI.1.30] even as I swore to you by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my place; even so will I certainly do this day.
[1KI.1.31] Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord King David live forever.
[1KI.1.32] And King David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
[1KI.1.33] And the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
[1KI.1.34] and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow the trumpet, and say, Long live King Solomon.
[1KI.1.35] Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
[1KI.1.36] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: Jehovah, the God of my lord the king, say so too.
[1KI.1.37] As Jehovah has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.
[1KI.1.38] So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
[1KI.1.39] And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live King Solomon.
[1KI.1.40] And all the people came up after him, and the people played on pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth was torn with the sound of them.
[1KI.1.41] And Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
[1KI.1.42] While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said, Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.
[1KI.1.43] And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord King David has made Solomon king:
[1KI.1.44] and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule;
[1KI.1.45] and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon; and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.
[1KI.1.46] And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.
[1KI.1.47] Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, Your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne: and the king bowed himself upon the bed.
[1KI.1.48] And also thus said the king, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.
[1KI.1.49] And all the guests who were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
[1KI.1.50] And Adonijah feared because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
[1KI.1.51] And it was told to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon; for, lo, he has caught hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
[1KI.1.52] And Solomon said, If he shows himself a worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth; but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
[1KI.1.53] So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to your house.
[1KI.2.1] Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
[1KI.2.2] I am going the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and show yourself a man;
[1KI.2.3] and keep the charge of Jehovah your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself;
[1KI.2.4] that Jehovah may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
[1KI.2.5] Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
[1KI.2.6] Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace.
[1KI.2.7] But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at your table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
[1KI.2.8] And, behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword.
[1KI.2.9] Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood.
[1KI.2.10] And David slept with his ancestors, and was buried in the city of David.
[1KI.2.11] And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.
[1KI.2.12] And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
[1KI.2.13] Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
[1KI.2.14] He said moreover, I have somewhat to say to you. And she said, Speak.
[1KI.2.15] And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: however the kingdom is turned about, and has become my brother's; for it was his from Jehovah.
[1KI.2.16] And now I ask one petition of you; deny me not. And she said to him, Say on.
[1KI.2.17] And he said, Speak, I pray you, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say no to you,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.
[1KI.2.18] And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king.
[1KI.2.19] Bath-sheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
[1KI.2.20] Then she said, I ask one small petition of you; deny me not. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.
[1KI.2.21] And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.
[1KI.2.22] And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
[1KI.2.23] Then king Solomon swore by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life.
[1KI.2.24] Now therefore as Jehovah lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
[1KI.2.25] And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he struck him, so that he died.
[1KI.2.26] And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Go to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death: but I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
[1KI.2.27] So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Jehovah, that he might fulfill the word of Jehovah, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
[1KI.2.28] And the news came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled to the Tent of Jehovah, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
[1KI.2.29] And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled to the Tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
[1KI.2.30] And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me.
[1KI.2.31] And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that you may take away the blood which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.
[1KI.2.32] And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
[1KI.2.33] So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace forever from Jehovah.
[1KI.2.34] Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and killed him; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
[1KI.2.35] And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest did the king put in the place of Abiathar.
[1KI.2.36] And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and do not go forth anywhere else.
[1KI.2.37] For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be upon your own head.
[1KI.2.38] And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
[1KI.2.39] And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants are in Gath.
[1KI.2.40] And Shimei arose, and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
[1KI.2.41] And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
[1KI.2.42] And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you swear by Jehovah, and protested to you, saying, Know for certain, on the day you go forth, and walk anywhere else, that you shall surely die? and you said to me, The saying is good; I have heard it.
[1KI.2.43] Why then have you not kept the oath of Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged you with?
[1KI.2.44] The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness that your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return your wickedness upon your own head.
[1KI.2.45] But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah forever.
[1KI.2.46] So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
[1KI.3.1] And Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall around Jerusalem.
[1KI.3.2] Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days.
[1KI.3.3] And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
[1KI.3.4] And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
[1KI.3.5] In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, Ask what I shall give you.
[1KI.3.6] And Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
[1KI.3.7] And now, O Jehovah my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.
[1KI.3.8] And your servant is in the middle of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.
[1KI.3.9] Give therefore your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?
[1KI.3.10] And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
[1KI.3.11] And God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life; neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;
[1KI.3.12] behold, I have done according to your word: See, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.
[1KI.3.13] And I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches, and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like you, for all your days.
[1KI.3.14] And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.
[1KI.3.15] And Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream: and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
[1KI.3.16] Then came two women that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him.
[1KI.3.17] And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
[1KI.3.18] And it came to pass the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, except we two in the house.
[1KI.3.19] And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay on it.
[1KI.3.20] And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
[1KI.3.21] And when I rose up in the morning to nurse my child, behold, it was dead: but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did give birth to.
[1KI.3.22] And the other woman said, No; but the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son. And this said, No; but the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son. In this way they spoke before the king.
[1KI.3.23] Then said the king, The one says, This is my son that lives, and your son is the dead one: and the other says, No; but your son is the dead one, and my son is the one that lives.
[1KI.3.24] And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
[1KI.3.25] And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
[1KI.3.26] Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for her heart yearned for her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and do not kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor yours, but divide it.
[1KI.3.27] Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not kill it: she is its mother.
[1KI.3.28] And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
[1KI.4.1] And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
[1KI.4.2] And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
[1KI.4.3] Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;
[1KI.4.4] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
[1KI.4.5] And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister, and the king's friend;
[1KI.4.6] And Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy.
[1KI.4.7] And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
[1KI.4.8] And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
[1KI.4.9] Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;
[1KI.4.10] Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher);
[1KI.4.11] Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
[1KI.4.12] Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;
[1KI.4.13] Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and bronze bars);
[1KI.4.14] Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
[1KI.4.15] Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife);
[1KI.4.16] Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;
[1KI.4.17] Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
[1KI.4.18] Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
[1KI.4.19] Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer that was in the land.
[1KI.4.20] Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
[1KI.4.21] And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
[1KI.4.22] And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal,
[1KI.4.23] ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fattened fowl.
[1KI.4.24] For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides around him.
[1KI.4.25] And Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
[1KI.4.26] And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
[1KI.4.27] And those officers provided food for king Solomon, and for all that came to king Solomon's table, each man in his month; they lacked nothing.
[1KI.4.28] Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where it should be, each man according to his charge.
[1KI.4.29] And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the seashore.
[1KI.4.30] And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
[1KI.4.31] For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations around.
[1KI.4.32] And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
[1KI.4.33] And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fish.
[1KI.4.34] And there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
[1KI.5.1] And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father: for Hiram was ever a friend of David.
[1KI.5.2] And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
[1KI.5.3] You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet.
[1KI.5.4] But now Jehovah my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.
[1KI.5.5] And, behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, as Jehovah spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.
[1KI.5.6] Now therefore command that they cut for me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants; and I will give you hire for your servants according to all that you shall say: for you know that there is none among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.
[1KI.5.7] And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be Jehovah this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.
[1KI.5.8] And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which you have sent to me: I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
[1KI.5.9] My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea: and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be distributed there, and you shall receive them: and you shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
[1KI.5.10] So Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire.
[1KI.5.11] And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food for his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
[1KI.5.12] And Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they made a league together.
[1KI.5.13] And King Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
[1KI.5.14] And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
[1KI.5.15] And Solomon had seventy thousand that carried burdens, and eighty thousand that were stonecutters in the mountains;
[1KI.5.16] besides Solomon's chief officers that were over the work, three thousand three hundred, who had charge of the people that labored in the work.
[1KI.5.17] And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone.
[1KI.5.18] And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and stones to build the house.
[1KI.6.1] And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of Jehovah.
[1KI.6.2] And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length of it was threescore cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
[1KI.6.3] And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length of it, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth of it before the house.
[1KI.6.4] And for the house he made windows of fixed lattice-work.
[1KI.6.5] And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the sanctuary; and he made side-chambers round about.
[1KI.6.6] The lowest story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
[1KI.6.7] And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
[1KI.6.8] The door for the middle side-chambers was in the right side of the house; and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.
[1KI.6.9] So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.
[1KI.6.10] And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
[1KI.6.11] And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
[1KI.6.12] Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
[1KI.6.13] And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
[1KI.6.14] So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
[1KI.6.15] And he built the walls of the house inside with boards of cedar: from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood; and he covered the floor of the house with boards of fir.
[1KI.6.16] And he built twenty cubits on the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it inside, for a sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
[1KI.6.17] And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
[1KI.6.18] And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
[1KI.6.19] And he prepared a room in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
[1KI.6.20] And within the sanctuary was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
[1KI.6.21] So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the sanctuary; and he overlaid it with gold.
[1KI.6.22] And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the sanctuary he overlaid with gold.
[1KI.6.23] And in the sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
[1KI.6.24] And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
[1KI.6.25] And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
[1KI.6.26] The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
[1KI.6.27] And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
[1KI.6.28] And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
[1KI.6.29] And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, inside and outside.
[1KI.6.30] And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and outside.
[1KI.6.31] And for the entrance of the sanctuary he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel and door-posts were a fifth part of the wall.
[1KI.6.32] So he made two doors of olive-wood; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.
[1KI.6.33] So also he made for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall;
[1KI.6.34] and two doors of fir-wood: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
[1KI.6.35] And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
[1KI.6.36] And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
[1KI.6.37] In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jehovah laid, in the month Ziv.
[1KI.6.38] And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts of it, and according to all the fashion of it. So he was seven years in building it.
[1KI.7.1] And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
[1KI.7.2] For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it was a hundred cubits, and the width of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
[1KI.7.3] And it was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams, that were upon the pillars; fifteen in a row.
[1KI.7.4] And there were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
[1KI.7.5] And all the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
[1KI.7.6] And he made the porch of pillars; the length of it was fifty cubits, and the width of it thirty cubits, and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
[1KI.7.7] And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
[1KI.7.8] And his house where he was to live, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
[1KI.7.9] All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
[1KI.7.10] And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
[1KI.7.11] And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar-wood.
[1KI.7.12] And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and the porch of the house.
[1KI.7.13] And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
[1KI.7.14] He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in bronze. And he came to king Solomon, and executed all his work.
[1KI.7.15] For he formed the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits high apiece; and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
[1KI.7.16] And he made two capitals of molten bronze, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
[1KI.7.17] There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
[1KI.7.18] So he made the pillars, and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the pomegranates; and so did he for the other capital.
[1KI.7.19] And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.
[1KI.7.20] And there were capitals above also upon the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other capital.
[1KI.7.21] And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and named it Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and named it Boaz.
[1KI.7.22] And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
[1KI.7.23] And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape, and its height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
[1KI.7.24] And under its brim round about there were knops which compassed it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
[1KI.7.25] It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward.
[1KI.7.26] And it was a handbreadth thick: and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it held two thousand baths.
[1KI.7.27] And he made the ten bases of bronze; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits was the width of it, and three cubits the height of it.
[1KI.7.28] And the work of the bases was like this: they had panels; and there were panels between the ledges;
[1KI.7.29] and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work.
[1KI.7.30] And every base had four bronze wheels, and axles of bronze; and the four feet of it had supports: beneath the laver were the supports molten, with wreaths at the side of each.
[1KI.7.31] And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit; and its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.
[1KI.7.32] And the four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
[1KI.7.33] And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their rims, and their spokes, and their naves, were all cast.
[1KI.7.34] And there were four supports at the four corners of each base: its supports were of the base itself.
[1KI.7.35] And in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same.
[1KI.7.36] And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on its panels, he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.
[1KI.7.37] After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form.
[1KI.7.38] And he made ten lavers of bronze: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
[1KI.7.39] And he set the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
[1KI.7.40] And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah:
[1KI.7.41] the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars;
[1KI.7.42] and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars;
[1KI.7.43] and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases;
[1KI.7.44] and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;
[1KI.7.45] and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Jehovah, were of burnished bronze.
[1KI.7.46] In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
[1KI.7.47] And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: the weight of the bronze could not be found out.
[1KI.7.48] And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold;
[1KI.7.49] and the lampstands, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;
[1KI.7.50] and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, of gold.
[1KI.7.51] Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.
[1KI.8.1] Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
[1KI.8.2] And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
[1KI.8.3] And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
[1KI.8.4] And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
[1KI.8.5] And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted or numbered for multitude.
[1KI.8.6] And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.
[1KI.8.7] For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
[1KI.8.8] And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside; and they are there to this day.
[1KI.8.9] There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
[1KI.8.10] And it came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,
[1KI.8.11] so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah.
[1KI.8.12] Then Solomon spoke, Jehovah has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
[1KI.8.13] I have truly built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.
[1KI.8.14] And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
[1KI.8.15] And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has fulfilled it with his hand, saying,
[1KI.8.16] Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
[1KI.8.17] Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[1KI.8.18] But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
[1KI.8.19] nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.
[1KI.8.20] And Jehovah has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[1KI.8.21] And there I have set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
[1KI.8.22] And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
[1KI.8.23] and he said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness with your servants, that walk before you with all their heart;
[1KI.8.24] who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him; yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
[1KI.8.25] Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.
[1KI.8.26] Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
[1KI.8.27] But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
[1KI.8.28] Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;
[1KI.8.29] that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
[1KI.8.30] And listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place; yes, hear in heaven your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
[1KI.8.31] If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before your altar in this house;
[1KI.8.32] then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
[1KI.8.33] When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, if they turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house;
[1KI.8.34] then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
[1KI.8.35] When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them;
[1KI.8.36] then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
[1KI.8.37] If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there be;
[1KI.8.38] whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
[1KI.8.39] then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
[1KI.8.40] that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
[1KI.8.41] Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of your people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for your name's sake
[1KI.8.42] (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;
[1KI.8.43] hear in heaven your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
[1KI.8.44] If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Jehovah toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name;
[1KI.8.45] then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
[1KI.8.46] If they sin against you (for there is no man that sins not), and you be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
[1KI.8.47] yet if they shall consider themselves in the land to which they were carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have acted wickedly;
[1KI.8.48] if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
[1KI.8.49] then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
[1KI.8.50] and forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them;
[1KI.8.51] (for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);
[1KI.8.52] that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
[1KI.8.53] For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.
[1KI.8.54] And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to Jehovah, he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.
[1KI.8.55] And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
[1KI.8.56] Blessed be Jehovah, that has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
[1KI.8.57] Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;
[1KI.8.58] that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
[1KI.8.59] And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be near to Jehovah our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;
[1KI.8.60] that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.
[1KI.8.61] Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
[1KI.8.62] And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah.
[1KI.8.63] And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered to Jehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.
[1KI.8.64] The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings: because the bronze altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
[1KI.8.65] So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
[1KI.8.66] On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
[1KI.9.1] And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
[1KI.9.2] that Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.
[1KI.9.3] And Jehovah said to him, I have heard your prayer and your plea, that you have made before me: I have consecrated this house, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
[1KI.9.4] And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
[1KI.9.5] then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, according as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man upon the throne of Israel.
[1KI.9.6] But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but will go and serve other gods, and worship them;
[1KI.9.7] then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have consecrated for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
[1KI.9.8] And though this house is so high, yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land, and to this house?
[1KI.9.9] And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore Jehovah has brought all this evil upon them.
[1KI.9.10] And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house
[1KI.9.11] (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
[1KI.9.12] And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they did not please him.
[1KI.9.13] And he said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul, to this day.
[1KI.9.14] And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
[1KI.9.15] And this is the account of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
[1KI.9.16] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
[1KI.9.17] And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the lower,
[1KI.9.18] and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,
[1KI.9.19] and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and what Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
[1KI.9.20] As for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel;
[1KI.9.21] their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able to utterly destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.
[1KI.9.22] But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
[1KI.9.23] These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who bore rule over the people that labored in the work.
[1KI.9.24] But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
[1KI.9.25] And three times a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built to Jehovah, burning incense upon the altar that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house.
[1KI.9.26] And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
[1KI.9.27] And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
[1KI.9.28] And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
[1KI.10.1] Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to test him with hard questions.
[1KI.10.2] And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
[1KI.10.3] And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king which he told her not.
[1KI.10.4] And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
[1KI.10.5] and the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.
[1KI.10.6] And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
[1KI.10.7] However I did not believe the words, until I came and my eyes had seen it; and behold, the half was not told me: your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.
[1KI.10.8] Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
[1KI.10.9] Blessed be Jehovah your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel; because Jehovah loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.
[1KI.10.10] And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great amount, and precious stones; there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
[1KI.10.11] And the navy also of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.
[1KI.10.12] And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers; there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, to this day.
[1KI.10.13] And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
[1KI.10.14] Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
[1KI.10.15] besides what came of the merchants, and of the traffic of the traders, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country.
[1KI.10.16] And King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.
[1KI.10.17] And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
[1KI.10.18] Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
[1KI.10.19] There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
[1KI.10.20] And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
[1KI.10.21] And all King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
[1KI.10.22] For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years the navy of Tarshish came, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
[1KI.10.23] So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
[1KI.10.24] And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
[1KI.10.25] And they brought every man his gift, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
[1KI.10.26] And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen; and he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
[1KI.10.27] And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
[1KI.10.28] And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
[1KI.10.29] And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.
[1KI.11.1] Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, in addition to the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
[1KI.11.2] from the nations of whom Jehovah had said to the children of Israel, You will not go among them, neither shall they come in to you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon joined to these in love.
[1KI.11.3] And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
[1KI.11.4] For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
[1KI.11.5] For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
[1KI.11.6] And Solomon did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and did not fully follow Jehovah, as did David his father.
[1KI.11.7] Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
[1KI.11.8] And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
[1KI.11.9] And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
[1KI.11.10] and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he did not keep that which Jehovah commanded.
[1KI.11.11] Therefore Jehovah said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.
[1KI.11.12] Nevertheless in your days I will not do it, for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
[1KI.11.13] However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
[1KI.11.14] And Jehovah raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
[1KI.11.15] For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
[1KI.11.16] (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);
[1KI.11.17] that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
[1KI.11.18] And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land.
[1KI.11.19] And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
[1KI.11.20] And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.
[1KI.11.21] And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.
[1KI.11.22] Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me, that, look, you seek to go to your own country? And he answered, Nothing: however only let me depart.
[1KI.11.23] And God raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
[1KI.11.24] And he gathered men to him, and became captain over a troop, when David killed them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and lived there, and reigned in Damascus.
[1KI.11.25] And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
[1KI.11.26] And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.
[1KI.11.27] And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of the city of David his father.
[1KI.11.28] And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
[1KI.11.29] And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the way; now Ahijah had clothed himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
[1KI.11.30] And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
[1KI.11.31] And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces; for thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Look, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
[1KI.11.32] (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
[1KI.11.33] because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my ordinances, as did David his father.
[1KI.11.34] However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
[1KI.11.35] but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes.
[1KI.11.36] And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
[1KI.11.37] And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.
[1KI.11.38] And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
[1KI.11.39] And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.
[1KI.11.40] Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
[1KI.11.41] Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
[1KI.11.42] And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
[1KI.11.43] And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.12.1] And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
[1KI.12.2] And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt,
[1KI.12.3] and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
[1KI.12.4] Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.
[1KI.12.5] And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come back to me. And the people departed.
[1KI.12.6] And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do you advise that I may answer this people?
[1KI.12.7] And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.
[1KI.12.8] But he abandoned the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had grown up with him, that stood before him.
[1KI.12.9] And he said to them, What counsel do you give, that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?
[1KI.12.10] And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you say to this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us; thus shall you speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.
[1KI.12.11] And now whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.
[1KI.12.12] So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had ordered, saying, Come back to me the third day.
[1KI.12.13] And the king answered the people harshly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
[1KI.12.14] and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.
[1KI.12.15] So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn of events brought about by Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
[1KI.12.16] And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.
[1KI.12.17] But as for the sons of Israel that lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
[1KI.12.18] Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, so that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
[1KI.12.19] So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
[1KI.12.20] And it happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
[1KI.12.21] And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
[1KI.12.22] But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
[1KI.12.23] Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
[1KI.12.24] Thus says Jehovah, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. So they listened to the word of Jehovah, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Jehovah.
[1KI.12.25] Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.
[1KI.12.26] And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will return to the house of David:
[1KI.12.27] if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people return to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
[1KI.12.28] Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: look, your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
[1KI.12.29] And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
[1KI.12.30] And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan.
[1KI.12.31] And he made a house of high places, and made priests from the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
[1KI.12.32] And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
[1KI.12.33] And he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar, to burn incense.
[1KI.13.1] And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of Jehovah to Bethel; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.
[1KI.13.2] And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, Altar, altar, thus says Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon you, and men's bones shall be burned upon you.
[1KI.13.3] And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
[1KI.13.4] And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to him again.
[1KI.13.5] The altar also was torn, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah.
[1KI.13.6] And the king answered and said to the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Jehovah your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me again. And the man of God entreated Jehovah, and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before.
[1KI.13.7] And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.
[1KI.13.8] And the man of God said to the king, If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
[1KI.13.9] for it was charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.
[1KI.13.10] So he went another way, and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.
[1KI.13.11] Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them also they told to their father.
[1KI.13.12] And their father said to them, What way did he go? Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah.
[1KI.13.13] And he said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode on it.
[1KI.13.14] And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.
[1KI.13.15] Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
[1KI.13.16] And he said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place;
[1KI.13.17] for it was said to me by the word of Jehovah, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.
[1KI.13.18] And he said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.
[1KI.13.19] So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
[1KI.13.20] And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came to the prophet that brought him back;
[1KI.13.21] and he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus says Jehovah, Forasmuch as you have been disobedient to the mouth of Jehovah, and have not kept the commandment which Jehovah your God commanded you,
[1KI.13.22] but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
[1KI.13.23] And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
[1KI.13.24] And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and killed him: and his body was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.
[1KI.13.25] And behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
[1KI.13.26] And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke to him.
[1KI.13.27] And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled it.
[1KI.13.28] And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the donkey.
[1KI.13.29] And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the donkey, and brought it back: and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn and to bury him.
[1KI.13.30] And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
[1KI.13.31] And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the grave wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
[1KI.13.32] For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
[1KI.13.33] After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
[1KI.13.34] And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from the face of the earth.
[1KI.14.1] At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
[1KI.14.2] And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, please, and disguise yourself, that you won't be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spoke concerning me that I should be king over this people.
[1KI.14.3] And take in your hand ten loaves, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what will become of the child.
[1KI.14.4] And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah couldn't see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
[1KI.14.5] And Jehovah said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus will you say to her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.
[1KI.14.6] And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, he said, Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another? For I am sent to you with heavy news.
[1KI.14.7] Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,
[1KI.14.8] and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you, and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in my eyes,
[1KI.14.9] but have done evil above all that were before you, and have gone and made other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back,
[1KI.14.10] therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, till it is all gone.
[1KI.14.11] He who dies of Jeroboam in the city, the dogs will eat; and he who dies in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat: for Jehovah has spoken it.
[1KI.14.12] Arise therefore, get to your house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child will die.
[1KI.14.13] And all Israel will mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
[1KI.14.14] Moreover Jehovah will raise up a king over Israel, who will cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? Even now.
[1KI.14.15] For Jehovah will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Jehovah to anger.
[1KI.14.16] And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he has sinned, and with which he has made Israel to sin.
[1KI.14.17] And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
[1KI.14.18] And all Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
[1KI.14.19] And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[1KI.14.20] And the days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.14.21] And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
[1KI.14.22] And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
[1KI.14.23] For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;
[1KI.14.24] and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the sons of Israel.
[1KI.14.25] And it happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
[1KI.14.26] and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away everything: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
[1KI.14.27] And king Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
[1KI.14.28] And it was so, that as often as the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guard carried them, and brought them back into the guard-room.
[1KI.14.29] Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[1KI.14.30] And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
[1KI.14.31] And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.15.1] Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
[1KI.15.2] Three years he reigned in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
[1KI.15.3] And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father.
[1KI.15.4] Nevertheless for David's sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
[1KI.15.5] because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
[1KI.15.6] Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
[1KI.15.7] And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
[1KI.15.8] And Abijam died; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.15.9] And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.
[1KI.15.10] And forty-one years he reigned in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
[1KI.15.11] And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father.
[1KI.15.12] And he put away the male prostitutes out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
[1KI.15.13] And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
[1KI.15.14] But the high places were not removed: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days.
[1KI.15.15] And he brought into the house of Jehovah the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
[1KI.15.16] And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
[1KI.15.17] And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
[1KI.15.18] Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
[1KI.15.19] There is a league between me and you, between my father and your father: see, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
[1KI.15.20] And Ben-hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
[1KI.15.21] And it happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
[1KI.15.22] Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
[1KI.15.23] Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
[1KI.15.24] And Asa died, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.15.25] And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.
[1KI.15.26] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
[1KI.15.27] And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
[1KI.15.28] Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his place.
[1KI.15.29] And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam: he did not leave to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Jehovah, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;
[1KI.15.30] for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger.
[1KI.15.31] Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[1KI.15.32] And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
[1KI.15.33] In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, for twenty-four years.
[1KI.15.34] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.
[1KI.16.1] And the word of Jehovah came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
[1KI.16.2] Because I raised you up out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
[1KI.16.3] behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
[1KI.16.4] Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and anyone of his who dies in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat.
[1KI.16.5] Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[1KI.16.6] And Baasha slept with his ancestors, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.16.7] Moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Jehovah against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he destroyed it.
[1KI.16.8] In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years.
[1KI.16.9] And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:
[1KI.16.10] and Zimri went in and struck him, and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
[1KI.16.11] And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he killed all the house of Baasha: he left not a single male, neither of his relatives, nor of his friends.
[1KI.16.12] Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
[1KI.16.13] for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and with which they made Israel sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
[1KI.16.14] Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[1KI.16.15] In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
[1KI.16.16] And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired, and has also killed the king: therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
[1KI.16.17] And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
[1KI.16.18] And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
[1KI.16.19] for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel sin.
[1KI.16.20] Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[1KI.16.21] Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
[1KI.16.22] But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
[1KI.16.23] In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, and reigned twelve years: six years he reigned in Tirzah.
[1KI.16.24] And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.
[1KI.16.25] And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him.
[1KI.16.26] For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
[1KI.16.27] Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[1KI.16.28] So Omri slept with his ancestors, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.16.29] And in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
[1KI.16.30] And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.
[1KI.16.31] And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
[1KI.16.32] And he raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
[1KI.16.33] And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
[1KI.16.34] In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation of it with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates of it with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
[1KI.17.1] And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
[1KI.17.2] The word of Jehovah came to him, saying,
[1KI.17.3] Depart from here, and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
[1KI.17.4] And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
[1KI.17.5] So he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
[1KI.17.6] And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
[1KI.17.7] It came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
[1KI.17.8] The word of Jehovah came to him, saying,
[1KI.17.9] Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.
[1KI.17.10] So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I ask you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
[1KI.17.11] And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I ask you, a morsel of bread in your hand.
[1KI.17.12] And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
[1KI.17.13] Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make for you and for your son.
[1KI.17.14] For thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sends rain on the earth.
[1KI.17.15] She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
[1KI.17.16] The jar of meal did not waste, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke by Elijah.
[1KI.17.17] It came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.
[1KI.17.18] She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!
[1KI.17.19] He said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed.
[1KI.17.20] And he cried to Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I stay, by slaying her son?
[1KI.17.21] He stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I ask you, let this child's soul come into him again.
[1KI.17.22] Jehovah listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
[1KI.17.23] Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, your son lives.
[1KI.17.24] The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in your mouth is truth.
[1KI.18.1] And it happened after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
[1KI.18.2] And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
[1KI.18.3] And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;
[1KI.18.4] for it happened, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.
[1KI.18.5] And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks; maybe we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
[1KI.18.6] So they divided the land between them to go through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
[1KI.18.7] And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?
[1KI.18.8] And he answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
[1KI.18.9] And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
[1KI.18.10] As Jehovah your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you; and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they did not find you.
[1KI.18.11] And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
[1KI.18.12] And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry you where I do not know; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me: but I your servant have feared Jehovah from my youth.
[1KI.18.13] Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
[1KI.18.14] And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will kill me.
[1KI.18.15] And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.
[1KI.18.16] So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
[1KI.18.17] And it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?
[1KI.18.18] And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and you have followed the Baals.
[1KI.18.19] Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.
[1KI.18.20] So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
[1KI.18.21] And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? if Jehovah is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.
[1KI.18.22] Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I only, am left a prophet of Jehovah; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
[1KI.18.23] Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it: and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
[1KI.18.24] And you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jehovah: and the God who answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
[1KI.18.25] And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves, and prepare it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.
[1KI.18.26] And they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they jumped around the altar which was made.
[1KI.18.27] And it happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or maybe he sleeps and must be awakened.
[1KI.18.28] And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and spears, until the blood gushed out upon them.
[1KI.18.29] And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
[1KI.18.30] And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah that was thrown down.
[1KI.18.31] And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be your name.
[1KI.18.32] And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench around the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
[1KI.18.33] And he put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.
[1KI.18.34] And he said, Do it the second time; and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time; and they did it the third time.
[1KI.18.35] And the water ran around the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
[1KI.18.36] And it happened at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
[1KI.18.37] Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that you, Jehovah, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.
[1KI.18.38] Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
[1KI.18.39] And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Jehovah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God.
[1KI.18.40] And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
[1KI.18.41] And Elijah said to Ahab, Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of an abundance of rain.
[1KI.18.42] So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
[1KI.18.43] And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
[1KI.18.44] And it happened at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there arises a little cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Make ready your chariot, and get you down, that the rain not stop you.
[1KI.18.45] And it happened in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
[1KI.18.46] and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
[1KI.19.1] And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
[1KI.19.2] Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
[1KI.19.3] And when he saw that, he arose and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
[1KI.19.4] But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
[1KI.19.5] And he lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
[1KI.19.6] And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
[1KI.19.7] And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
[1KI.19.8] And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
[1KI.19.9] And he came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, and he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?
[1KI.19.10] And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
[1KI.19.11] And he said, Go out, and stand on the mount before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake.
[1KI.19.12] And after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire a still small voice.
[1KI.19.13] And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?
[1KI.19.14] And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
[1KI.19.15] And Jehovah said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you come, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
[1KI.19.16] and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.
[1KI.19.17] And it shall come to pass, that him who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu kill; and him who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha kill.
[1KI.19.18] Yet I will leave me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
[1KI.19.19] So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
[1KI.19.20] And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
[1KI.19.21] And he returned from him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
[1KI.20.1] And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
[1KI.20.2] And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him,
[1KI.20.3] Thus says Ben-hadad, Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.
[1KI.20.4] And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to your saying, I am yours, and all that I have.
[1KI.20.5] And the messengers came again, and said, Ben-hadad says thus, I indeed sent to you, saying, You shall deliver to me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;
[1KI.20.6] but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
[1KI.20.7] Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn't withhold from him.
[1KI.20.8] And all the elders and all the people said to him, Don't listen, nor consent.
[1KI.20.9] So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
[1KI.20.10] And Ben-hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
[1KI.20.11] And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his armor boast as he that takes it off.
[1KI.20.12] And it happened, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the booths, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
[1KI.20.13] And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says Jehovah, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[1KI.20.14] And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus says Jehovah, By the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? And he answered, You.
[1KI.20.15] Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
[1KI.20.16] And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.
[1KI.20.17] And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.
[1KI.20.18] And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.
[1KI.20.19] So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
[1KI.20.20] And they killed every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
[1KI.20.21] And the king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
[1KI.20.22] And the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.
[1KI.20.23] And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
[1KI.20.24] And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place;
[1KI.20.25] and number a army, like the army that you have destroyed, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he listened to their voice, and did so.
[1KI.20.26] And it happened at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
[1KI.20.27] And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all prepared, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
[1KI.20.28] And a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Jehovah, Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[1KI.20.29] And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
[1KI.20.30] But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
[1KI.20.31] And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, please, put sackcloth on our waists, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save your life.
[1KI.20.32] So they put sackcloth on their waists, and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Please, let me live. And he said, Is he still alive? he is my brother.
[1KI.20.33] Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to capture whether it was his mind; and they said, Your brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
[1KI.20.34] And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I, said Ahab, will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
[1KI.20.35] And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of Jehovah, Strike me, please. And the man refused to strike him.
[1KI.20.36] Then he said to him, Because you haven't obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion shall kill you. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.
[1KI.20.37] Then he found another man, and said, Strike me, please. And the man struck him, smiting and wounding him.
[1KI.20.38] So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a headband over his eyes.
[1KI.20.39] And as the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he is missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.
[1KI.20.40] And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.
[1KI.20.41] And he hastily took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets.
[1KI.20.42] And he said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
[1KI.20.43] And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
[1KI.21.1] And it happened after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
[1KI.21.2] And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it is good in your eyes, I will give you the worth of it in money.
[1KI.21.3] And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give you the inheritance of my ancestors.
[1KI.21.4] And Ahab came into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food.
[1KI.21.5] But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sullen, that you eat no food?
[1KI.21.6] And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard.
[1KI.21.7] And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat food, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
[1KI.21.8] So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, living with Naboth.
[1KI.21.9] And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
[1KI.21.10] and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You cursed God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him so that he dies.
[1KI.21.11] And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
[1KI.21.12] They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
[1KI.21.13] And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base men testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
[1KI.21.14] Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
[1KI.21.15] And it happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
[1KI.21.16] And it happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
[1KI.21.17] And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
[1KI.21.18] Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: look, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.
[1KI.21.19] And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Jehovah, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours.
[1KI.21.20] And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, my enemy? And he answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of Jehovah.
[1KI.21.21] Look, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab every male, and he that is shut up and he that is left at large in Israel:
[1KI.21.22] and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation by which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.
[1KI.21.23] And concerning Jezebel Jehovah also spoke, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
[1KI.21.24] The dogs shall eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the heavens shall eat he who dies in the field.
[1KI.21.25] (But there was none like Ahab, who did sell himself to do what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
[1KI.21.26] And he acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.)
[1KI.21.27] And it happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
[1KI.21.28] And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
[1KI.21.29] See how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house.
[1KI.22.1] And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
[1KI.22.2] And it happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
[1KI.22.3] And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we remain still, and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
[1KI.22.4] And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
[1KI.22.5] And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of Jehovah.
[1KI.22.6] Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Should I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or should I refrain? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
[1KI.22.7] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we might inquire of him?
[1KI.22.8] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah: but I hate him; for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil: he is Micaiah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Do not let the king say so.
[1KI.22.9] Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.
[1KI.22.10] Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a threshing-floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
[1KI.22.11] And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron, and said, Thus says Jehovah, With these you will push the Syrians, until they are destroyed.
[1KI.22.12] And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king.
[1KI.22.13] And the messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: let your word, I ask you, be like the word of one of them, and speak good.
[1KI.22.14] And Micaiah said, As Jehovah lives, what Jehovah says to me, that will I speak.
[1KI.22.15] And when he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or should we refrain? And he answered him, Go up and prosper; and Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king.
[1KI.22.16] And the king said to him, How many times must I tell you that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?
[1KI.22.17] And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.
[1KI.22.18] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
[1KI.22.19] And Micaiah said, Therefore hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
[1KI.22.20] And Jehovah said, Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said this, and another said that.
[1KI.22.21] And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him.
[1KI.22.22] And Jehovah said to him, How? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You will entice him, and you will also prevail: go forth, and do so.
[1KI.22.23] Now therefore, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning you.
[1KI.22.24] Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of Jehovah go from me to speak to you?
[1KI.22.25] And Micaiah said, Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
[1KI.22.26] And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
[1KI.22.27] and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
[1KI.22.28] And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, all you people.
[1KI.22.29] So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
[1KI.22.30] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but you put on your robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
[1KI.22.31] Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, only with the king of Israel.
[1KI.22.32] And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
[1KI.22.33] And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
[1KI.22.34] And a certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am severely wounded.
[1KI.22.35] And the battle increased that day; and the king was held up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at evening; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
[1KI.22.36] And there went a cry throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country.
[1KI.22.37] So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
[1KI.22.38] And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots washed themselves there); according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke.
[1KI.22.39] Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[1KI.22.40] So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.22.41] And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
[1KI.22.42] Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[1KI.22.43] And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the eyes of Jehovah: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
[1KI.22.44] And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
[1KI.22.45] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he fought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[1KI.22.46] And the remnant of the sodomites who remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
[1KI.22.47] And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
[1KI.22.48] Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they did not go; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
[1KI.22.49] Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
[1KI.22.50] And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.22.51] Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.
[1KI.22.52] And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, by which he made Israel to sin.
[1KI.22.53] And he served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways his father had done.
[2KI.1.1] And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
[2KI.1.2] Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this illness.
[2KI.1.3] But the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?
[2KI.1.4] Now therefore thus says Jehovah, You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but will surely die. And Elijah departed.
[2KI.1.5] And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it that you have returned?
[2KI.1.6] And they said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but will surely die.
[2KI.1.7] And he said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
[2KI.1.8] And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
[2KI.1.9] Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and behold, he sat on the top of the hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down.
[2KI.1.10] And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
[2KI.1.11] Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, Man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly.
[2KI.1.12] And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
[2KI.1.13] And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.
[2KI.1.14] Behold, fire came down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties: but now let my life be precious in your sight.
[2KI.1.15] And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him: do not be afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king.
[2KI.1.16] And he said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but will surely die.
[2KI.1.17] So he died according to the word of Jehovah which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his place in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
[2KI.1.18] Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.2.1] And it happened, when Jehovah was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
[2KI.2.2] Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, please; for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel. But Elisha said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.
[2KI.2.3] The sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, Do you know that Jehovah will take away your master from you today? And he said, Yes, I know it; keep silent.
[2KI.2.4] Elijah said to him, Elisha, stay here, please; for Jehovah has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho.
[2KI.2.5] The sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, Do you know that Jehovah will take away your master from you today? And he answered, Yes, I know it; keep silent.
[2KI.2.6] Elijah said to him, Stay here, please; for Jehovah has sent me to the Jordan. And he said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And the two of them went on.
[2KI.2.7] Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them at a distance; and the two of them stood by the Jordan.
[2KI.2.8] Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters, so that they were divided this way and that, so the two of them went over on dry ground.
[2KI.2.9] It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Let a double portion of your spirit be on me.
[2KI.2.10] And he said, You have asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.
[2KI.2.11] It happened, as they went on, and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
[2KI.2.12] Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no more; and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
[2KI.2.13] He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
[2KI.2.14] He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? and when he also had struck the waters, they were divided this way and that; and Elisha went over.
[2KI.2.15] When the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho opposite saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
[2KI.2.16] They said to him, See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, please, and seek your master, unless the Spirit of Jehovah has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Do not send them.
[2KI.2.17] When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send them. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but did not find him.
[2KI.2.18] They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, Didn't I tell you, Do not go?
[2KI.2.19] The men of the city said to Elisha, Look, we ask you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
[2KI.2.20] He said, Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.
[2KI.2.21] He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt there, and said, Thus says Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.
[2KI.2.22] So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
[2KI.2.23] He went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young boys came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald head; go up, bald head.
[2KI.2.24] He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And two she-bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of the boys.
[2KI.2.25] He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
[2KI.3.1] Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
[2KI.3.2] And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
[2KI.3.3] Nevertheless he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from them.
[2KI.3.4] Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.
[2KI.3.5] But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
[2KI.3.6] And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
[2KI.3.7] And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.
[2KI.3.8] And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
[2KI.3.9] So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
[2KI.3.10] And the king of Israel said, Alas! for Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
[2KI.3.11] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
[2KI.3.12] And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
[2KI.3.13] And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said to him, No; for Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
[2KI.3.14] And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.
[2KI.3.15] But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.
[2KI.3.16] And he said, Thus says Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches.
[2KI.3.17] For thus says Jehovah, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.
[2KI.3.18] And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
[2KI.3.19] And you shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
[2KI.3.20] And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
[2KI.3.21] Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
[2KI.3.22] And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood:
[2KI.3.23] and they said, This is blood: the kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the plunder.
[2KI.3.24] And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward, striking the Moabites, even in their country.
[2KI.3.25] And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they threw every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and struck it.
[2KI.3.26] And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
[2KI.3.27] Then he took his oldest son, that should have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
[2KI.4.1] Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared Jehovah: and the creditor has come to take my two children to be slaves.
[2KI.4.2] Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me; what do you have in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.
[2KI.4.3] Then he said, Go, borrow containers from all your neighbors, even empty containers; don't borrow just a few.
[2KI.4.4] And you shall go in and shut the door upon you and upon your sons, and pour out into all those containers, and you shall set aside what is full.
[2KI.4.5] So she went from him and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the containers to her, and she poured out.
[2KI.4.6] And it came to pass, when the containers were full, that she said to her son, Bring me another container. And he said to her, There isn't another container. And the oil stopped.
[2KI.4.7] Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and you and your sons live on the rest.
[2KI.4.8] And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where there was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
[2KI.4.9] She said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
[2KI.4.10] Let us make a little chamber, I pray you, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there.
[2KI.4.11] And it happened one day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
[2KI.4.12] And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
[2KI.4.13] He said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army? And she answered, I dwell among my own people.
[2KI.4.14] And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no child, and her husband is old.
[2KI.4.15] He said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
[2KI.4.16] And he said, At this season, when the time comes around, you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.
[2KI.4.17] And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
[2KI.4.18] When the child was grown, it happened one day that he went out to his father to the reapers.
[2KI.4.19] He said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
[2KI.4.20] When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
[2KI.4.21] She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
[2KI.4.22] And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come back.
[2KI.4.23] He said, Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
[2KI.4.24] Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; don't slacken your riding for me, unless I tell you.
[2KI.4.25] So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:
[2KI.4.26] Run now, I pray you, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
[2KI.4.27] When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
[2KI.4.28] Then she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?
[2KI.4.29] Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, do not greet him; and if any greet you, do not answer him again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
[2KI.4.30] And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose, and followed her.
[2KI.4.31] Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.
[2KI.4.32] When Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
[2KI.4.33] He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them both, and prayed to Jehovah.
[2KI.4.34] He went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon him; and the flesh of the child grew warm.
[2KI.4.35] Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
[2KI.4.36] He called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, Take up your son.
[2KI.4.37] Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
[2KI.4.38] And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
[2KI.4.39] One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered wild gourds from it, his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they did not know them.
[2KI.4.40] So they poured out for the men to eat. And it happened, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, Man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat from it.
[2KI.4.41] But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
[2KI.4.42] And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his bag. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.
[2KI.4.43] His servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus says Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall have left over.
[2KI.4.44] So he set it before them, and they ate, and had left over, according to the word of Jehovah.
[2KI.5.1] Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
[2KI.5.2] And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little girl; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
[2KI.5.3] And she said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! Then he would recover him of his leprosy.
[2KI.5.4] And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the girl that is from the land of Israel.
[2KI.5.5] And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
[2KI.5.6] And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now when this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy.
[2KI.5.7] And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to recover a man of his leprosy? But consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.
[2KI.5.8] And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
[2KI.5.9] So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
[2KI.5.10] And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.
[2KI.5.11] But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
[2KI.5.12] Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
[2KI.5.13] And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much rather then, when he said to you, Wash, and be clean?
[2KI.5.14] Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like to the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
[2KI.5.15] And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I ask you, take a blessing of your servant.
[2KI.5.16] But he said, As Jehovah lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
[2KI.5.17] And Naaman said, If not, yet, please let there be given to your servant two mules' burden of earth; for your servant will hereafter offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah.
[2KI.5.18] In this thing Jehovah pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon your servant in this thing.
[2KI.5.19] And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
[2KI.5.20] But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands what he brought: as Jehovah lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.
[2KI.5.21] So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
[2KI.5.22] And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, please, a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.
[2KI.5.23] And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
[2KI.5.24] And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and deposited them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
[2KI.5.25] But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where did you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.
[2KI.5.26] And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants?
[2KI.5.27] The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
[2KI.6.1] And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us.
[2KI.6.2] Let us go, we pray you, to the Jordan, and each of us take there a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go.
[2KI.6.3] And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.
[2KI.6.4] So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
[2KI.6.5] But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
[2KI.6.6] And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and threw it in there, and made the iron float.
[2KI.6.7] And he said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.
[2KI.6.8] Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
[2KI.6.9] And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place; for there the Syrians are coming down.
[2KI.6.10] And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
[2KI.6.11] And the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
[2KI.6.12] And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.
[2KI.6.13] And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and capture him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
[2KI.6.14] Therefore he sent there horses, and chariots, and a great army: and they came by night, and surrounded the city.
[2KI.6.15] And when the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?
[2KI.6.16] And he answered, Fear not; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
[2KI.6.17] And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray you, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
[2KI.6.18] And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Jehovah, and said, Strike this people, I pray you, with blindness. And he struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
[2KI.6.19] And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. And he led them to Samaria.
[2KI.6.20] And it came to pass, when they had come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Jehovah, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And Jehovah opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the middle of Samaria.
[2KI.6.21] And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I strike them? shall I strike them?
[2KI.6.22] And he answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
[2KI.6.23] And he prepared great provisions for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
[2KI.6.24] And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
[2KI.6.25] And there was a great famine in Samaria: and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
[2KI.6.26] And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
[2KI.6.27] And he said, If Jehovah does not help you, from where shall I help you? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?
[2KI.6.28] And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
[2KI.6.29] So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him; and she has hidden her son.
[2KI.6.30] And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh.
[2KI.6.31] Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
[2KI.6.32] But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head: look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
[2KI.6.33] And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is from Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
[2KI.7.1] And Elisha said, Hear the word of Jehovah: thus says Jehovah, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
[2KI.7.2] Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, could this thing happen? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
[2KI.7.3] Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?
[2KI.7.4] If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the camp of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
[2KI.7.5] And they rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
[2KI.7.6] For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
[2KI.7.7] Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
[2KI.7.8] And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried from there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried also from there, and went and hid it.
[2KI.7.9] Then they said one to another, We are not doing right: this day is a day of good news, and we hold our peace; if we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us: now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.
[2KI.7.10] So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
[2KI.7.11] And he called the gatekeepers; and they told it to the king's household.
[2KI.7.12] And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall capture them alive, and get into the city.
[2KI.7.13] And one of his servants answered and said, Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let us send and see.
[2KI.7.14] They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
[2KI.7.15] And they went after them to the Jordan: and behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their flight. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
[2KI.7.16] And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.
[2KI.7.17] And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
[2KI.7.18] And it happened, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;
[2KI.7.19] and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, could such a thing happen? and he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it:
[2KI.7.20] it happened like that to him; for the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died.
[2KI.8.1] Now Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay where you can; for Jehovah has called for a famine; and it will also come on the land seven years.
[2KI.8.2] The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.
[2KI.8.3] At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines: and she went to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
[2KI.8.4] Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, please, all the great things that Elisha has done.
[2KI.8.5] It happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
[2KI.8.6] When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
[2KI.8.7] Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God has come here.
[2KI.8.8] The king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Jehovah by him, saying, Will I recover from this sickness?
[2KI.8.9] So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' loads, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Will I recover from this sickness?
[2KI.8.10] Elisha said to him, Go, tell him, You shall surely recover; however Jehovah has shown me that he will surely die.
[2KI.8.11] He settled his eyes steadfastly on him, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
[2KI.8.12] Hazael said, Why are you weeping, my lord? He answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their pregnant women.
[2KI.8.13] Hazael said, But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? Elisha answered, Jehovah has shown me that you will be king over Syria.
[2KI.8.14] Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? He answered, He told me that you would surely recover.
[2KI.8.15] It happened on the next day, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
[2KI.8.16] In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
[2KI.8.17] Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
[2KI.8.18] He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
[2KI.8.19] However Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
[2KI.8.20] In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
[2KI.8.21] Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
[2KI.8.22] So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.
[2KI.8.23] The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.8.24] Joram slept with his ancestors, and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.8.25] In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
[2KI.8.26] Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
[2KI.8.27] He walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
[2KI.8.28] He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
[2KI.8.29] King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
[2KI.9.1] And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Bind up your belt, and take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
[2KI.9.2] And when you arrive there, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner room.
[2KI.9.3] Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus says Jehovah, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and do not wait.
[2KI.9.4] So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
[2KI.9.5] And when he arrived, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have a word for you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of all us? And he said, To you, O captain.
[2KI.9.6] And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Jehovah, even over Israel.
[2KI.9.7] And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel.
[2KI.9.8] For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab everyone that urinates against a wall, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.
[2KI.9.9] And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.
[2KI.9.10] And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
[2KI.9.11] Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? Why did this madman come to you? And he said to them, You know the man and his communication.
[2KI.9.12] And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I have anointed you king over Israel.
[2KI.9.13] Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the bare steps, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.
[2KI.9.14] So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
[2KI.9.15] but king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this is your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city to go tell it in Jezreel.
[2KI.9.16] So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
[2KI.9.17] Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is all well?
[2KI.9.18] So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is all well? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? Turn around behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he does not return.
[2KI.9.19] Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is all well? And Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? Turn around behind me.
[2KI.9.20] And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and does not return: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.
[2KI.9.21] And Joram said, Make ready. And they made ready his chariot. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
[2KI.9.22] And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
[2KI.9.23] And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
[2KI.9.24] And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
[2KI.9.25] Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take him up, and throw him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, Jehovah laid this burden on him:
[2KI.9.26] Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says Jehovah; and I will repay you in this plot, says Jehovah. Now therefore take and throw him in the plot of ground, according to the word of Jehovah.
[2KI.9.27] But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued after him, and said, Strike him also in the chariot: and they struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
[2KI.9.28] And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
[2KI.9.29] And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
[2KI.9.30] And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out the window.
[2KI.9.31] And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, you Zimri, your master's murderer?
[2KI.9.32] And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
[2KI.9.33] And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot.
[2KI.9.34] And when he was come in, he ate and drank; and he said, Look now after this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.
[2KI.9.35] And they went to bury her; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
[2KI.9.36] Therefore they came back, and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;
[2KI.9.37] and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
[2KI.10.1] Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to those who were rearing Ahab's sons, saying,
[2KI.10.2] And now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master's sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor,
[2KI.10.3] select the best and most suitable of your master's sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master's house.
[2KI.10.4] But they were exceedingly afraid and said, Behold, the two kings could not stand before him: how then shall we stand?
[2KI.10.5] And he who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and those who brought up the children sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do all that you tell us; we will not make any king: do what is good in your eyes.
[2KI.10.6] Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will obey my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who reared them.
[2KI.10.7] And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.
[2KI.10.8] And there came a messenger and told him, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
[2KI.10.9] And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him; but who killed all these?
[2KI.10.10] Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah spoke concerning the house of Ahab: for Jehovah has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.
[2KI.10.11] So Jehu struck all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his close friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
[2KI.10.12] And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house of the shepherds in the way,
[2KI.10.13] Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah; and we have come down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.
[2KI.10.14] And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, forty-two men; neither did he leave any of them.
[2KI.10.15] And when he departed from there, he found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it is, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
[2KI.10.16] And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.
[2KI.10.17] And when he came to Samaria, he struck all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke to Elijah.
[2KI.10.18] And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.
[2KI.10.19] Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be lacking: for I have a great sacrifice to Baal; whoever shall be missing, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in deceit, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
[2KI.10.20] And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
[2KI.10.21] And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that did not come. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.
[2KI.10.22] And he said to him that was over the wardrobe, Bring out robes for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them out robes.
[2KI.10.23] And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and see that there are here with you none of the servants of Jehovah, but the worshippers of Baal only.
[2KI.10.24] And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings. Now Jehu had appointed for him eighty men outside, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
[2KI.10.25] And it came to pass, as soon as he had finished offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and kill them; let none escape. And they struck them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
[2KI.10.26] And they brought out the images that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.
[2KI.10.27] And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
[2KI.10.28] Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
[2KI.10.29] However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu did not depart from after them, to include the golden calves that were in Bethel and that were in Dan.
[2KI.10.30] And Jehovah said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
[2KI.10.31] But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
[2KI.10.32] In those days Jehovah began to cut Israel short: and Hazael struck them in all the borders of Israel;
[2KI.10.33] from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
[2KI.10.34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.10.35] And Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.10.36] And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
[2KI.11.1] Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family.
[2KI.11.2] But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were put to death, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
[2KI.11.3] He was with her hidden in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.
[2KI.11.4] In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and showed them the king's son.
[2KI.11.5] And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the Sabbath, shall keep watch of the king's house;
[2KI.11.6] and a third part shall be at the gate Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guards: so you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.
[2KI.11.7] And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king.
[2KI.11.8] And you shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that comes within the ranks, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.
[2KI.11.9] And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the Sabbath, with those that were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
[2KI.11.10] And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.11.11] And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king.
[2KI.11.12] Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king.
[2KI.11.13] And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah:
[2KI.11.14] and she saw, and look, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! Treason!
[2KI.11.15] And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds that were set over the army, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks; and him that follows her kill with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.11.16] So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there was she slain.
[2KI.11.17] And Jehoiada made a covenant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah's people; between the king also and the people.
[2KI.11.18] And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.11.19] And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
[2KI.11.20] So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And they had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king's house.
[2KI.11.21] Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
[2KI.12.1] In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
[2KI.12.2] And Joash did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
[2KI.12.3] However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
[2KI.12.4] And Joash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of Jehovah, in current money, the money of the persons for whom each is rated, and all the money that it comes into anyone's heart to bring into the house of Jehovah,
[2KI.12.5] let the priests take it to themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach is found.
[2KI.12.6] But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Joash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
[2KI.12.7] Then king Joash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said to them, Why do you not repair the breaches of the house? Now therefore take no money from your acquaintances, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
[2KI.12.8] And the priests consented that they should take no money from the people, nor repair the breaches of the house.
[2KI.12.9] But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah: and the priests who kept the threshold put all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah into it.
[2KI.12.10] And it was, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.12.11] And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah: and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders, who worked upon the house of Jehovah,
[2KI.12.12] and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
[2KI.12.13] But there were not made for the house of Jehovah silver cups, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah;
[2KI.12.14] for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired the house of Jehovah with it.
[2KI.12.15] Moreover they did not make an accounting with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
[2KI.12.16] The money for the trespass offerings, and the money for the sin offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was the priests'.
[2KI.12.17] Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
[2KI.12.18] And Joash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.
[2KI.12.19] Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.12.20] And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
[2KI.12.21] For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.13.1] In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
[2KI.13.2] And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.
[2KI.13.3] And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, the whole time.
[2KI.13.4] And Jehoahaz sought Jehovah, and Jehovah listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
[2KI.13.5] (And Jehovah gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
[2KI.13.6] Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked in them: and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)
[2KI.13.7] For he did not leave to Jehoahaz of the people more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
[2KI.13.8] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.13.9] And Jehoahaz slept with his ancestors; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.13.10] In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
[2KI.13.11] And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin; but he walked in them.
[2KI.13.12] Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.13.13] And Joash slept with his ancestors; and Jeroboam sat on his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
[2KI.13.14] Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!
[2KI.13.15] And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows; and he took to him bow and arrows.
[2KI.13.16] And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand upon the bow; and he put his hand upon it. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands.
[2KI.13.17] And he said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. And he said, Jehovah's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, till you have consumed them.
[2KI.13.18] And he said, Take the arrows; and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Strike upon the ground; and he struck three times, and stayed.
[2KI.13.19] And the man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times: then you would have struck Syria till you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but three times.
[2KI.13.20] And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
[2KI.13.21] And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they saw a band; and they cast the man into the grave of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
[2KI.13.22] And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
[2KI.13.23] But Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast them from his presence as yet.
[2KI.13.24] And Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.13.25] And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times Joash struck him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
[2KI.14.1] In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign.
[2KI.14.2] He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.
[2KI.14.3] He did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father: he did according to all that Joash his father had done.
[2KI.14.4] However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
[2KI.14.5] And as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, he killed his servants that had slain the king his father:
[2KI.14.6] but the children of the murderers he did not put to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
[2KI.14.7] He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, to this day.
[2KI.14.8] Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
[2KI.14.9] And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as a wife: and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon, and trampled down the thistle.
[2KI.14.10] You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: glory in this, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
[2KI.14.11] But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
[2KI.14.12] And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
[2KI.14.13] And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
[2KI.14.14] And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
[2KI.14.15] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.14.16] And Jehoash slept with his ancestors, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.14.17] And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
[2KI.14.18] Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.14.19] And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
[2KI.14.20] And they brought him on horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.
[2KI.14.21] And all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
[2KI.14.22] He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his ancestors.
[2KI.14.23] In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.
[2KI.14.24] And he did what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah: he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin.
[2KI.14.25] He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.
[2KI.14.26] For Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at liberty, nor any helper for Israel.
[2KI.14.27] And Jehovah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
[2KI.14.28] Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he restored Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, to Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.14.29] And Jeroboam slept with his ancestors, the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.1] In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
[2KI.15.2] He was sixteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem.
[2KI.15.3] And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
[2KI.15.4] However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
[2KI.15.5] And Jehovah afflicted the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.
[2KI.15.6] Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.15.7] And Azariah slept with his ancestors; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.8] In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
[2KI.15.9] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
[2KI.15.10] And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.11] Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[2KI.15.12] This was the word of Jehovah which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. And so it happened.
[2KI.15.13] Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
[2KI.15.14] And Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.15] Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[2KI.15.16] Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all that were in it, and its borders, from Tirzah: because they did not open to him, he struck it; and all the women in it that were with child he ripped up.
[2KI.15.17] In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and he reigned ten years in Samaria.
[2KI.15.18] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
[2KI.15.19] And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
[2KI.15.20] And Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and did not stay there in the land.
[2KI.15.21] Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.15.22] And Menahem slept with his ancestors; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.23] In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
[2KI.15.24] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
[2KI.15.25] And Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.26] Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[2KI.15.27] In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
[2KI.15.28] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
[2KI.15.29] In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
[2KI.15.30] And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
[2KI.15.31] Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[2KI.15.32] In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
[2KI.15.33] He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.
[2KI.15.34] And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
[2KI.15.35] However the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.15.36] Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.15.37] In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
[2KI.15.38] And Jotham slept with his ancestors, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his ancestor: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.16.1] In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
[2KI.16.2] Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not do what was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like David his father.
[2KI.16.3] But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel.
[2KI.16.4] And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
[2KI.16.5] Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
[2KI.16.6] At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.
[2KI.16.7] So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
[2KI.16.8] And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
[2KI.16.9] And the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
[2KI.16.10] And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all its workmanship.
[2KI.16.11] And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it for the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus.
[2KI.16.12] And when the king had come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered on it.
[2KI.16.13] And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meal-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-offerings, on the altar.
[2KI.16.14] And the bronze altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar.
[2KI.16.15] And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt-offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt-offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the bronze altar will be for me to inquire by.
[2KI.16.16] Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
[2KI.16.17] And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
[2KI.16.18] And the covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, he turned to the house of Jehovah, because of the king of Assyria.
[2KI.16.19] Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.16.20] And Ahaz slept with his ancestors, and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.17.1] In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.
[2KI.17.2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
[2KI.17.3] Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
[2KI.17.4] And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
[2KI.17.5] Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
[2KI.17.6] In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
[2KI.17.7] And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
[2KI.17.8] and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.
[2KI.17.9] And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God; and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
[2KI.17.10] and they set themselves up pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree;
[2KI.17.11] and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;
[2KI.17.12] and they served idols, whereof Jehovah had said to them, You shall not do this thing.
[2KI.17.13] Yet Jehovah testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
[2KI.17.14] Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in Jehovah their God.
[2KI.17.15] And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were around them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.
[2KI.17.16] And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
[2KI.17.17] And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
[2KI.17.18] Therefore Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
[2KI.17.19] Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
[2KI.17.20] And Jehovah rejected all the descendants of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
[2KI.17.21] For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.
[2KI.17.22] And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
[2KI.17.23] until Jehovah removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
[2KI.17.24] And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.
[2KI.17.25] And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
[2KI.17.26] Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they know not the manner of the god of the land.
[2KI.17.27] Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and live there, and let him teach them the manner of the god of the land.
[2KI.17.28] So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah.
[2KI.17.29] However, every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities where they lived.
[2KI.17.30] And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
[2KI.17.31] and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
[2KI.17.32] So they feared Jehovah, and made to themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
[2KI.17.33] They feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
[2KI.17.34] To this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which Jehovah commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
[2KI.17.35] with whom Jehovah had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
[2KI.17.36] but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and to him shall you bow yourselves, and to him shall you sacrifice:
[2KI.17.37] and the statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever more; and you shall not fear other gods:
[2KI.17.38] and the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods:
[2KI.17.39] but you shall fear Jehovah your God, and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
[2KI.17.40] However, they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.
[2KI.17.41] So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.
[2KI.18.1] Now it happened in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
[2KI.18.2] He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
[2KI.18.3] And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his ancestor had done.
[2KI.18.4] He removed the high places, broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for up to those days the children of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
[2KI.18.5] He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.
[2KI.18.6] For he clung to Jehovah; he did not cease from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses.
[2KI.18.7] And Jehovah was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered; and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and did not serve him.
[2KI.18.8] He struck the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
[2KI.18.9] And it happened in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.
[2KI.18.10] And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
[2KI.18.11] And the king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
[2KI.18.12] because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, but violated his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded, and would not listen or do them.
[2KI.18.13] Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.
[2KI.18.14] And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria required from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
[2KI.18.15] And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house.
[2KI.18.16] At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
[2KI.18.17] And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. And they went up and arrived at Jerusalem. And when they had come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the way of the fuller's field.
[2KI.18.18] And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
[2KI.18.19] And Rabshakeh said to them, Now say to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust?
[2KI.18.20] You say (but they are but vain words), There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
[2KI.18.21] Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
[2KI.18.22] But if you say to me, We trust in Jehovah our God: is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
[2KI.18.23] Now therefore, I pray you, make an agreement with my lord the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
[2KI.18.24] How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
[2KI.18.25] Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
[2KI.18.26] Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah and Joah, to Rabshakeh, We pray you, speak to your servants in the Aramaic language, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
[2KI.18.27] But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?
[2KI.18.28] Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
[2KI.18.29] Thus says the king, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand.
[2KI.18.30] Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
[2KI.18.31] Do not listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me, and come out to me; and eat every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink every one the water of his own cistern;
[2KI.18.32] until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live, and not die: and do not listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.
[2KI.18.33] Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
[2KI.18.34] Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
[2KI.18.35] Who are there among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
[2KI.18.36] But the people held their peace, and did not answer him a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Do not answer him.
[2KI.18.37] Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
[2KI.19.1] And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.19.2] And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
[2KI.19.3] And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
[2KI.19.4] It may be Jehovah your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah your God has heard: therefore, lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
[2KI.19.5] So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
[2KI.19.6] And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says Jehovah, Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
[2KI.19.7] Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
[2KI.19.8] So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
[2KI.19.9] And when he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
[2KI.19.10] Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
[2KI.19.11] Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shall you be delivered?
[2KI.19.12] Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?
[2KI.19.13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
[2KI.19.14] And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
[2KI.19.15] And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah the God of Israel, that dwell between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
[2KI.19.16] Incline your ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open your eyes, O Jehovah, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to taunt the living God.
[2KI.19.17] Truly, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
[2KI.19.18] and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
[2KI.19.19] Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us, I beseech you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Jehovah are God alone.
[2KI.19.20] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.
[2KI.19.21] This is the word that Jehovah has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
[2KI.19.22] Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
[2KI.19.23] By your messengers you have taunted the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir-trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.
[2KI.19.24] I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
[2KI.19.25] Haven't you heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it about, that you should demolish fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
[2KI.19.26] Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.
[2KI.19.27] But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against me.
[2KI.19.28] Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
[2KI.19.29] And this shall be the sign to you: you shall eat this year what grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
[2KI.19.30] And the remnant that has escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
[2KI.19.31] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion they that escape: the zeal of Jehovah shall perform this.
[2KI.19.32] Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
[2KI.19.33] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Jehovah.
[2KI.19.34] For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
[2KI.19.35] And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went out, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred eighty-five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
[2KI.19.36] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
[2KI.19.37] And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.20.1] In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.
[2KI.20.2] Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah, saying,
[2KI.20.3] Remember now, O Jehovah, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a whole heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept greatly.
[2KI.20.4] And it came to pass, before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, that the word of Jehovah came to him, saying,
[2KI.20.5] Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says Jehovah, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you will go up to the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.20.6] And I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
[2KI.20.7] And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
[2KI.20.8] And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What will be the sign that Jehovah will heal me, and that I will go up to the house of Jehovah on the third day?
[2KI.20.9] And Isaiah said, This will be the sign to you from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he has spoken: will the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?
[2KI.20.10] And Hezekiah answered, It is a simple thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps, no, but let the shadow go back ten steps.
[2KI.20.11] And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.
[2KI.20.12] At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
[2KI.20.13] And Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his domain, that Hezekiah did not show them.
[2KI.20.14] Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say? and from where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, They have come from a far country, even from Babylon.
[2KI.20.15] And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house they have seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.
[2KI.20.16] And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah.
[2KI.20.17] Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up to this day, will be carried to Babylon: nothing will be left, says Jehovah.
[2KI.20.18] And of your sons that will issue from you, which you will beget, will they take away; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
[2KI.20.19] Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which you have spoken. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth will be in my days?
[2KI.20.20] Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the aqueduct, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.20.21] And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.21.1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah.
[2KI.21.2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.
[2KI.21.3] For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
[2KI.21.4] And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, of which Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
[2KI.21.5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.21.6] And he made his son pass through the fire, and practiced augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with those with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
[2KI.21.7] And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
[2KI.21.8] neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
[2KI.21.9] But they did not listen: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.
[2KI.21.10] And Jehovah spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
[2KI.21.11] Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;
[2KI.21.12] therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.
[2KI.21.13] And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
[2KI.21.14] And I will cast off the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
[2KI.21.15] because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day.
[2KI.21.16] Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
[2KI.21.17] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.21.18] And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.21.19] Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
[2KI.21.20] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done.
[2KI.21.21] And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them:
[2KI.21.22] and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of Jehovah.
[2KI.21.23] And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.
[2KI.21.24] But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
[2KI.21.25] Now the rest of the acts that Amon did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.21.26] And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.22.1] Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
[2KI.22.2] And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
[2KI.22.3] And it happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,
[2KI.22.4] Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the silver which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people:
[2KI.22.5] and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house,
[2KI.22.6] to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
[2KI.22.7] But there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
[2KI.22.8] And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
[2KI.22.9] And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.22.10] And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
[2KI.22.11] And it happened, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.
[2KI.22.12] And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,
[2KI.22.13] Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.
[2KI.22.14] So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.
[2KI.22.15] And she said to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me,
[2KI.22.16] Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.
[2KI.22.17] Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
[2KI.22.18] But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus you shall say to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,
[2KI.22.19] because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Jehovah, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Jehovah.
[2KI.22.20] Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
[2KI.23.1] And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
[2KI.23.2] And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.23.3] And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.
[2KI.23.4] And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
[2KI.23.5] And he put away the idol priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; also those that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
[2KI.23.6] And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
[2KI.23.7] And he broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
[2KI.23.8] And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
[2KI.23.9] Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
[2KI.23.10] And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
[2KI.23.11] And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the officer, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
[2KI.23.12] And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.
[2KI.23.13] And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
[2KI.23.14] And he broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
[2KI.23.15] Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
[2KI.23.16] And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the graves that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the graves, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
[2KI.23.17] Then he said, What is that monument that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the grave of the man of God that came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.
[2KI.23.18] And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
[2KI.23.19] And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Jehovah to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
[2KI.23.20] And he killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men's bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.
[2KI.23.21] And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
[2KI.23.22] Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
[2KI.23.23] but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
[2KI.23.24] Moreover those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might establish the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Jehovah.
[2KI.23.25] And like him was there no king before him, that turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
[2KI.23.26] Nevertheless Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.
[2KI.23.27] And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
[2KI.23.28] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.23.29] In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh-necoh killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
[2KI.23.30] And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own grave. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
[2KI.23.31] Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[2KI.23.32] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.
[2KI.23.33] And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
[2KI.23.34] And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.
[2KI.23.35] And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh-necoh.
[2KI.23.36] Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
[2KI.23.37] And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.
[2KI.24.1] In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
[2KI.24.2] And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
[2KI.24.3] Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
[2KI.24.4] and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
[2KI.24.5] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.24.6] So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.24.7] And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.
[2KI.24.8] Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
[2KI.24.9] And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done.
[2KI.24.10] At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
[2KI.24.11] And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;
[2KI.24.12] and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
[2KI.24.13] And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said.
[2KI.24.14] And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none was left, except the poorest sort of the people of the land.
[2KI.24.15] And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
[2KI.24.16] And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
[2KI.24.17] And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
[2KI.24.18] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[2KI.24.19] And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
[2KI.24.20] For through the anger of Jehovah it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
[2KI.25.1] And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built siege-works all around it.
[2KI.25.2] So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
[2KI.25.3] On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
[2KI.25.4] Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city all around); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
[2KI.25.5] But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
[2KI.25.6] Then they captured the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
[2KI.25.7] And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
[2KI.25.8] Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
[2KI.25.9] He burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, was burned with fire.
[2KI.25.10] And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.
[2KI.25.11] And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and those that deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
[2KI.25.12] But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
[2KI.25.13] And the pillars of bronze that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the bronze to Babylon.
[2KI.25.14] And they took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
[2KI.25.15] And the captain of the guard took the firepans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver.
[2KI.25.16] The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah; the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.
[2KI.25.17] The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze; and like these was the second pillar with network.
[2KI.25.18] And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
[2KI.25.19] and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of those that saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.
[2KI.25.20] And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
[2KI.25.21] And the king of Babylon struck them, and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
[2KI.25.22] And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over them.
[2KI.25.23] Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
[2KI.25.24] And Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, Do not be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.
[2KI.25.25] But it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came, and ten men with him, and struck Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.
[2KI.25.26] And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
[2KI.25.27] And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released from prison Jehoiachin king of Judah;
[2KI.25.28] and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
[2KI.25.29] and changed his prison garments. And he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life;
[2KI.25.30] and his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
[1CH.1.1] Adam, Seth, Enosh,
[1CH.1.2] Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
[1CH.1.3] Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
[1CH.1.4] Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[1CH.1.5] The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
[1CH.1.6] And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.
[1CH.1.7] And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
[1CH.1.8] The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
[1CH.1.9] And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
[1CH.1.10] And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
[1CH.1.11] And Mizraim fathered Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
[1CH.1.12] and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
[1CH.1.13] And Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
[1CH.1.14] and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
[1CH.1.15] and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
[1CH.1.16] and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
[1CH.1.17] The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
[1CH.1.18] And Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
[1CH.1.19] And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
[1CH.1.20] And Joktan fathered Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
[1CH.1.21] and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
[1CH.1.22] and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
[1CH.1.23] and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
[1CH.1.24] Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
[1CH.1.25] Eber, Peleg, Reu,
[1CH.1.26] Serug, Nahor, Terah,
[1CH.1.27] Abram (the same is Abraham).
[1CH.1.28] The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.
[1CH.1.29] These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
[1CH.1.30] Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
[1CH.1.31] Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
[1CH.1.32] And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
[1CH.1.33] And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
[1CH.1.34] And Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
[1CH.1.35] The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
[1CH.1.36] The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
[1CH.1.37] The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
[1CH.1.38] And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
[1CH.1.39] And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.
[1CH.1.40] The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.
[1CH.1.41] The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
[1CH.1.42] The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.
[1CH.1.43] Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
[1CH.1.44] And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
[1CH.1.45] And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
[1CH.1.46] And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
[1CH.1.47] And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
[1CH.1.48] And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place.
[1CH.1.49] And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
[1CH.1.50] And Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
[1CH.1.51] And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,
[1CH.1.52] chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
[1CH.1.53] chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,
[1CH.1.54] chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.
[1CH.2.1] These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
[1CH.2.2] Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[1CH.2.3] The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he put him to death.
[1CH.2.4] And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
[1CH.2.5] The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
[1CH.2.6] And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
[1CH.2.7] And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
[1CH.2.8] And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.
[1CH.2.9] The sons also of Hezron, that were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
[1CH.2.10] And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
[1CH.2.11] and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz,
[1CH.2.12] and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;
[1CH.2.13] and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
[1CH.2.14] Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
[1CH.2.15] Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
[1CH.2.16] and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
[1CH.2.17] And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
[1CH.2.18] And Caleb the son of Hezron begot children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
[1CH.2.19] And Azubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
[1CH.2.20] And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.
[1CH.2.21] And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as a wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
[1CH.2.22] And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
[1CH.2.23] And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
[1CH.2.24] And after Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
[1CH.2.25] And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
[1CH.2.26] And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
[1CH.2.27] And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
[1CH.2.28] And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.
[1CH.2.29] And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban, and Molid.
[1CH.2.30] And the sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children.
[1CH.2.31] And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
[1CH.2.32] And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.
[1CH.2.33] And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
[1CH.2.34] Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
[1CH.2.35] And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife; and she bore him Attai.
[1CH.2.36] And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad,
[1CH.2.37] and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed,
[1CH.2.38] and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah,
[1CH.2.39] and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah,
[1CH.2.40] and Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum,
[1CH.2.41] and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
[1CH.2.42] And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
[1CH.2.43] And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
[1CH.2.44] And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begot Shammai.
[1CH.2.45] And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
[1CH.2.46] And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.
[1CH.2.47] And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
[1CH.2.48] Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
[1CH.2.49] And she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
[1CH.2.50] These were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
[1CH.2.51] Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
[1CH.2.52] And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
[1CH.2.53] And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites, and the Eshtaolites.
[1CH.2.54] The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
[1CH.2.55] And the families of scribes that lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
[1CH.3.1] Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
[1CH.3.2] the third Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith;
[1CH.3.3] the fifth Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth Ithream by Eglah his wife:
[1CH.3.4] six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;
[1CH.3.5] and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;
[1CH.3.6] and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
[1CH.3.7] and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
[1CH.3.8] and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
[1CH.3.9] All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
[1CH.3.10] And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
[1CH.3.11] Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
[1CH.3.12] Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
[1CH.3.13] Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
[1CH.3.14] Amon his son, Josiah his son.
[1CH.3.15] And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
[1CH.3.16] And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
[1CH.3.17] And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
[1CH.3.18] and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah;
[1CH.3.19] and the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;
[1CH.3.20] and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
[1CH.3.21] And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.
[1CH.3.22] And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
[1CH.3.23] And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
[1CH.3.24] And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
[1CH.4.1] The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
[1CH.4.2] And Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath; and Jahath fathered Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
[1CH.4.3] And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;
[1CH.4.4] and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
[1CH.4.5] And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
[1CH.4.6] And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
[1CH.4.7] And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
[1CH.4.8] And Koz fathered Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
[1CH.4.9] And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
[1CH.4.10] And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not grieve me! And God granted him what he requested.
[1CH.4.11] And Chelub the brother of Shuhah fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
[1CH.4.12] And Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
[1CH.4.13] And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
[1CH.4.14] And Meonothai fathered Ophrah: and Seraiah fathered Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
[1CH.4.15] And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.
[1CH.4.16] And the sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
[1CH.4.17] And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
[1CH.4.18] And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
[1CH.4.19] And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
[1CH.4.20] And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
[1CH.4.21] The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
[1CH.4.22] and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient.
[1CH.4.23] These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: they lived there with the king for his work.
[1CH.4.24] The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
[1CH.4.25] Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
[1CH.4.26] And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
[1CH.4.27] And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
[1CH.4.28] And they lived at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
[1CH.4.29] and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
[1CH.4.30] and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
[1CH.4.31] and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign of David.
[1CH.4.32] And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
[1CH.4.33] and all their villages that were around the same cities, to Baal. These were their cultures, and they have their family genealogy.
[1CH.4.34] And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
[1CH.4.35] and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
[1CH.4.36] and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
[1CH.4.37] and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.
[1CH.4.38] These were men of names, heads of their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
[1CH.4.39] And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
[1CH.4.40] And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful; for those that lived there before were of Ham.
[1CH.4.41] And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
[1CH.4.42] And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
[1CH.4.43] And they struck the rest of the Amalekites that escaped, and have lived there to this day.
[1CH.5.1] And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
[1CH.5.2] For Judah prevailed over his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's),
[1CH.5.3] the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
[1CH.5.4] The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
[1CH.5.5] Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
[1CH.5.6] Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
[1CH.5.7] And his brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah,
[1CH.5.8] and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal-meon:
[1CH.5.9] and eastward he lived to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
[1CH.5.10] And in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand: and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
[1CH.5.11] And the sons of Gad lived opposite them, in the land of Bashan to Salcah:
[1CH.5.12] Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
[1CH.5.13] And their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
[1CH.5.14] These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
[1CH.5.15] Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.
[1CH.5.16] And they lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon, as far as their borders.
[1CH.5.17] All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
[1CH.5.18] The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth to war.
[1CH.5.19] And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
[1CH.5.20] And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
[1CH.5.21] And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
[1CH.5.22] For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the captivity.
[1CH.5.23] And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon.
[1CH.5.24] And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
[1CH.5.25] And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
[1CH.5.26] And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
[1CH.6.1] The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[1CH.6.2] And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
[1CH.6.3] And the children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[1CH.6.4] Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,
[1CH.6.5] and Abishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi,
[1CH.6.6] and Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,
[1CH.6.7] Meraioth fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub,
[1CH.6.8] and Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,
[1CH.6.9] and Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, and Azariah fathered Johanan,
[1CH.6.10] and Johanan fathered Azariah (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),
[1CH.6.11] and Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub,
[1CH.6.12] and Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum,
[1CH.6.13] and Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah,
[1CH.6.14] and Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;
[1CH.6.15] and Jehozadak went into exile, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
[1CH.6.16] The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
[1CH.6.17] And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
[1CH.6.18] And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
[1CH.6.19] The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
[1CH.6.20] Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
[1CH.6.21] Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
[1CH.6.22] The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
[1CH.6.23] Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
[1CH.6.24] Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
[1CH.6.25] And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.
[1CH.6.26] As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
[1CH.6.27] Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
[1CH.6.28] And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second Abijah.
[1CH.6.29] The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
[1CH.6.30] Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
[1CH.6.31] And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest.
[1CH.6.32] And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they performed their service according to their order.
[1CH.6.33] And these are they that ministered, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
[1CH.6.34] the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
[1CH.6.35] the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
[1CH.6.36] the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
[1CH.6.37] the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
[1CH.6.38] the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
[1CH.6.39] And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
[1CH.6.40] the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
[1CH.6.41] the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
[1CH.6.42] the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
[1CH.6.43] the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
[1CH.6.44] And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
[1CH.6.45] the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
[1CH.6.46] the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
[1CH.6.47] the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
[1CH.6.48] And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
[1CH.6.49] But Aaron and his sons executed the duties of the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of incense, according to all that was commanded to them, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
[1CH.6.50] And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
[1CH.6.51] Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
[1CH.6.52] Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
[1CH.6.53] Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
[1CH.6.54] Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their territory, to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the first lot.
[1CH.6.55] And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof around it;
[1CH.6.56] but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
[1CH.6.57] And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
[1CH.6.58] and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
[1CH.6.59] and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;
[1CH.6.60] and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Alemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
[1CH.6.61] And to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
[1CH.6.62] And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
[1CH.6.63] To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
[1CH.6.64] And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
[1CH.6.65] And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are called by name.
[1CH.6.66] And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
[1CH.6.67] And they gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
[1CH.6.68] and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs,
[1CH.6.69] and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs;
[1CH.6.70] and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
[1CH.6.71] To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
[1CH.6.72] and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
[1CH.6.73] and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;
[1CH.6.74] and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs,
[1CH.6.75] and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
[1CH.6.76] and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.
[1CH.6.77] To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs;
[1CH.6.78] and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given to them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,
[1CH.6.79] and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
[1CH.6.80] and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
[1CH.6.81] and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
[1CH.7.1] And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
[1CH.7.2] And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor according to their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
[1CH.7.3] And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.
[1CH.7.4] And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the army for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
[1CH.7.5] And their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
[1CH.7.6] The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
[1CH.7.7] And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
[1CH.7.8] And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
[1CH.7.9] And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.
[1CH.7.10] And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
[1CH.7.11] All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand two hundred, that were ready to go out in the army for war.
[1CH.7.12] And Shuppim, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
[1CH.7.13] The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
[1CH.7.14] The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
[1CH.7.15] And Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
[1CH.7.16] And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
[1CH.7.17] And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
[1CH.7.18] And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
[1CH.7.19] And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
[1CH.7.20] And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
[1CH.7.21] and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their cattle.
[1CH.7.22] And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
[1CH.7.23] And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
[1CH.7.24] And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.
[1CH.7.25] And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
[1CH.7.26] Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
[1CH.7.27] Non his son, Joshua his son.
[1CH.7.28] And their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
[1CH.7.29] and by the borders of the children of Manasseh: Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
[1CH.7.30] The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
[1CH.7.31] And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
[1CH.7.32] And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
[1CH.7.33] And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
[1CH.7.34] And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
[1CH.7.35] And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
[1CH.7.36] The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
[1CH.7.37] Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
[1CH.7.38] And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
[1CH.7.39] And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.
[1CH.7.40] All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.
[1CH.8.1] And Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
[1CH.8.2] Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
[1CH.8.3] And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, and Abihud,
[1CH.8.4] and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
[1CH.8.5] and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
[1CH.8.6] And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:
[1CH.8.7] and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
[1CH.8.8] And Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
[1CH.8.9] And he became the father of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,
[1CH.8.10] and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.
[1CH.8.11] And of Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.
[1CH.8.12] And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;
[1CH.8.13] and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
[1CH.8.14] and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
[1CH.8.15] and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
[1CH.8.16] and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
[1CH.8.17] and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
[1CH.8.18] and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
[1CH.8.19] and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
[1CH.8.20] and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
[1CH.8.21] and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
[1CH.8.22] and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
[1CH.8.23] and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
[1CH.8.24] and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
[1CH.8.25] and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,
[1CH.8.26] and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
[1CH.8.27] and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
[1CH.8.28] These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Jerusalem.
[1CH.8.29] And in Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;
[1CH.8.30] and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
[1CH.8.31] and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
[1CH.8.32] And Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. And they also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, opposite their brothers.
[1CH.8.33] And Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
[1CH.8.34] And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.
[1CH.8.35] And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
[1CH.8.36] And Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza.
[1CH.8.37] And Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
[1CH.8.38] And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
[1CH.8.39] And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
[1CH.8.40] And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and grandsons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
[1CH.9.1] So all Israel was reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression.
[1CH.9.2] Now the first inhabitants that lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
[1CH.9.3] And in Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
[1CH.9.4] Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
[1CH.9.5] And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
[1CH.9.6] And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their relatives, six hundred ninety.
[1CH.9.7] And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,
[1CH.9.8] and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
[1CH.9.9] and their relatives, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses.
[1CH.9.10] Of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
[1CH.9.11] and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
[1CH.9.12] and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
[1CH.9.13] and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
[1CH.9.14] And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
[1CH.9.15] and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
[1CH.9.16] and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
[1CH.9.17] And the gatekeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their relatives (Shallum was the chief),
[1CH.9.18] who until now waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
[1CH.9.19] And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the Tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entrance.
[1CH.9.20] And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.
[1CH.9.21] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the Tent of meeting.
[1CH.9.22] All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.
[1CH.9.23] So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the Tent, by watches.
[1CH.9.24] On the four sides were the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.
[1CH.9.25] And their relatives, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
[1CH.9.26] for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
[1CH.9.27] And they stayed round about the house of God, because the charge was on them; and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
[1CH.9.28] And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.
[1CH.9.29] Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
[1CH.9.30] And some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixture of the spices.
[1CH.9.31] And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the trust over the things that were baked in pans.
[1CH.9.32] And some of their relatives, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
[1CH.9.33] And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who lived in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night.
[1CH.9.34] These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these lived at Jerusalem.
[1CH.9.35] And in Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:
[1CH.9.36] and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
[1CH.9.37] and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
[1CH.9.38] And Mikloth fathered Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem, over against their relatives.
[1CH.9.39] And Ner fathered Kish; and Kish fathered Saul; and Saul fathered Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
[1CH.9.40] And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
[1CH.9.41] And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
[1CH.9.42] And Ahaz fathered Jarah; and Jarah fathered Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri fathered Moza.
[1CH.9.43] And Moza fathered Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
[1CH.9.44] And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.
[1CH.10.1] Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
[1CH.10.2] And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
[1CH.10.3] And the battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was wounded by the archers.
[1CH.10.4] Then said Saul to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.
[1CH.10.5] And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died.
[1CH.10.6] So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.
[1CH.10.7] And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
[1CH.10.8] And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gilboa.
[1CH.10.9] And they stripped him, and took his head and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry news to their idols, and to the people.
[1CH.10.10] And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
[1CH.10.11] And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
[1CH.10.12] all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
[1CH.10.13] So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,
[1CH.10.14] and did not inquire of Jehovah: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
[1CH.11.1] Then all Israel gathered themselves to David at Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
[1CH.11.2] In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you that led out and brought in Israel: and Jehovah your God said to you, You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.
[1CH.11.3] So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel.
[1CH.11.4] And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
[1CH.11.5] And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come here. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
[1CH.11.6] And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.
[1CH.11.7] And David dwelled in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
[1CH.11.8] And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
[1CH.11.9] And David grew greater and greater; for Jehovah of hosts was with him.
[1CH.11.10] Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.
[1CH.11.11] And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.
[1CH.11.12] And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
[1CH.11.13] He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
[1CH.11.14] And they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Jehovah saved them by a great victory.
[1CH.11.15] And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.
[1CH.11.16] And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
[1CH.11.17] And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
[1CH.11.18] And the three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah,
[1CH.11.19] and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
[1CH.11.20] And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
[1CH.11.21] Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: however he did not attain to the first three.
[1CH.11.22] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he struck the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and struck a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
[1CH.11.23] And he struck an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
[1CH.11.24] These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.
[1CH.11.25] Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
[1CH.11.26] And the mighty men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
[1CH.11.27] Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
[1CH.11.28] Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
[1CH.11.29] Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
[1CH.11.30] Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
[1CH.11.31] Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
[1CH.11.32] Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
[1CH.11.33] Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
[1CH.11.34] the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite,
[1CH.11.35] Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
[1CH.11.36] Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
[1CH.11.37] Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
[1CH.11.38] Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
[1CH.11.39] Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
[1CH.11.40] Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
[1CH.11.41] Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
[1CH.11.42] Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
[1CH.11.43] Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
[1CH.11.44] Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
[1CH.11.45] Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
[1CH.11.46] Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
[1CH.11.47] Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
[1CH.12.1] Now these are those that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.
[1CH.12.2] They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's relatives of Benjamin.
[1CH.12.3] The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite;
[1CH.12.4] and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;
[1CH.12.5] Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
[1CH.12.6] Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
[1CH.12.7] and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
[1CH.12.8] And some of the Gadites there separated themselves to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, men of might and men of war, fit for the battle, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
[1CH.12.9] Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
[1CH.12.10] Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
[1CH.12.11] Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
[1CH.12.12] Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
[1CH.12.13] Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
[1CH.12.14] These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.
[1CH.12.15] These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east and toward the west.
[1CH.12.16] And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.
[1CH.12.17] And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If you have come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, let the God of our fathers look upon it, and rebuke it.
[1CH.12.18] Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, Yours are we, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
[1CH.12.19] Of Manasseh also there fell some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they did not help them; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
[1CH.12.20] As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who were of Manasseh.
[1CH.12.21] And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army.
[1CH.12.22] For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army of God.
[1CH.12.23] And these are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
[1CH.12.24] The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
[1CH.12.25] Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
[1CH.12.26] Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
[1CH.12.27] And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,
[1CH.12.28] and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains.
[1CH.12.29] And of the children of Benjamin, the relatives of Saul, three thousand: for until then the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
[1CH.12.30] And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
[1CH.12.31] And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
[1CH.12.32] And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.
[1CH.12.33] Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, that could handle weapons of war, fifty thousand, who could draw up in battle order, they were not of double heart.
[1CH.12.34] And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
[1CH.12.35] And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand and six hundred.
[1CH.12.36] And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.
[1CH.12.37] And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of weapons of war for the battle, one hundred and twenty thousand.
[1CH.12.38] All these being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
[1CH.12.39] And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their relatives had made preparation for them.
[1CH.12.40] Moreover they that were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food of meal, cakes of figs and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
[1CH.13.1] And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
[1CH.13.2] And David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seems good to you, and if it is of Jehovah our God, let us send everywhere to our brothers that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites that are in their cities with pasture-lands, so that they may gather themselves to us;
[1CH.13.3] and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.
[1CH.13.4] And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
[1CH.13.5] So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
[1CH.13.6] And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Jehovah who sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
[1CH.13.7] And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, from the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
[1CH.13.8] And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
[1CH.13.9] And when they came to the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
[1CH.13.10] And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he struck him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.
[1CH.13.11] And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza: and he called that place Perez-uzza, to this day.
[1CH.13.12] And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
[1CH.13.13] So David did not remove the ark to himself into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
[1CH.13.14] And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
[1CH.14.1] And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons and carpenters, to build him a house.
[1CH.14.2] And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted exceedingly, for the sake of his people Israel.
[1CH.14.3] And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David fathered more sons and daughters.
[1CH.14.4] And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
[1CH.14.5] and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet,
[1CH.14.6] and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
[1CH.14.7] and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
[1CH.14.8] And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.
[1CH.14.9] Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.
[1CH.14.10] And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will you deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.
[1CH.14.11] So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
[1CH.14.12] And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
[1CH.14.13] And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
[1CH.14.14] And David inquired again of God; and God said to him, You shall not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.
[1CH.14.15] And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that you shall go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.
[1CH.14.16] And David did as God commanded him: and they struck the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
[1CH.14.17] And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.
[1CH.15.1] And David made himself houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.
[1CH.15.2] Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
[1CH.15.3] And David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to its place, which he had prepared for it.
[1CH.15.4] And David assembled the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
[1CH.15.5] of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his relatives a hundred and twenty;
[1CH.15.6] of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his relatives two hundred and twenty;
[1CH.15.7] of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his relatives a hundred and thirty;
[1CH.15.8] of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his relatives two hundred;
[1CH.15.9] of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his relatives eighty;
[1CH.15.10] of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his relatives a hundred and twelve.
[1CH.15.11] And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
[1CH.15.12] and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
[1CH.15.13] For because you did not carry it at the first, Jehovah our God made an outbreak upon us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance.
[1CH.15.14] So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[1CH.15.15] And the sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles upon them, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.
[1CH.15.16] And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.
[1CH.15.17] So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
[1CH.15.18] and with them their relatives of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
[1CH.15.19] So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
[1CH.15.20] and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;
[1CH.15.21] and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the Sheminith, to lead.
[1CH.15.22] And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing: he instructed about the singing, because he was skillful.
[1CH.15.23] And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
[1CH.15.24] And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
[1CH.15.25] So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
[1CH.15.26] And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
[1CH.15.27] And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that carried the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen.
[1CH.15.28] Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
[1CH.15.29] And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
[1CH.16.1] And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
[1CH.16.2] And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.
[1CH.16.3] And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, and a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins.
[1CH.16.4] And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel:
[1CH.16.5] Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;
[1CH.16.6] and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
[1CH.16.7] Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his kindred.
[1CH.16.8] Give thanks to Jehovah, call on his name; make known his doings among the peoples.
[1CH.16.9] Sing to him, sing praises to him; talk of all his marvelous works.
[1CH.16.10] Glory in his holy name; let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
[1CH.16.11] Seek Jehovah and his strength; seek his face continually.
[1CH.16.12] Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
[1CH.16.13] O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[1CH.16.14] He is Jehovah our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
[1CH.16.15] Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
[1CH.16.16] the covenant which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac,
[1CH.16.17] and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[1CH.16.18] Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
[1CH.16.19] when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and sojourners in it;
[1CH.16.20] and they went about from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
[1CH.16.21] He allowed no man to do them wrong; yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
[1CH.16.22] saying, Touch not my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.
[1CH.16.23] Sing to Jehovah, all the earth; show forth his salvation from day to day.
[1CH.16.24] Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
[1CH.16.25] For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
[1CH.16.26] For all the gods of the peoples are idols: but Jehovah made the heavens.
[1CH.16.27] Honor and majesty are before him: strength and gladness are in his place.
[1CH.16.28] Give to Jehovah, you kindreds of the peoples, give to Jehovah glory and strength.
[1CH.16.29] Give to Jehovah the glory due to his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship Jehovah in holy array.
[1CH.16.30] Tremble before him, all the earth: the world also is established that it cannot be moved.
[1CH.16.31] Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; and let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigns.
[1CH.16.32] Let the sea roar, and its fullness; let the field exult, and all that is in it;
[1CH.16.33] Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before Jehovah, for he comes to judge the earth.
[1CH.16.34] Oh give thanks to Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
[1CH.16.35] And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and to triumph in your praise.
[1CH.16.36] Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah.
[1CH.16.37] So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his kindred, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;
[1CH.16.38] and Obed-edom with his kindred, sixty-eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters;
[1CH.16.39] and Zadok the priest, and his kindred the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,
[1CH.16.40] to offer burnt offerings to Jehovah on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded to Israel;
[1CH.16.41] and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his loving kindness endures forever;
[1CH.16.42] and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
[1CH.16.43] And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
[1CH.17.1] And it happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Look, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is under curtains.
[1CH.17.2] And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
[1CH.17.3] And it happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
[1CH.17.4] Go and tell David my servant, This is what Jehovah says, You will not build me a house to live in:
[1CH.17.5] for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from tabernacle to tabernacle.
[1CH.17.6] In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
[1CH.17.7] Now therefore this is what you will say to my servant David, This is what Jehovah of hosts says, I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel:
[1CH.17.8] and I have been with you where you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
[1CH.17.9] And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may live in their own place, and be moved no more; neither will the children of wickedness waste them anymore, as at the beginning,
[1CH.17.10] and from the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that Jehovah will build you a house.
[1CH.17.11] And it will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
[1CH.17.12] He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
[1CH.17.13] I will be his father, and he will be my son; and I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;
[1CH.17.14] but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever; and his throne will be established forever.
[1CH.17.15] According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
[1CH.17.16] Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
[1CH.17.17] And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
[1CH.17.18] What can David say more to you concerning the honor done to your servant? for you know your servant.
[1CH.17.19] O Jehovah, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
[1CH.17.20] O Jehovah, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
[1CH.17.21] And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name by great and awesome deeds, in driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed out of Egypt?
[1CH.17.22] For your people Israel you made your own people forever; and you, Jehovah, became their God.
[1CH.17.23] And now, O Jehovah, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.
[1CH.17.24] Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David your servant is established before you.
[1CH.17.25] For you, O my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house: therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.
[1CH.17.26] And now, O Jehovah, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant:
[1CH.17.27] and now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O Jehovah, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.
[1CH.18.1] And after this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
[1CH.18.2] And he struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
[1CH.18.3] And David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
[1CH.18.4] And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them enough for a hundred chariots.
[1CH.18.5] And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
[1CH.18.6] Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went.
[1CH.18.7] And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
[1CH.18.8] And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of bronze.
[1CH.18.9] And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
[1CH.18.10] he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and he had with him all kinds of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.
[1CH.18.11] These also king David dedicated to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
[1CH.18.12] Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
[1CH.18.13] And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went.
[1CH.18.14] And David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness to all his people.
[1CH.18.15] And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
[1CH.18.16] and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
[1CH.18.17] and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
[1CH.19.1] Now it happened after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
[1CH.19.2] And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
[1CH.19.3] But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Do you think that David honors your father, that he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to search, overthrow, and to spy out the land?
[1CH.19.4] So Hanun took David's servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
[1CH.19.5] Then certain people went and told David how the men were treated. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.
[1CH.19.6] When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
[1CH.19.7] So they hired thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.
[1CH.19.8] And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
[1CH.19.9] And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
[1CH.19.10] Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him in front and in the rear, he chose out all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
[1CH.19.11] And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
[1CH.19.12] And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
[1CH.19.13] Be strong, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Jehovah do what seems good to him.
[1CH.19.14] So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to battle; and they fled before him.
[1CH.19.15] And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
[1CH.19.16] And when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadarezer at their head.
[1CH.19.17] And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
[1CH.19.18] But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the army.
[1CH.19.19] And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him. And the Syrians would not help the children of Ammon anymore.
[1CH.20.1] And it came to pass after the year was expired, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led forth the army and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.
[1CH.20.2] And David took the crown of their king from off his head and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought forth the spoil of the city, very great.
[1CH.20.3] And he brought forth the people that were in it and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus David dealt with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
[1CH.20.4] And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, of the sons of the giant: and they were subdued.
[1CH.20.5] And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear's staff was like a weaver's beam.
[1CH.20.6] And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six on each hand, and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
[1CH.20.7] And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother killed him.
[1CH.20.8] These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
[1CH.21.1] And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
[1CH.21.2] And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them.
[1CH.21.3] And Joab said, May Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my master the king, are they not all my master's servants? why does my master require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
[1CH.21.4] Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
[1CH.21.5] And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
[1CH.21.6] But Levi and Benjamin he didn't count among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
[1CH.21.7] And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
[1CH.21.8] And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
[1CH.21.9] And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,
[1CH.21.10] Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I offer you three things: choose one of them, that I may do it to you.
[1CH.21.11] So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Take which you will:
[1CH.21.12] either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
[1CH.21.13] And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
[1CH.21.14] So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
[1CH.21.15] And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he relented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
[1CH.21.16] And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
[1CH.21.17] And David said to God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray, O Jehovah my God, be on me, and on my father's family; but not on your people, that they should be plagued.
[1CH.21.18] Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and raise an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
[1CH.21.19] And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of Jehovah.
[1CH.21.20] And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
[1CH.21.21] And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
[1CH.21.22] Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build there an altar to Jehovah: for the full price you shall give it me, that the plague may be stopped from the people.
[1CH.21.23] And Ornan said to David, Take it for yourself, and let my master the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering; I give it all.
[1CH.21.24] And king David said to Ornan, No; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is yours for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.
[1CH.21.25] So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
[1CH.21.26] And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the sky by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
[1CH.21.27] And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath of it.
[1CH.21.28] At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
[1CH.21.29] For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
[1CH.21.30] But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
[1CH.22.1] Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.
[1CH.22.2] And David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
[1CH.22.3] And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
[1CH.22.4] and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.
[1CH.22.5] And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Jehovah must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
[1CH.22.6] Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[1CH.22.7] And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God.
[1CH.22.8] But the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
[1CH.22.9] Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies around: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days:
[1CH.22.10] he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.
[1CH.22.11] Now, my son, Jehovah be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of Jehovah your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
[1CH.22.12] Only Jehovah give you discretion and understanding, and give you charge over Israel; that so you may keep the law of Jehovah your God.
[1CH.22.13] Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed.
[1CH.22.14] Now, behold, in my affliction, I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them.
[1CH.22.15] Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skillful in every kind of work:
[1CH.22.16] of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Jehovah be with you.
[1CH.22.17] David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
[1CH.22.18] Is not Jehovah your God with you? And has he not given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and before his people.
[1CH.22.19] Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
[1CH.23.1] Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
[1CH.23.2] And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
[1CH.23.3] And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
[1CH.23.4] Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
[1CH.23.5] and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to give praise.
[1CH.23.6] And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[1CH.23.7] Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
[1CH.23.8] The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
[1CH.23.9] The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
[1CH.23.10] And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
[1CH.23.11] And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in counting.
[1CH.23.12] The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
[1CH.23.13] The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Jehovah, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.
[1CH.23.14] But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
[1CH.23.15] The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
[1CH.23.16] The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.
[1CH.23.17] And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
[1CH.23.18] The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.
[1CH.23.19] The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
[1CH.23.20] The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
[1CH.23.21] The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
[1CH.23.22] And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers, the sons of Kish, married them.
[1CH.23.23] The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
[1CH.23.24] These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses, of those who were counted by number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
[1CH.23.25] For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever:
[1CH.23.26] and also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.
[1CH.23.27] For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
[1CH.23.28] For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purification of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
[1CH.23.29] for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or that which is baked in the pan, or that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;
[1CH.23.30] and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at evening;
[1CH.23.31] and to offer all burnt offerings to Jehovah, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the order commanded to them, continually before Jehovah;
[1CH.23.32] and they will keep charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of Jehovah.
[1CH.24.1] And the divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
[1CH.24.2] But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
[1CH.24.3] And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.
[1CH.24.4] And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the fathers’ houses, and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ houses, eight.
[1CH.24.5] Thus they were divided impartially by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, both of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.
[1CH.24.6] And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
[1CH.24.7] Now the first lot came out for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,
[1CH.24.8] the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,
[1CH.24.9] the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin,
[1CH.24.10] the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,
[1CH.24.11] the ninth for Jeshua, the tenth for Shecaniah,
[1CH.24.12] the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,
[1CH.24.13] the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,
[1CH.24.14] the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,
[1CH.24.15] the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez,
[1CH.24.16] the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Jehezkel,
[1CH.24.17] the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,
[1CH.24.18] the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.
[1CH.24.19] This was their ordering in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance given to them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
[1CH.24.20] And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
[1CH.24.21] Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
[1CH.24.22] Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
[1CH.24.23] And the sons of Hebron: Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
[1CH.24.24] The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
[1CH.24.25] The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
[1CH.24.26] The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah.
[1CH.24.27] The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno; and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
[1CH.24.28] Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
[1CH.24.29] Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
[1CH.24.30] And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
[1CH.24.31] These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; the chief of the fathers’ houses even as his younger brother.
[1CH.25.1] Moreover David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:
[1CH.25.2] Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
[1CH.25.3] Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.
[1CH.25.4] Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
[1CH.25.5] All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
[1CH.25.6] All these were under the direction of their father in the music in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the direction of the king.
[1CH.25.7] And the number of them, with their brothers that were instructed in singing to Jehovah, even all that were skillful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
[1CH.25.8] And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
[1CH.25.9] Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, he and his brothers and sons were twelve;
[1CH.25.10] the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.11] the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.12] the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.13] the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.14] the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.15] the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.16] the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.17] the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.18] the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.19] the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.20] for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.21] for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.22] for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.23] for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.24] for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.25] for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.26] for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.27] for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.28] for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.29] for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.30] for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
[1CH.25.31] for the twenty-fourth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
[1CH.26.1] For the divisions of the doorkeepers: Of the Korahites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
[1CH.26.2] And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
[1CH.26.3] Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
[1CH.26.4] And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sachar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,
[1CH.26.5] Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.
[1CH.26.6] Also Shemaiah his son had sons, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
[1CH.26.7] The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose kin were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
[1CH.26.8] All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their kin, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.
[1CH.26.9] And Meshelemiah had sons and kin, valiant men, eighteen.
[1CH.26.10] And Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
[1CH.26.11] Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and kin of Hosah were thirteen.
[1CH.26.12] Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having duties like their kin, to minister in the house of Jehovah.
[1CH.26.13] And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
[1CH.26.14] And the lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counselor, they cast lots, and his lot came out northward.
[1CH.26.15] To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
[1CH.26.16] To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.
[1CH.26.17] Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.
[1CH.26.18] For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
[1CH.26.19] These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
[1CH.26.20] And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
[1CH.26.21] The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonite belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan, the Gershonite: Jehieli.
[1CH.26.22] The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah.
[1CH.26.23] Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:
[1CH.26.24] and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.
[1CH.26.25] And his kin: of Eliezer there was Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
[1CH.26.26] This Shelomoth and his kin were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.
[1CH.26.27] Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Jehovah.
[1CH.26.28] And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his kin.
[1CH.26.29] Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
[1CH.26.30] Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his kin, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, were over the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king.
[1CH.26.31] Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
[1CH.26.32] And his kin, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred heads of fathers' houses, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
[1CH.27.1] Now the children of Israel according to their number, the heads of fathers' households and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.2] Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.3] He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
[1CH.27.4] Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division; and Mikloth was the officer in charge: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.5] The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.6] This is the Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his division was Ammizabad his son.
[1CH.27.7] The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.8] The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.9] The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.10] The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.11] The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.12] The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.13] The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.14] The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.15] The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.16] Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler, of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;
[1CH.27.17] Of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok;
[1CH.27.18] Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
[1CH.27.19] Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel;
[1CH.27.20] Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;
[1CH.27.21] Of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;
[1CH.27.22] Of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
[1CH.27.23] But David did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like the stars of heaven.
[1CH.27.24] Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number but did not finish; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account of the chronicles of king David.
[1CH.27.25] Over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah;
[1CH.27.26] Over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub;
[1CH.27.27] Over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite;
[1CH.27.28] And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash;
[1CH.27.29] And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai;
[1CH.27.30] And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite;
[1CH.27.31] And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
[1CH.27.32] Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
[1CH.27.33] And Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend:
[1CH.27.34] After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's army was Joab.
[1CH.28.1] And David assembled all the officials of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the stewards over all the property and substance of the king and of his sons, with the officials, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem.
[1CH.28.2] Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.
[1CH.28.3] But God said to me, You shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed blood.
[1CH.28.4] However Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be leader; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel;
[1CH.28.5] and of all my sons (for Jehovah has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
[1CH.28.6] And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to me, and I will be a father to him.
[1CH.28.7] And I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.
[1CH.28.8] Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
[1CH.28.9] And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
[1CH.28.10] Take heed now; for Jehovah has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
[1CH.28.11] Then David gave Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper rooms, and of its inner chambers, and of the place of the mercy-seat;
[1CH.28.12] and the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers around it, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
[1CH.28.13] also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah;
[1CH.28.14] of gold by weight for the gold for all vessels of every kind of service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;
[1CH.28.15] by weight also for the lampstands of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight for every lampstand and for its lamps; and for the lampstands of silver, silver by weight for every lampstand and for its lamps, according to the use of every lampstand;
[1CH.28.16] and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;
[1CH.28.17] and the forks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;
[1CH.28.18] and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
[1CH.28.19] All this, said David, have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of Jehovah, even all the works of this pattern.
[1CH.28.20] And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it: do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah is finished.
[1CH.28.21] And behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with you in all the work every willing man, that has skill, for any service: also the officials and all the people will be wholly at your command.
[1CH.29.1] And David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and inexperienced, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.
[1CH.29.2] Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
[1CH.29.3] Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, since I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it for the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
[1CH.29.4] namely, three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses;
[1CH.29.5] of gold for the things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be made by the hands of craftsmen. Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day to Jehovah?
[1CH.29.6] Then the heads of fathers’ houses, and the leaders of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king’s work, offered willingly;
[1CH.29.7] and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of bronze eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
[1CH.29.8] And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
[1CH.29.9] Then the people rejoiced, for they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
[1CH.29.10] Therefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David said, Blessed are you, Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
[1CH.29.11] Yours, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and you are exalted as head above all.
[1CH.29.12] Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all; and in your hand is power and might; and in your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.
[1CH.29.13] Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
[1CH.29.14] But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? for all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
[1CH.29.15] For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
[1CH.29.16] O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and is all your own.
[1CH.29.17] I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things, and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.
[1CH.29.18] O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart to you;
[1CH.29.19] and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
[1CH.29.20] And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshiped Jehovah, and the king.
[1CH.29.21] And they sacrificed sacrifices to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings to Jehovah, on the next day after that day, even a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,
[1CH.29.22] and ate and drank before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
[1CH.29.23] Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
[1CH.29.24] And all the leaders, and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
[1CH.29.25] And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
[1CH.29.26] Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
[1CH.29.27] And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
[1CH.29.28] And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
[1CH.29.29] Now the acts of David the king, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
[1CH.29.30] with all his reign and his might, and the times that passed over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
[2CH.1.1] Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and made him exceedingly great.
[2CH.1.2] Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses.
[2CH.1.3] So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.
[2CH.1.4] But the ark of God David had brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
[2CH.1.5] Moreover the bronze altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah: and Solomon and the assembly sought it there.
[2CH.1.6] Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before Jehovah, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
[2CH.1.7] In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you.
[2CH.1.8] Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
[2CH.1.9] Now, Jehovah God, let your promise to David my father be established; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
[2CH.1.10] Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
[2CH.1.11] God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you, neither yet have you asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:
[2CH.1.12] wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.
[2CH.1.13] So Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
[2CH.1.14] Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
[2CH.1.15] The king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
[2CH.1.16] The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue at a price.
[2CH.1.17] They fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.
[2CH.2.1] Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
[2CH.2.2] Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand to be hewers in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.
[2CH.2.3] Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in, so deal with me.
[2CH.2.4] Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn incense of sweet spices before him, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
[2CH.2.5] And the house which I am about to build will be great; for great is our God above all gods.
[2CH.2.6] But who is able to build him a house, since the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am I then, that I should build him a house, except just to burn incense before him?
[2CH.2.7] Now therefore send me a skillful man, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knows how to engrave all manner of engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
[2CH.2.8] Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants will be with your servants,
[2CH.2.9] even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
[2CH.2.10] And, behold, I will give to your servants, the hewers who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
[2CH.2.11] Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loves his people, he has made you king over them.
[2CH.2.12] Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, that will build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
[2CH.2.13] Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father's,
[2CH.2.14] the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device, that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
[2CH.2.15] Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants:
[2CH.2.16] and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need; and we will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, and you will carry it up to Jerusalem.
[2CH.2.17] Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, after the census with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred.
[2CH.2.18] And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be hewers in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.
[2CH.3.1] Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared to David his father, which he prepared in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
[2CH.3.2] And he began to build on the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
[2CH.3.3] Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits.
[2CH.3.4] And the porch that was before the house, its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
[2CH.3.5] And the greater house he covered with cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
[2CH.3.6] And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
[2CH.3.7] He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold; and engraved cherubim on the walls.
[2CH.3.8] And he made the most holy house: its length, according to the width of the house, was twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
[2CH.3.9] And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
[2CH.3.10] And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
[2CH.3.11] And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was of five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
[2CH.3.12] And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
[2CH.3.13] The wings of these cherubim spread themselves twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
[2CH.3.14] And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim on it.
[2CH.3.15] Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits in length, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
[2CH.3.16] And he made chains in the inner sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
[2CH.3.17] And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left, and called the name of the one on the right hand Jachin, and the name of the one on the left Boaz.
[2CH.4.1] Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.
[2CH.4.2] Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in shape, and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.
[2CH.4.3] Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it round about, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
[2CH.4.4] It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their rear parts were inward.
[2CH.4.5] And its thickness was a handbreadth; and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it could hold three thousand baths.
[2CH.4.6] He made also ten basins, and put five on the right side, and five on the left side, to wash in them: such things as belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
[2CH.4.7] And he made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left side.
[2CH.4.8] And he made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
[2CH.4.9] Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with brass.
[2CH.4.10] And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
[2CH.4.11] And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he worked for king Solomon in the house of God:
[2CH.4.12] the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
[2CH.4.13] and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars.
[2CH.4.14] He made also the stands, and the basins made he upon the stands;
[2CH.4.15] one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
[2CH.4.16] The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of Jehovah of bright brass.
[2CH.4.17] In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
[2CH.4.18] Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
[2CH.4.19] And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables where the showbread was upon;
[2CH.4.20] and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the sanctuary, of pure gold;
[2CH.4.21] and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;
[2CH.4.22] and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, of the temple, were of gold.
[2CH.5.1] Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God.
[2CH.5.2] Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
[2CH.5.3] And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.
[2CH.5.4] And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;
[2CH.5.5] and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; these the priests the Levites brought up.
[2CH.5.6] And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
[2CH.5.7] And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
[2CH.5.8] For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.
[2CH.5.9] And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there it is to this day.
[2CH.5.10] There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
[2CH.5.11] And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their courses;
[2CH.5.12] also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their relatives, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets);
[2CH.5.13] it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,
[2CH.5.14] so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.
[2CH.6.1] Then Solomon said, Jehovah has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
[2CH.6.2] But I have built a house of habitation for you, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
[2CH.6.3] And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
[2CH.6.4] And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
[2CH.6.5] Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither did I choose any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
[2CH.6.6] but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
[2CH.6.7] Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[2CH.6.8] But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:
[2CH.6.9] nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.
[2CH.6.10] And Jehovah has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[2CH.6.11] And there have I set the ark, in which is the covenant of Jehovah, that he made with the children of Israel.
[2CH.6.12] And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands.
[2CH.6.13] (For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and knelt down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
[2CH.6.14] and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; who keeps covenant and lovingkindness with your servants, that walk before you with all their heart;
[2CH.6.15] who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him; yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
[2CH.6.16] Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.
[2CH.6.17] Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you have spoken to your servant David.
[2CH.6.18] But will God in very deed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
[2CH.6.19] Yet have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
[2CH.6.20] that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
[2CH.6.21] And listen to the supplications of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place; yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
[2CH.6.22] If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;
[2CH.6.23] then hear from heaven, and act, and judge your servants, bringing back the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
[2CH.6.24] And if your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray, and make supplication before you in this house;
[2CH.6.25] then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.
[2CH.6.26] When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
[2CH.6.27] then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
[2CH.6.28] If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;
[2CH.6.29] whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know each his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:
[2CH.6.30] then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and render to each man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)
[2CH.6.31] that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
[2CH.6.32] Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name’s sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
[2CH.6.33] then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
[2CH.6.34] If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
[2CH.6.35] then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
[2CH.6.36] If they sin against you (for there is no man that does not sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
[2CH.6.37] yet if they shall return to their heart in the land where they have carried them captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;
[2CH.6.38] if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:
[2CH.6.39] then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive your people that have sinned against you.
[2CH.6.40] Now, O my God, let, I beg, your eyes be open, and your ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
[2CH.6.41] Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
[2CH.6.42] O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of your anointed: remember your lovingkindness to David your servant.
[2CH.7.1] Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
[2CH.7.2] And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.
[2CH.7.3] And all the children of Israel looked, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshiped, and gave thanks to Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
[2CH.7.4] Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah.
[2CH.7.5] And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
[2CH.7.6] And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jehovah, which David the king had made to give thanks to Jehovah, (for his loving kindness endures forever,) when David offered praise by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.
[2CH.7.7] Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah holy; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat.
[2CH.7.8] So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entering in of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
[2CH.7.9] And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they observed the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
[2CH.7.10] And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
[2CH.7.11] Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously made.
[2CH.7.12] And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
[2CH.7.13] If I shut up heaven so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
[2CH.7.14] if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
[2CH.7.15] Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
[2CH.7.16] For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
[2CH.7.17] As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
[2CH.7.18] then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I made a covenant with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel.
[2CH.7.19] But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
[2CH.7.20] then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
[2CH.7.21] And this house, which is so high, every one who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land and to this house?
[2CH.7.22] And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil upon them.
[2CH.8.1] And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of Jehovah and his own house,
[2CH.8.2] that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to live there.
[2CH.8.3] And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
[2CH.8.4] And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath.
[2CH.8.5] Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
[2CH.8.6] and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
[2CH.8.7] As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel;
[2CH.8.8] of their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel did not destroy, of them Solomon raised forced labor, to this day.
[2CH.8.9] But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
[2CH.8.10] And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that ruled over the people.
[2CH.8.11] And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark of Jehovah has come.
[2CH.8.12] Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
[2CH.8.13] even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
[2CH.8.14] And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the gatekeepers also by their divisions at every gate, for so had David the man of God commanded.
[2CH.8.15] And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
[2CH.8.16] Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah until it was finished. So the house of Jehovah was completed.
[2CH.8.17] Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
[2CH.8.18] And Huram sent him, by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
[2CH.9.1] And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, having a very great company, and camels that carried spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
[2CH.9.2] And Solomon answered all her questions; and there was nothing hidden from Solomon which he did not tell her.
[2CH.9.3] And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
[2CH.9.4] and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.
[2CH.9.5] And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
[2CH.9.6] However I did not believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.
[2CH.9.7] Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
[2CH.9.8] Blessed be Jehovah your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Jehovah your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
[2CH.9.9] And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
[2CH.9.10] And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones.
[2CH.9.11] And the king made of the algum-trees paths for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
[2CH.9.12] And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
[2CH.9.13] Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
[2CH.9.14] besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
[2CH.9.15] And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.
[2CH.9.16] And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
[2CH.9.17] Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
[2CH.9.18] And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.
[2CH.9.19] And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.
[2CH.9.20] And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was not considered anything in the days of Solomon.
[2CH.9.21] For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
[2CH.9.22] So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
[2CH.9.23] And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
[2CH.9.24] And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
[2CH.9.25] And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
[2CH.9.26] And he ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
[2CH.9.27] And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
[2CH.9.28] And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
[2CH.9.29] Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
[2CH.9.30] And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
[2CH.9.31] And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.10.1] Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
[2CH.10.2] It came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
[2CH.10.3] They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
[2CH.10.4] Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we will serve you.
[2CH.10.5] He said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
[2CH.10.6] King Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What advice do you give me to answer this people?
[2CH.10.7] They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.
[2CH.10.8] But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had grown up with him, who stood before him.
[2CH.10.9] He said to them, What advice do you give that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Ease the yoke that your father put on us?
[2CH.10.10] The young men that had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you shall say to the people that spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter for us; thus you shall speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.
[2CH.10.11] Now therefore whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
[2CH.10.12] So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had asked, saying, Come again to me the third day.
[2CH.10.13] The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
[2CH.10.14] and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
[2CH.10.15] So the king did not listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that Jehovah might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
[2CH.10.16] When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents.
[2CH.10.17] But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
[2CH.10.18] Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
[2CH.10.19] So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
[2CH.11.1] And when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he gathered the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
[2CH.11.2] But the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
[2CH.11.3] Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
[2CH.11.4] Thus says Jehovah, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren. Return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. So they listened to the words of Jehovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
[2CH.11.5] And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
[2CH.11.6] He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
[2CH.11.7] and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
[2CH.11.8] and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
[2CH.11.9] and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
[2CH.11.10] and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
[2CH.11.11] And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine.
[2CH.11.12] And in every city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
[2CH.11.13] And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him out of all their territory.
[2CH.11.14] For the Levites left their suburbs and their possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office to Jehovah.
[2CH.11.15] And he appointed his own priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.
[2CH.11.16] And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
[2CH.11.17] So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, for three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
[2CH.11.18] And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
[2CH.11.19] and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
[2CH.11.20] And after her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
[2CH.11.21] And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).
[2CH.11.22] And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the leader among his brethren; for he intended to make him king.
[2CH.11.23] And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. And he sought many wives for them.
[2CH.12.1] And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.
[2CH.12.2] And it happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to Jehovah, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,
[2CH.12.3] with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
[2CH.12.4] And he took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
[2CH.12.5] Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the leaders of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says Jehovah, You have abandoned me, and therefore I also have left you in the hand of Shishak.
[2CH.12.6] Then the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, Jehovah is righteous.
[2CH.12.7] And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
[2CH.12.8] Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
[2CH.12.9] So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house. He took everything away: he took also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
[2CH.12.10] And king Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who guarded the door of the king's house.
[2CH.12.11] And it happened, as often as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and carried them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
[2CH.12.12] And when he humbled himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also in Judah there were good things found.
[2CH.12.13] So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
[2CH.12.14] And he did evil, because he did not set his heart to seek Jehovah.
[2CH.12.15] Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, in the genealogy? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
[2CH.12.16] And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.13.1] In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
[2CH.13.2] He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
[2CH.13.3] And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam prepared for war against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
[2CH.13.4] And Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel;
[2CH.13.5] ought you not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
[2CH.13.6] Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
[2CH.13.7] And there were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.
[2CH.13.8] And now you think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.
[2CH.13.9] Have you not driven out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves after the manner of the peoples of other lands? so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those that are no gods.
[2CH.13.10] But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and we have priests ministering to Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:
[2CH.13.11] and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense: the showbread also they set in order upon the pure table; and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but you have forsaken him.
[2CH.13.12] And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.
[2CH.13.13] But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
[2CH.13.14] And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
[2CH.13.15] Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
[2CH.13.16] And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
[2CH.13.17] And Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
[2CH.13.18] Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
[2CH.13.19] And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.
[2CH.13.20] Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and Jehovah struck him, and he died.
[2CH.13.21] But Abijah became mighty, and took fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
[2CH.13.22] And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
[2CH.14.1] So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
[2CH.14.2] And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:
[2CH.14.3] for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,
[2CH.14.4] and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment.
[2CH.14.5] Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
[2CH.14.6] And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest.
[2CH.14.7] For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is still ours, because we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
[2CH.14.8] And Asa had an army that carried shields and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that carried shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.
[2CH.14.9] And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.
[2CH.14.10] Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
[2CH.14.11] And Asa cried to Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him that has no strength: help us, O Jehovah our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.
[2CH.14.12] So Jehovah struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
[2CH.14.13] And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.
[2CH.14.14] And they struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came on them: and they plundered all the cities; for there was much plunder in them.
[2CH.14.15] They also struck the tents of livestock, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
[2CH.15.1] And the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
[2CH.15.2] and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
[2CH.15.3] Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
[2CH.15.4] but when in their distress they turned to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
[2CH.15.5] And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
[2CH.15.6] And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
[2CH.15.7] But be strong, and do not let your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded.
[2CH.15.8] And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
[2CH.15.9] And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they came to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
[2CH.15.10] So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
[2CH.15.11] And they offered to Jehovah in that day, from the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
[2CH.15.12] And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
[2CH.15.13] and that whoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
[2CH.15.14] And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
[2CH.15.15] And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them: and Jehovah gave them rest round about.
[2CH.15.16] And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and ground it to powder, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
[2CH.15.17] But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
[2CH.15.18] And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
[2CH.15.19] And there was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
[2CH.16.1] In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
[2CH.16.2] Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent it to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
[2CH.16.3] There is a league between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
[2CH.16.4] And Ben-hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.
[2CH.16.5] And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
[2CH.16.6] Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.
[2CH.16.7] And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Jehovah your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand.
[2CH.16.8] Weren't the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because you relied on Jehovah, he delivered them into your hand.
[2CH.16.9] For the eyes of Jehovah run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly; for from now on you shall have wars.
[2CH.16.10] Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
[2CH.16.11] And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
[2CH.16.12] In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa had a disease in his feet; his disease was exceedingly great: yet in his disease he didn't seek Jehovah, but to the physicians.
[2CH.16.13] Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forty-first year of his reign.
[2CH.16.14] And they buried him in his own tomb, which he had dug out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
[2CH.17.1] And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel.
[2CH.17.2] And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
[2CH.17.3] And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not the Baals,
[2CH.17.4] but sought the God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
[2CH.17.5] Therefore Jehovah established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.
[2CH.17.6] And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
[2CH.17.7] Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
[2CH.17.8] and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
[2CH.17.9] And they taught in Judah, having the book of the law of Jehovah with them; and they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people.
[2CH.17.10] And the fear of Jehovah fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
[2CH.17.11] And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats.
[2CH.17.12] And Jehoshaphat grew great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.
[2CH.17.13] And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.
[2CH.17.14] And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand;
[2CH.17.15] and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand;
[2CH.17.16] and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor;
[2CH.17.17] and of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield;
[2CH.17.18] and next to him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand ready prepared for war.
[2CH.17.19] These were they who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
[2CH.18.1] Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance; and he joined affinity with Ahab.
[2CH.18.2] After some years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead.
[2CH.18.3] Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and we will be with you in the war.
[2CH.18.4] And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of Jehovah.
[2CH.18.5] Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.
[2CH.18.6] But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?
[2CH.18.7] The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah: but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. The same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
[2CH.18.8] Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
[2CH.18.9] Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting in a threshing-floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
[2CH.18.10] And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, Thus says Jehovah, With these you will push the Syrians, until they are consumed.
[2CH.18.11] And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper; for Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king.
[2CH.18.12] And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth; let your word therefore, I pray you, be like one of theirs, and speak good.
[2CH.18.13] And Micaiah said, As Jehovah lives, what my God says, that will I speak.
[2CH.18.14] And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go up, and prosper; and they will be delivered into your hand.
[2CH.18.15] And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you say nothing to me but the truth in the name of Jehovah?
[2CH.18.16] And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.
[2CH.18.17] The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?
[2CH.18.18] And Micaiah said, Therefore hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
[2CH.18.19] And Jehovah said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.
[2CH.18.20] And there came forth a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jehovah said to him, How?
[2CH.18.21] And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall entice him, and you shall also prevail: go forth, and do so.
[2CH.18.22] Now therefore, behold, Jehovah has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and Jehovah has spoken evil concerning you.
[2CH.18.23] Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to you?
[2CH.18.24] And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself.
[2CH.18.25] The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
[2CH.18.26] and say, The king says, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
[2CH.18.27] And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, all you people.
[2CH.18.28] So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
[2CH.18.29] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and go into the battle; but you put on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went into the battle.
[2CH.18.30] Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.
[2CH.18.31] And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned aside to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Jehovah helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
[2CH.18.32] And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
[2CH.18.33] And a certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am badly wounded.
[2CH.18.34] And the battle increased that day: however the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening; and around the time of sunset he died.
[2CH.19.1] Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in peace to his house in Jerusalem.
[2CH.19.2] Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Jehovah? For this reason wrath is upon you from Jehovah.
[2CH.19.3] Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away Asheroth out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.
[2CH.19.4] Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
[2CH.19.5] He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
[2CH.19.6] and said to the judges, Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for Jehovah; and he is with you in the judgment.
[2CH.19.7] Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
[2CH.19.8] Moreover in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat set certain of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem.
[2CH.19.9] He charged them, saying, Thus you shall do in the fear of Jehovah, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
[2CH.19.10] Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they may not trespass against Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brothers: do this, and you shall not trespass.
[2CH.19.11] Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Jehovah; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and Jehovah shall be with the good.
[2CH.20.1] And it happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
[2CH.20.2] Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria; and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is, Engedi).
[2CH.20.3] And Jehoshaphat was afraid, and set his face to seek Jehovah: and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
[2CH.20.4] And Judah gathered together, to seek help from Jehovah: they came out of all the cities of Judah to seek Jehovah.
[2CH.20.5] And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;
[2CH.20.6] and said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? and are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
[2CH.20.7] Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?
[2CH.20.8] And they lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary for your name, saying,
[2CH.20.9] If evil comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our distress, and you will hear and save.
[2CH.20.10] And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and did not destroy them;
[2CH.20.11] behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
[2CH.20.12] O our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither do we know what to do: but our eyes are upon you.
[2CH.20.13] And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
[2CH.20.14] Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Jehovah in the midst of the assembly;
[2CH.20.15] and he said, Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: Thus says Jehovah to you, Fear not, neither be dismayed by reason of this great company; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
[2CH.20.16] Tomorrow go down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you will find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
[2CH.20.17] You shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them; for Jehovah is with you.
[2CH.20.18] And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Jehovah, worshipping Jehovah.
[2CH.20.19] And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Jehovah, the God of Israel, with an exceedingly loud voice.
[2CH.20.20] And they rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so will you be established; believe his prophets, so will you prosper.
[2CH.20.21] And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Jehovah, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Jehovah; for his lovingkindness endures forever.
[2CH.20.22] And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were smitten.
[2CH.20.23] For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, fully to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
[2CH.20.24] And when Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
[2CH.20.25] And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.
[2CH.20.26] And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the Valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Beracah, to this day.
[2CH.20.27] Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
[2CH.20.28] And they came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets to the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.20.29] And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.
[2CH.20.30] So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest all around.
[2CH.20.31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
[2CH.20.32] And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and did not turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.
[2CH.20.33] However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers.
[2CH.20.34] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
[2CH.20.35] And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:
[2CH.20.36] and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
[2CH.20.37] Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Jehovah has destroyed your works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
[2CH.21.1] Jehoshaphat slept with his ancestors, and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.21.2] And he had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
[2CH.21.3] And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of valuable things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.
[2CH.21.4] Now when Jehoram had risen up over the kingdom of his father, and strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the leaders of Israel.
[2CH.21.5] Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
[2CH.21.6] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as a wife: and he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
[2CH.21.7] However Jehovah would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his children always.
[2CH.21.8] In his days Edom revolted from under the rule of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
[2CH.21.9] Then Jehoram passed over with his leaders, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and attacked the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.
[2CH.21.10] So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah, the God of his ancestors.
[2CH.21.11] Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and led Judah astray.
[2CH.21.12] And a writing came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says Jehovah, the God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
[2CH.21.13] but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go astray, like the house of Ahab made Israel go astray, and also have killed your brothers of your father's house, who were better than yourself:
[2CH.21.14] behold, Jehovah will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your possessions;
[2CH.21.15] and you will have great sickness with a disease of your bowels, until your bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, day by day.
[2CH.21.16] And Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians who are beside the Ethiopians:
[2CH.21.17] and they came up against Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king's house, and also his sons, and his wives; so that there was not a son left to him, except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
[2CH.21.18] And after all this Jehovah struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
[2CH.21.19] And it happened, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of terrible diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning for his fathers.
[2CH.21.20] Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being honored, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
[2CH.22.1] And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the oldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
[2CH.22.2] Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri.
[2CH.22.3] He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
[2CH.22.4] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
[2CH.22.5] He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians struck Joram.
[2CH.22.6] And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
[2CH.22.7] Now the downfall of Ahaziah was from God, in that he went to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
[2CH.22.8] And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the leaders of Judah, and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and killed them.
[2CH.22.9] And he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And the house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
[2CH.22.10] Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah.
[2CH.22.11] But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stealthily took him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not kill him.
[2CH.22.12] And he was with them hidden in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
[2CH.23.1] And in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage, and made a covenant with the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.
[2CH.23.2] And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
[2CH.23.3] And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Jehovah has spoken concerning the sons of David.
[2CH.23.4] This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters at the thresholds;
[2CH.23.5] and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the Gate of the Foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.23.6] But let none come into the house of Jehovah save the priests, and those who minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah.
[2CH.23.7] And the Levites shall surround the king on every side, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house, let him be put to death: and be you with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out.
[2CH.23.8] So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions.
[2CH.23.9] And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
[2CH.23.10] And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king.
[2CH.23.11] Then they brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, Long live the king.
[2CH.23.12] And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah:
[2CH.23.13] and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets, the singers also playing instruments of music, and praising. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
[2CH.23.14] And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the army, and said to them, Bring her out between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.23.15] So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they killed her there.
[2CH.23.16] And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.
[2CH.23.17] And all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
[2CH.23.18] And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
[2CH.23.19] And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that no one that was unclean in anything should enter in.
[2CH.23.20] And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate to the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
[2CH.23.21] So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And Athaliah they slain with the sword.
[2CH.24.1] Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
[2CH.24.2] Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
[2CH.24.3] And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.
[2CH.24.4] And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.24.5] And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter. However the Levites did not hurry.
[2CH.24.6] And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
[2CH.24.7] For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baals.
[2CH.24.8] So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.24.9] And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
[2CH.24.10] And all the officials and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had finished.
[2CH.24.11] And it was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
[2CH.24.12] And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovah, and also those who worked in iron and brass to repair the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.24.13] So the workmen labored, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God according to its fashion, and strengthened it.
[2CH.24.14] And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, out of which were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.
[2CH.24.15] But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
[2CH.24.16] And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
[2CH.24.17] Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
[2CH.24.18] And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
[2CH.24.19] Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to Jehovah; and they testified against them, but they would not give ear.
[2CH.24.20] And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why do you transgress the commandments of Jehovah, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken Jehovah, he has also forsaken you.
[2CH.24.21] And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.24.22] Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son; and when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
[2CH.24.23] And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.
[2CH.24.24] For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.
[2CH.24.25] And when they were departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the sepulchers of the kings.
[2CH.24.26] And these are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
[2CH.24.27] Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.25.1] Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
[2CH.25.2] And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
[2CH.25.3] Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.
[2CH.25.4] But he did not put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
[2CH.25.5] Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and commanded them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
[2CH.25.6] He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
[2CH.25.7] But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you; for Jehovah is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.
[2CH.25.8] But if you will go, do it, be strong for the battle; God will cast you down before the enemy: for God has power to help, and to cast down.
[2CH.25.9] And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, Jehovah is able to give you much more than this.
[2CH.25.10] Then Amaziah separated them, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
[2CH.25.11] And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.
[2CH.25.12] And the children of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.
[2CH.25.13] But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much spoil.
[2CH.25.14] Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.
[2CH.25.15] Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?
[2CH.25.16] And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have we made you of the king's counsel? Cease; why should you be struck down? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.
[2CH.25.17] Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
[2CH.25.18] And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
[2CH.25.19] You say, Lo, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
[2CH.25.20] But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
[2CH.25.21] So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
[2CH.25.22] And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
[2CH.25.23] And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
[2CH.25.24] And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
[2CH.25.25] And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
[2CH.25.26] Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
[2CH.25.27] Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following Jehovah they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.
[2CH.25.28] And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
[2CH.26.1] And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah.
[2CH.26.2] He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
[2CH.26.3] Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
[2CH.26.4] And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done.
[2CH.26.5] And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him prosper.
[2CH.26.6] And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
[2CH.26.7] And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
[2CH.26.8] And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
[2CH.26.9] Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, and at the Valley Gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
[2CH.26.10] And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and in the plain: and he had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved farming.
[2CH.26.11] Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
[2CH.26.12] The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred.
[2CH.26.13] And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
[2CH.26.14] And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the army, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.
[2CH.26.15] And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he became strong.
[2CH.26.16] But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God; for he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
[2CH.26.17] And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men:
[2CH.26.18] and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It pertains not to you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honor from Jehovah God.
[2CH.26.19] Then Uzziah was angry; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense.
[2CH.26.20] And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead; and they thrust him out quickly from there; yes, he himself hurried also to go out, because Jehovah had struck him.
[2CH.26.21] And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
[2CH.26.22] Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
[2CH.26.23] So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.27.1] Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
[2CH.27.2] And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: however he did not enter into the temple of Jehovah. And the people continued acting corruptly.
[2CH.27.3] He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
[2CH.27.4] Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
[2CH.27.5] He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The children of Ammon paid this to him, in the second year also, and in the third.
[2CH.27.6] So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before Jehovah his God.
[2CH.27.7] Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
[2CH.27.8] He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
[2CH.27.9] And Jotham slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.28.1] Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not do what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his ancestor.
[2CH.28.2] But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for the Baals.
[2CH.28.3] Moreover he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.
[2CH.28.4] And he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
[2CH.28.5] Therefore Jehovah his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they defeated him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who defeated him with a great slaughter.
[2CH.28.6] For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their ancestors.
[2CH.28.7] And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam, the ruler of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
[2CH.28.8] And the children of Israel carried away captive of their kin two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
[2CH.28.9] But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, Look, because Jehovah, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
[2CH.28.10] And now you intend to bring into subjection the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen to you: but are there not among you, even with you, sins against Jehovah your God?
[2CH.28.11] Now hear me therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive from your kin; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is on you.
[2CH.28.12] Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,
[2CH.28.13] and said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for whereas we have offended against Jehovah, you intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
[2CH.28.14] So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the leaders and all the assembly.
[2CH.28.15] And the men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and dressed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to their kin. Then they returned to Samaria.
[2CH.28.16] At that time did king Ahaz send to the kings of Assyria to help him.
[2CH.28.17] For again the Edomites had come and attacked Judah, and carried away captives.
[2CH.28.18] The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its towns, and Timnah with its towns, Gimzo also and its towns: and they settled there.
[2CH.28.19] For Jehovah brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had acted without restraint in Judah, and trespassed greatly against Jehovah.
[2CH.28.20] And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him.
[2CH.28.21] For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Jehovah, and out of the house of the king and of the leaders, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but he did not help him.
[2CH.28.22] And in the time of his distress he trespassed yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz.
[2CH.28.23] For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who attacked him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
[2CH.28.24] And Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God, and cut in pieces the utensils of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of Jehovah; and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
[2CH.28.25] And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked Jehovah, the God of his ancestors, to anger.
[2CH.28.26] Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, from first to last, look, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
[2CH.28.27] And Ahaz slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.29.1] Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
[2CH.29.2] And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
[2CH.29.3] He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.
[2CH.29.4] And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,
[2CH.29.5] and said to them, Listen to me, you Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry out the uncleanness out of the holy place.
[2CH.29.6] For our fathers have trespassed, and done what was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the dwelling place of Jehovah, and turned their backs.
[2CH.29.7] Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
[2CH.29.8] Therefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
[2CH.29.9] For, look, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
[2CH.29.10] Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
[2CH.29.11] My sons, do not be negligent now; for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers, and burn incense.
[2CH.29.12] Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
[2CH.29.13] and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
[2CH.29.14] and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
[2CH.29.15] And they gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.29.16] And the priests went in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out to the brook Kidron.
[2CH.29.17] Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
[2CH.29.18] Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and the table of showbread, with all its vessels.
[2CH.29.19] Moreover all the vessels, which King Ahaz in his reign cast away in his trespass, have we prepared and sanctified; and look, they are before the altar of Jehovah.
[2CH.29.20] Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.29.21] And they brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of Jehovah.
[2CH.29.22] So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar: they also killed the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
[2CH.29.23] And they brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
[2CH.29.24] and the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
[2CH.29.25] And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets.
[2CH.29.26] And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
[2CH.29.27] And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.
[2CH.29.28] And all the assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
[2CH.29.29] And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.
[2CH.29.30] Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
[2CH.29.31] Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to Jehovah; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of Jehovah. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.
[2CH.29.32] And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to Jehovah.
[2CH.29.33] And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
[2CH.29.34] But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
[2CH.29.35] And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of Jehovah was set in order.
[2CH.29.36] And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
[2CH.30.1] And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[2CH.30.2] For the king had taken counsel, and his officials, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.
[2CH.30.3] For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
[2CH.30.4] And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
[2CH.30.5] So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to Jehovah, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; for they had not kept it in great numbers as prescribed.
[2CH.30.6] So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his officials throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel, turn again to Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that has escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
[2CH.30.7] And do not be like your fathers, and like your kindred, who trespassed against Jehovah, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
[2CH.30.8] Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
[2CH.30.9] For if you turn again to Jehovah, your kindred and your children shall find compassion before those that led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.
[2CH.30.10] So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
[2CH.30.11] Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
[2CH.30.12] Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the officials by the word of Jehovah.
[2CH.30.13] And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
[2CH.30.14] And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
[2CH.30.15] Then they slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt-offerings into the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.30.16] And they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
[2CH.30.17] For there were many in the assembly that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of slaughtering the Passover for everyone that was not clean, to sanctify them to Jehovah.
[2CH.30.18] For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon everyone
[2CH.30.19] that sets his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
[2CH.30.20] And Jehovah heard Hezekiah, and healed the people.
[2CH.30.21] And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised Jehovah day by day, singing with loud instruments to Jehovah.
[2CH.30.22] And Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites that had good understanding in the service of Jehovah. So they did eat throughout the appointed feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
[2CH.30.23] And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept other seven days with gladness.
[2CH.30.24] For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the officials gave to the assembly a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
[2CH.30.25] And all the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly that came out of Israel, and the sojourners that came out of the land of Israel, and that lived in Judah, rejoiced.
[2CH.30.26] So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
[2CH.30.27] Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even to heaven.
[2CH.31.1] Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
[2CH.31.2] And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Jehovah.
[2CH.31.3] He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of Jehovah.
[2CH.31.4] Moreover he commanded the people that lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to the law of Jehovah.
[2CH.31.5] And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things they brought in abundantly.
[2CH.31.6] And the children of Israel and Judah, that lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps.
[2CH.31.7] In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
[2CH.31.8] And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel.
[2CH.31.9] Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
[2CH.31.10] And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of Jehovah, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for Jehovah has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
[2CH.31.11] Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them.
[2CH.31.12] And they brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
[2CH.31.13] And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
[2CH.31.14] And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of Jehovah, and the most holy things.
[2CH.31.15] And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, to the great as well as to the small:
[2CH.31.16] besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even every one who entered into the house of Jehovah, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;
[2CH.31.17] and those who were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;
[2CH.31.18] and those who were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the assembly: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.
[2CH.31.19] Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the pasture lands of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.
[2CH.31.20] And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God.
[2CH.31.21] And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
[2CH.32.1] After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.
[2CH.32.2] And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that he was set to fight against Jerusalem,
[2CH.32.3] he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were outside the city; and they supported him.
[2CH.32.4] So there was gathered many people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
[2CH.32.5] And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised up towers upon it, and built another wall outside, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
[2CH.32.6] And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
[2CH.32.7] Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:
[2CH.32.8] with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
[2CH.32.9] After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
[2CH.32.10] Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, In whom do you trust, that you remain in the fortified city in Jerusalem?
[2CH.32.11] Does not Hezekiah mislead you, to give you up to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
[2CH.32.12] Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and on it shall you burn incense?
[2CH.32.13] Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any way able to deliver their land out of my hand?
[2CH.32.14] Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
[2CH.32.15] Now therefore do not let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way, neither believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?
[2CH.32.16] And his servants spoke yet more against Jehovah God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
[2CH.32.17] He also wrote letters to mock Jehovah, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, who have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand.
[2CH.32.18] And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
[2CH.32.19] And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands.
[2CH.32.20] And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
[2CH.32.21] And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he had come into the house of his god, those that came from his own body killed him there with the sword.
[2CH.32.22] Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.
[2CH.32.23] And many brought gifts to Jehovah to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thereafter.
[2CH.32.24] In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death: and he prayed to Jehovah; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
[2CH.32.25] But Hezekiah did not render again according to the benefit done to him; for his heart was exalted: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
[2CH.32.26] However Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
[2CH.32.27] And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided for himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels;
[2CH.32.28] store-houses also for the increase of grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all kinds of animals, and flocks in folds.
[2CH.32.29] Moreover he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
[2CH.32.30] This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
[2CH.32.31] However in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
[2CH.32.32] Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
[2CH.32.33] And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.33.1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
[2CH.33.2] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.
[2CH.33.3] For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he set up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
[2CH.33.4] And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem shall my name be forever.
[2CH.33.5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.33.6] He also made his children pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
[2CH.33.7] And he set the carved image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:
[2CH.33.8] neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances given by Moses.
[2CH.33.9] And Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.
[2CH.33.10] And Jehovah spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.
[2CH.33.11] Therefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
[2CH.33.12] And when he was in distress, he begged Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
[2CH.33.13] And he prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah was God.
[2CH.33.14] Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put captains of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.
[2CH.33.15] And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
[2CH.33.16] And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[2CH.33.17] Nevertheless the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only to Jehovah their God.
[2CH.33.18] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
[2CH.33.19] His prayer also, and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself: behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.
[2CH.33.20] So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.33.21] Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
[2CH.33.22] And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed to all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
[2CH.33.23] And he did not humble himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.
[2CH.33.24] And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.
[2CH.33.25] But the people of the land killed all those that had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
[2CH.34.1] Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.2] And he did what was right in the eyes of Jehovah and walked in the ways of David his father, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
[2CH.34.3] For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.
[2CH.34.4] And they broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the incense altars, that were above them, he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
[2CH.34.5] And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.6] And in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about,
[2CH.34.7] he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.8] Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.
[2CH.34.9] And they came to Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin, and they returned to Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.10] And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and the workmen who labored in the house of Jehovah gave it to mend and repair the house:
[2CH.34.11] even to the carpenters and to the builders they gave it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
[2CH.34.12] And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and others of the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.
[2CH.34.13] Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all who did the work in every kind of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.
[2CH.34.14] And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah given by Moses.
[2CH.34.15] And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
[2CH.34.16] And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they are doing.
[2CH.34.17] And they have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.
[2CH.34.18] And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read from it before the king.
[2CH.34.19] And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.
[2CH.34.20] And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,
[2CH.34.21] Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according to all that is written in this book.
[2CH.34.22] So Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college); and they spoke to her to that effect.
[2CH.34.23] And she said to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me,
[2CH.34.24] Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.
[2CH.34.25] Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath is poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.
[2CH.34.26] But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall you say to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: As for the words which you have heard,
[2CH.34.27] because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Jehovah.
[2CH.34.28] Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon its inhabitants. And they brought back word to the king.
[2CH.34.29] Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.30] And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.34.31] And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.
[2CH.34.32] And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
[2CH.34.33] And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they did not turn aside from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
[2CH.35.1] Josiah kept a Passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
[2CH.35.2] And he set the priests in their duties, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.
[2CH.35.3] And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it shall not be a burden on your shoulders: now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel.
[2CH.35.4] And prepare yourselves by your fathers' houses, after your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
[2CH.35.5] And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brothers the laymen, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.
[2CH.35.6] And kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses.
[2CH.35.7] And Josiah gave to the laymen, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand oxen: these were of the king's substance.
[2CH.35.8] And his princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small livestock, and three hundred oxen.
[2CH.35.9] Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the leaders of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small livestock, and five hundred oxen.
[2CH.35.10] So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king's commandment.
[2CH.35.11] And they killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from them, while the Levites flayed them.
[2CH.35.12] And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the lay people, to offer to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
[2CH.35.13] And they roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings they boiled in pots, and in kettles, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.
[2CH.35.14] And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests; because the priests the sons of Aaron were busy in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
[2CH.35.15] And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate: they needed not depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
[2CH.35.16] So all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Jehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
[2CH.35.17] And the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
[2CH.35.18] And there was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[2CH.35.19] In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.
[2CH.35.20] After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
[2CH.35.21] But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has commanded me to make haste: do not oppose God, who is with me, that he not destroy you.
[2CH.35.22] Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and did not listen to the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
[2CH.35.23] And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am seriously wounded.
[2CH.35.24] So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in the graves of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
[2CH.35.25] And Jeremiah wailed for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their laments to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
[2CH.35.26] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,
[2CH.35.27] and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
[2CH.36.1] Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
[2CH.36.2] Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
[2CH.36.3] And the king of Egypt removed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
[2CH.36.4] And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
[2CH.36.5] Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.
[2CH.36.6] Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
[2CH.36.7] Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
[2CH.36.8] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and what was found on him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.36.9] Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
[2CH.36.10] And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
[2CH.36.11] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
[2CH.36.12] and he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of Jehovah.
[2CH.36.13] And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[2CH.36.14] Moreover all the leaders of the priests, and the people, trespassed very much after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Jehovah which he had made holy in Jerusalem.
[2CH.36.15] And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
[2CH.36.16] but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no healing.
[2CH.36.17] Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or maiden, old man or him who stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
[2CH.36.18] And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king, and of his leaders, all these he brought to Babylon.
[2CH.36.19] And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its valuable vessels.
[2CH.36.20] And those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
[2CH.36.21] to fulfill the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
[2CH.36.22] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
[2CH.36.23] Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up.
[EZR.1.1] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
[EZR.1.2] Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
[EZR.1.3] Whoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
[EZR.1.4] And whoever is left, in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with animals, besides the freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
[EZR.1.5] Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all those whose spirit God had stirred, to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem.
[EZR.1.6] And all those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.
[EZR.1.7] Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
[EZR.1.8] even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
[EZR.1.9] And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives,
[EZR.1.10] thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
[EZR.1.11] All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
[EZR.2.1] Now these are the people of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and that returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;
[EZR.2.2] who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
[EZR.2.3] The children of Parosh, two thousand one hundred seventy-two.
[EZR.2.4] The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy-two.
[EZR.2.5] The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy-five.
[EZR.2.6] The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
[EZR.2.7] The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
[EZR.2.8] The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty-five.
[EZR.2.9] The children of Zaccai, seven hundred sixty.
[EZR.2.10] The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.
[EZR.2.11] The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.
[EZR.2.12] The children of Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty-two.
[EZR.2.13] The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
[EZR.2.14] The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty-six.
[EZR.2.15] The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.
[EZR.2.16] The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
[EZR.2.17] The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty-three.
[EZR.2.18] The children of Jorah, one hundred twelve.
[EZR.2.19] The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty-three.
[EZR.2.20] The children of Gibbar, ninety-five.
[EZR.2.21] The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
[EZR.2.22] The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
[EZR.2.23] The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
[EZR.2.24] The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
[EZR.2.25] The children of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
[EZR.2.26] The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
[EZR.2.27] The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
[EZR.2.28] The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
[EZR.2.29] The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
[EZR.2.30] The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
[EZR.2.31] The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
[EZR.2.32] The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
[EZR.2.33] The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
[EZR.2.34] The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
[EZR.2.35] The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
[EZR.2.36] The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
[EZR.2.37] The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two.
[EZR.2.38] The children of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
[EZR.2.39] The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen.
[EZR.2.40] The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.
[EZR.2.41] The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
[EZR.2.42] The children of the gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all one hundred thirty-nine.
[EZR.2.43] The temple servants: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
[EZR.2.44] the children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
[EZR.2.45] the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
[EZR.2.46] the children of Hagab, the children of Shamlai, the children of Hanan,
[EZR.2.47] the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
[EZR.2.48] the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
[EZR.2.49] the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
[EZR.2.50] the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephisim,
[EZR.2.51] the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
[EZR.2.52] the children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
[EZR.2.53] the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
[EZR.2.54] the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
[EZR.2.55] The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,
[EZR.2.56] the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
[EZR.2.57] the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Ami.
[EZR.2.58] All the temple servants, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety-two.
[EZR.2.59] And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
[EZR.2.60] the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty-two.
[EZR.2.61] And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
[EZR.2.62] These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
[EZR.2.63] And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
[EZR.2.64] The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred sixty,
[EZR.2.65] besides their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
[EZR.2.66] Their horses were seven hundred thirty-six; their mules, two hundred forty-five;
[EZR.2.67] their camels, four hundred thirty-five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred twenty.
[EZR.2.68] And some of the heads of fathers' houses, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:
[EZR.2.69] they gave according to their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
[EZR.2.70] So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, dwelled in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
[EZR.3.1] And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered themselves together as one person to Jerusalem.
[EZR.3.2] Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
[EZR.3.3] And they set the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they offered burnt offerings on it to Jehovah, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
[EZR.3.4] And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
[EZR.3.5] and afterward the continual burnt offering, and the offerings of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of Jehovah that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill-offering to Jehovah.
[EZR.3.6] From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings to Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid.
[EZR.3.7] They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
[EZR.3.8] Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all they that had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of Jehovah.
[EZR.3.9] Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.
[EZR.3.10] And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, according to the directions of David king of Israel.
[EZR.3.11] And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Jehovah, saying, For he is good, for his loving-kindness endures forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.
[EZR.3.12] But many of the priests and Levites and heads of ancestors' houses, the old men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
[EZR.3.13] so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard far off.
[EZR.4.1] Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Jehovah, the God of Israel;
[EZR.4.2] then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.
[EZR.4.3] But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
[EZR.4.4] Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
[EZR.4.5] and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
[EZR.4.6] And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
[EZR.4.7] And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian character, and set forth in the Syrian language.
[EZR.4.8] Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this manner:
[EZR.4.9] then Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehavites, the Elamites,
[EZR.4.10] and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, and so forth, wrote.
[EZR.4.11] This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.
[EZR.4.12] Be it known to the king, that the Jews that came up from you are come to us to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.
[EZR.4.13] Be it known now to the king, that, if this city is built, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and it will endanger the revenue of the kings.
[EZR.4.14] Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and informed the king;
[EZR.4.15] that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: so you will find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition in the midst of it of old; therefore was this city laid waste.
[EZR.4.16] We inform the king that, if this city is built, and the walls finished, by this means you will have no portion beyond the River.
[EZR.4.17] Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Peace, and so forth.
[EZR.4.18] The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.
[EZR.4.19] And I decreed, and search has been made, and it is found that this city of old has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it.
[EZR.4.20] There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.
[EZR.4.21] Make a decree now to stop these men, so that this city is not built, until a decree is made by me.
[EZR.4.22] And be careful to not be slack in this matter: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
[EZR.4.23] Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them stop by force and power.
[EZR.4.24] Then stopped the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
[EZR.5.1] Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel, even to them.
[EZR.5.2] Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
[EZR.5.3] At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said to them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to complete this structure?
[EZR.5.4] Then we said to them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
[EZR.5.5] But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not cause them to cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and then a written answer be returned concerning it.
[EZR.5.6] The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king;
[EZR.5.7] they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace.
[EZR.5.8] Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goes on with diligence and prospers in their hands.
[EZR.5.9] Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to complete this structure?
[EZR.5.10] We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men that were chief among them.
[EZR.5.11] And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
[EZR.5.12] But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
[EZR.5.13] But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
[EZR.5.14] And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, those Cyrus the king took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
[EZR.5.15] and he said to him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.
[EZR.5.16] Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now it has been in building, and yet it is not completed.
[EZR.5.17] Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
[EZR.6.1] Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
[EZR.6.2] And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record:
[EZR.6.3] In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations be strongly laid; the height thereof sixty cubits, and the breadth thereof sixty cubits;
[EZR.6.4] with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.
[EZR.6.5] And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place; and you shall put them in the house of God.
[EZR.6.6] Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, be distant from there:
[EZR.6.7] let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
[EZR.6.8] Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they be not hindered.
[EZR.6.9] And that which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given to them day by day without fail;
[EZR.6.10] that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
[EZR.6.11] Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a timber be pulled down from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:
[EZR.6.12] and the God that has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put out a hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.
[EZR.6.13] Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, did with all diligence according to that which Darius the king had sent.
[EZR.6.14] And the elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
[EZR.6.15] And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
[EZR.6.16] And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
[EZR.6.17] And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
[EZR.6.18] And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
[EZR.6.19] And the children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
[EZR.6.20] For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.
[EZR.6.21] And the children of Israel that were come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, did eat,
[EZR.6.22] and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
[EZR.7.1] Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
[EZR.7.2] the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
[EZR.7.3] the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
[EZR.7.4] the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
[EZR.7.5] the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
[EZR.7.6] this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
[EZR.7.7] And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
[EZR.7.8] And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
[EZR.7.9] For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
[EZR.7.10] For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
[EZR.7.11] Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:
[EZR.7.12] Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now
[EZR.7.13] I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
[EZR.7.14] Forasmuch as you are sent by the king, and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,
[EZR.7.15] and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
[EZR.7.16] and all the silver and gold that you shall find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
[EZR.7.17] therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shall offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
[EZR.7.18] And whatever shall seem good to you and to your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
[EZR.7.19] And the vessels that are given you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
[EZR.7.20] And whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure-house.
[EZR.7.21] And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,
[EZR.7.22] to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
[EZR.7.23] Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
[EZR.7.24] Also we notify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them.
[EZR.7.25] And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach those who do not know them.
[EZR.7.26] And whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
[EZR.7.27] Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
[EZR.7.28] and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
[EZR.8.1] Now these are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
[EZR.8.2] Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.
[EZR.8.3] Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males a hundred and fifty.
[EZR.8.4] Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
[EZR.8.5] Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
[EZR.8.6] And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
[EZR.8.7] And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
[EZR.8.8] And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
[EZR.8.9] Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
[EZR.8.10] And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and sixty males.
[EZR.8.11] And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
[EZR.8.12] And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.
[EZR.8.13] And of the last sons of Adonikam, those whose names are these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.
[EZR.8.14] And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
[EZR.8.15] And I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
[EZR.8.16] Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers.
[EZR.8.17] And I sent them with the command to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should say to Iddo, and his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
[EZR.8.18] And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
[EZR.8.19] and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
[EZR.8.20] and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.
[EZR.8.21] Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a safe journey for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
[EZR.8.22] For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.
[EZR.8.23] So we fasted and implored our God for this: and he was entreated by us.
[EZR.8.24] Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
[EZR.8.25] and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:
[EZR.8.26] I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold a hundred talents;
[EZR.8.27] and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
[EZR.8.28] And I said to them, You are holy to Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering to Jehovah, the God of your fathers.
[EZR.8.29] Watch and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.
[EZR.8.30] So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
[EZR.8.31] Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the one who lay in wait by the way.
[EZR.8.32] And we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
[EZR.8.33] And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest (and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas), and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites;
[EZR.8.34] the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.
[EZR.8.35] The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt offering to Jehovah.
[EZR.8.36] And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's officers, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.
[EZR.9.1] Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
[EZR.9.2] For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
[EZR.9.3] And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.
[EZR.9.4] Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat astonished until the evening offering.
[EZR.9.5] And at the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to Jehovah my God;
[EZR.9.6] and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our heads, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.
[EZR.9.7] Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
[EZR.9.8] And now for a little moment grace has been shown from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a secure hold in his holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
[EZR.9.9] For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
[EZR.9.10] And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,
[EZR.9.11] which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.
[EZR.9.12] Now therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
[EZR.9.13] And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
[EZR.9.14] shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples of these abominations? would you not be angry with us till you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant or any to escape?
[EZR.9.15] O Jehovah, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day; behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this.
[EZR.10.1] Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
[EZR.10.2] And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
[EZR.10.3] Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
[EZR.10.4] Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you: be of good courage, and do it.
[EZR.10.5] Then Ezra arose, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word: so they swore.
[EZR.10.6] Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he neither ate bread nor drank water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.
[EZR.10.7] And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;
[EZR.10.8] and that whoever did not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of the captivity.
[EZR.10.9] Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
[EZR.10.10] And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.
[EZR.10.11] Now therefore make confession to Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.
[EZR.10.12] Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As you have said concerning us, so must we do.
[EZR.10.13] But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
[EZR.10.14] Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges of it, until the fierce wrath of our God is turned from us, until this matter is resolved.
[EZR.10.15] Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
[EZR.10.16] And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
[EZR.10.17] And they made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
[EZR.10.18] And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women: namely, of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
[EZR.10.19] And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
[EZR.10.20] And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
[EZR.10.21] And of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
[EZR.10.22] And of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
[EZR.10.23] And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
[EZR.10.24] And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the porters: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
[EZR.10.25] And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
[EZR.10.26] And of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
[EZR.10.27] And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
[EZR.10.28] And of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
[EZR.10.29] And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth.
[EZR.10.30] And of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
[EZR.10.31] And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
[EZR.10.32] Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.
[EZR.10.33] Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.
[EZR.10.34] Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
[EZR.10.35] Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,
[EZR.10.36] Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
[EZR.10.37] Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu,
[EZR.10.38] And of the sons of Binnui: Shimei,
[EZR.10.39] and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
[EZR.10.40] Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
[EZR.10.41] Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
[EZR.10.42] Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.
[EZR.10.43] Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.
[EZR.10.44] All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
[NEH.1.1] The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
[NEH.1.2] that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
[NEH.1.3] And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.
[NEH.1.4] And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
[NEH.1.5] and said, I beg you, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keeps covenant and lovingkindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
[NEH.1.6] let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you now, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you; yes, I and my father's house have sinned:
[NEH.1.7] we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
[NEH.1.8] Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples:
[NEH.1.9] but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.
[NEH.1.10] Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
[NEH.1.11] O Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and prosper, I beg you, your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.
[NEH.2.1] And it happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence before.
[NEH.2.2] And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.
[NEH.2.3] And I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my ancestors' tombs, lies in waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?
[NEH.2.4] Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
[NEH.2.5] And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors' tombs, that I may rebuild it.
[NEH.2.6] And the king said to me (the queen also sitting by him), For how long shall your journey be? and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
[NEH.2.7] Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
[NEH.2.8] and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which belongs to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
[NEH.2.9] Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
[NEH.2.10] And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the Ammonite servant, heard of it, it grieved them greatly, that a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
[NEH.2.11] So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
[NEH.2.12] And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: there was no animal with me, except the animal that I rode upon.
[NEH.2.13] And I went out by night by the Valley Gate, even toward the Dragon's Well, and to the Dung Gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates were consumed with fire.
[NEH.2.14] Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
[NEH.2.15] Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
[NEH.2.16] And the rulers did not know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
[NEH.2.17] Then I said to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies in waste, and its gates are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
[NEH.2.18] And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; moreover also of the king's words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
[NEH.2.19] But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you rebel against the king?
[NEH.2.20] Then I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor remembrance, in Jerusalem.
[NEH.3.1] Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they set it up, and set up its doors, even to the tower of Meah they set it up, to the tower of Hananel.
[NEH.3.2] And next to him built the men of Jericho. And next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri.
[NEH.3.3] And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
[NEH.3.4] And next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. And next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel. And next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
[NEH.3.5] And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lord.
[NEH.3.6] And the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
[NEH.3.7] And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, that belonged to the throne of the governor beyond the River.
[NEH.3.8] Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. And next to him repaired Hananiah one of the perfumers, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the broad wall.
[NEH.3.9] And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
[NEH.3.10] And next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. And next to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah.
[NEH.3.11] Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces.
[NEH.3.12] And next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
[NEH.3.13] The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.
[NEH.3.14] And the dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem; he built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
[NEH.3.15] And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of David.
[NEH.3.16] After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, to the place over against the sepulchers of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
[NEH.3.17] After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
[NEH.3.18] After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
[NEH.3.19] And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.
[NEH.3.20] After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
[NEH.3.21] After him Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
[NEH.3.22] And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.
[NEH.3.23] After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house.
[NEH.3.24] After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner.
[NEH.3.25] Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the king's upper house, that is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired.
[NEH.3.26] Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.
[NEH.3.27] After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
[NEH.3.28] Above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his own house.
[NEH.3.29] After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his own house. And after him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
[NEH.3.30] After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph repaired another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
[NEH.3.31] After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
[NEH.3.32] And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
[NEH.4.1] But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
[NEH.4.2] And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?
[NEH.4.3] Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he will break down their stone wall.
[NEH.4.4] Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
[NEH.4.5] and do not cover their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.
[NEH.4.6] So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.
[NEH.4.7] But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;
[NEH.4.8] and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion in it.
[NEH.4.9] But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
[NEH.4.10] And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
[NEH.4.11] And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
[NEH.4.12] And it came to pass that when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places where you shall return to us they will be upon you.
[NEH.4.13] Therefore I set in the lower parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
[NEH.4.14] And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
[NEH.4.15] And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.
[NEH.4.16] And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the captains were behind all the house of Judah.
[NEH.4.17] They that built the wall and they that bore burdens loaded themselves; every one with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
[NEH.4.18] and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
[NEH.4.19] And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another:
[NEH.4.20] in whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort there to us; our God will fight for us.
[NEH.4.21] So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
[NEH.4.22] Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.
[NEH.4.23] So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone sending them to the water.
[NEH.5.1] Then there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
[NEH.5.2] For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
[NEH.5.3] Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the famine.
[NEH.5.4] There were also those who said, We have borrowed money for the king's taxes upon our fields and our vineyards.
[NEH.5.5] Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, see, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
[NEH.5.6] And I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words.
[NEH.5.7] Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact tariffs, every one from his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
[NEH.5.8] And I said to them, We ourselves after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us? Then they held their peace, and found nothing to answer.
[NEH.5.9] Also I said, The thing that you do is not good: shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
[NEH.5.10] And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this interest.
[NEH.5.11] Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you exact from them.
[NEH.5.12] Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing from them; so will we do, as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
[NEH.5.13] Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn't perform this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.
[NEH.5.14] Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread provided to the governor.
[NEH.5.15] But the former governors that were before me were a burden to the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants lorded it over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
[NEH.5.16] Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.
[NEH.5.17] Moreover there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.
[NEH.5.18] Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also birds were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn't demand the bread provided to the governor, because the service was heavy upon this people.
[NEH.5.19] Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
[NEH.6.1] Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
[NEH.6.2] that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me harm.
[NEH.6.3] And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work stop, while I leave it, and come down to you?
[NEH.6.4] And they sent to me four times in this way; and I answered them in the same manner.
[NEH.6.5] Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,
[NEH.6.6] in which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause you are building the wall: and you would be their king, according to these words.
[NEH.6.7] And you have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now it shall be reported to the king according to these words. Come now, therefore, and let us take counsel together.
[NEH.6.8] Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you invent them out of your own heart.
[NEH.6.9] For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, O God, strengthen my hands.
[NEH.6.10] And I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.
[NEH.6.11] And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who that is such as I would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
[NEH.6.12] And I discerned, and look, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
[NEH.6.13] For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have an evil report, that they might reproach me.
[NEH.6.14] Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
[NEH.6.15] So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
[NEH.6.16] And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations that were about us saw these things, that they were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was performed with the help of our God.
[NEH.6.17] Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them.
[NEH.6.18] For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as his wife.
[NEH.6.19] Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
[NEH.7.1] Now it happened when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
[NEH.7.2] that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
[NEH.7.3] And I said to them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one over against his house.
[NEH.7.4] Now the city was wide and large: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
[NEH.7.5] And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the officials, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those that came up at the first, and I found written therein:
[NEH.7.6] These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;
[NEH.7.7] who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this:
[NEH.7.8] The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two.
[NEH.7.9] The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
[NEH.7.10] The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
[NEH.7.11] The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
[NEH.7.12] The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
[NEH.7.13] The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
[NEH.7.14] The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.
[NEH.7.15] The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
[NEH.7.16] The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.
[NEH.7.17] The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
[NEH.7.18] The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and seven.
[NEH.7.19] The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty and seven.
[NEH.7.20] The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
[NEH.7.21] The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
[NEH.7.22] The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
[NEH.7.23] The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
[NEH.7.24] The children of Hariph, a hundred and twelve.
[NEH.7.25] The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
[NEH.7.26] The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, a hundred eighty and eight.
[NEH.7.27] The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty and eight.
[NEH.7.28] The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.
[NEH.7.29] The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
[NEH.7.30] The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
[NEH.7.31] The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two.
[NEH.7.32] The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty and three.
[NEH.7.33] The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
[NEH.7.34] The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
[NEH.7.35] The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
[NEH.7.36] The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
[NEH.7.37] The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
[NEH.7.38] The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
[NEH.7.39] The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
[NEH.7.40] The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
[NEH.7.41] The children of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
[NEH.7.42] The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
[NEH.7.43] The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
[NEH.7.44] The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight.
[NEH.7.45] The gatekeepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight.
[NEH.7.46] The Nethinim: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
[NEH.7.47] the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
[NEH.7.48] the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Salmai,
[NEH.7.49] the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
[NEH.7.50] the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
[NEH.7.51] the children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah.
[NEH.7.52] The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephushesim,
[NEH.7.53] the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
[NEH.7.54] the children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
[NEH.7.55] the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,
[NEH.7.56] the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
[NEH.7.57] The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
[NEH.7.58] the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
[NEH.7.59] the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.
[NEH.7.60] All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
[NEH.7.61] And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, nor their descent, whether they were of Israel:
[NEH.7.62] the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
[NEH.7.63] And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.
[NEH.7.64] These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
[NEH.7.65] And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
[NEH.7.66] The whole assembly together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
[NEH.7.67] besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
[NEH.7.68] Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
[NEH.7.69] their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
[NEH.7.70] And some from among the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
[NEH.7.71] And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.
[NEH.7.72] And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.
[NEH.7.73] So the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. And when the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
[NEH.8.1] And all the people gathered themselves together as one person in the broad place that was before the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.
[NEH.8.2] And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
[NEH.8.3] And he read from it in front of the broad place that was before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
[NEH.8.4] And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
[NEH.8.5] And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
[NEH.8.6] And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.
[NEH.8.7] Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stood in their place.
[NEH.8.8] And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
[NEH.8.9] And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God; do not mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
[NEH.8.10] Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord; do not be grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.
[NEH.8.11] So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved.
[NEH.8.12] And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
[NEH.8.13] And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.
[NEH.8.14] And they found written in the law, how Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month;
[NEH.8.15] and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mountain, and fetch olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
[NEH.8.16] So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the Water Gate, and in the broad place of the Gate of Ephraim.
[NEH.8.17] And all the assembly of those who had come again out of the captivity made booths, and dwelled in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
[NEH.8.18] Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
[NEH.9.1] Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.
[NEH.9.2] And the descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
[NEH.9.3] And they stood up in their place, and read from the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Jehovah their God.
[NEH.9.4] Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.
[NEH.9.5] Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
[NEH.9.6] You are Jehovah, even you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all; and the host of heaven worships you.
[NEH.9.7] You are Jehovah the God, who chose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
[NEH.9.8] and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his descendants, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.
[NEH.9.9] And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
[NEH.9.10] and showed signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and obtained you a name, as it is this day.
[NEH.9.11] And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you threw into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
[NEH.9.12] Moreover in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
[NEH.9.13] You also came down on mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
[NEH.9.14] and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
[NEH.9.15] and gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
[NEH.9.16] But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, and did not listen to your commandments,
[NEH.9.17] and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness, and did not forsake them.
[NEH.9.18] Yes, when they had made a molten calf, and said, This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt, and had worked great provocations;
[NEH.9.19] yet you in your manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
[NEH.9.20] You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
[NEH.9.21] Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes did not become old, and their feet did not swell.
[NEH.9.22] Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions: so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
[NEH.9.23] You also multiplied their descendants as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land, concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
[NEH.9.24] So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they wished.
[NEH.9.25] And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns constructed, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
[NEH.9.26] Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they worked great provocations.
[NEH.9.27] Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
[NEH.9.28] But after they had rest, they did evil again before you: therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,
[NEH.9.29] and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and did not listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them,) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
[NEH.9.30] Yet many years did you forbear them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets: yet they would not give ear: therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
[NEH.9.31] Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.
[NEH.9.32] Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving-kindness, let not all the travail seem little to you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
[NEH.9.33] However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
[NEH.9.34] neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor did they listen to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.
[NEH.9.35] For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
[NEH.9.36] Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.
[NEH.9.37] And it yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
[NEH.9.38] Yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal to it.
[NEH.10.1] Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
[NEH.10.2] Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
[NEH.10.3] Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
[NEH.10.4] Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
[NEH.10.5] Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
[NEH.10.6] Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
[NEH.10.7] Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
[NEH.10.8] Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests.
[NEH.10.9] And the Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
[NEH.10.10] and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
[NEH.10.11] Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
[NEH.10.12] Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
[NEH.10.13] Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
[NEH.10.14] The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
[NEH.10.15] Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
[NEH.10.16] Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
[NEH.10.17] Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
[NEH.10.18] Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
[NEH.10.19] Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
[NEH.10.20] Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
[NEH.10.21] Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
[NEH.10.22] Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
[NEH.10.23] Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
[NEH.10.24] Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
[NEH.10.25] Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
[NEH.10.26] and Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
[NEH.10.27] Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
[NEH.10.28] And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and everyone who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding;
[NEH.10.29] they joined with their kindred, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
[NEH.10.30] and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
[NEH.10.31] and if the peoples of the land bring goods or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy from them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
[NEH.10.32] Also we made commands for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
[NEH.10.33] for the showbread, and for the continual grain offering, and for the continual burnt offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
[NEH.10.34] And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, according to what is written in the law;
[NEH.10.35] and to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all kinds of trees, year by year, to the house of Jehovah;
[NEH.10.36] also the firstborn of our sons, and of our livestock, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God;
[NEH.10.37] and that we should bring the first of our dough, and our heave offerings, and the fruit of all kinds of trees, the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities where we labor.
[NEH.10.38] And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house.
[NEH.10.39] For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers; and we will not forsake the house of our God.
[NEH.11.1] And the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.
[NEH.11.2] And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to live in Jerusalem.
[NEH.11.3] Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah lived every one in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants.
[NEH.11.4] And in Jerusalem lived certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;
[NEH.11.5] and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
[NEH.11.6] All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
[NEH.11.7] And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.
[NEH.11.8] And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.
[NEH.11.9] And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
[NEH.11.10] Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
[NEH.11.11] Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,
[NEH.11.12] and their brethren who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
[NEH.11.13] and his brethren, chiefs of fathers’ houses, two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
[NEH.11.14] and their brethren, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
[NEH.11.15] And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
[NEH.11.16] and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;
[NEH.11.17] and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to start the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
[NEH.11.18] All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
[NEH.11.19] Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
[NEH.11.20] And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
[NEH.11.21] But the temple servants lived in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
[NEH.11.22] The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God.
[NEH.11.23] For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.
[NEH.11.24] And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.
[NEH.11.25] And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, and in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,
[NEH.11.26] and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet,
[NEH.11.27] and in Hazar-shual, and in Beersheba and its towns,
[NEH.11.28] and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in its towns,
[NEH.11.29] and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
[NEH.11.30] Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.
[NEH.11.31] The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aijah, and at Bethel and its towns,
[NEH.11.32] at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
[NEH.11.33] Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
[NEH.11.34] Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
[NEH.11.35] Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
[NEH.11.36] And of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin.
[NEH.12.1] Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
[NEH.12.2] Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
[NEH.12.3] Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
[NEH.12.4] Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
[NEH.12.5] Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
[NEH.12.6] Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
[NEH.12.7] Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
[NEH.12.8] Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.
[NEH.12.9] Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.
[NEH.12.10] And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada,
[NEH.12.11] and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.
[NEH.12.12] And in the days of Joiakim, were priests, heads of fathers' houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
[NEH.12.13] of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
[NEH.12.14] of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
[NEH.12.15] of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
[NEH.12.16] of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
[NEH.12.17] of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
[NEH.12.18] of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
[NEH.12.19] and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
[NEH.12.20] of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
[NEH.12.21] of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
[NEH.12.22] The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded heads of fathers' houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
[NEH.12.23] The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
[NEH.12.24] And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.
[NEH.12.25] Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.
[NEH.12.26] These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.
[NEH.12.27] And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
[NEH.12.28] And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites;
[NEH.12.29] also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
[NEH.12.30] And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
[NEH.12.31] Then I brought up the chiefs of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession; whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
[NEH.12.32] and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the chiefs of Judah,
[NEH.12.33] and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
[NEH.12.34] Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
[NEH.12.35] and some of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;
[NEH.12.36] and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
[NEH.12.37] And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.
[NEH.12.38] And the other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,
[NEH.12.39] and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard.
[NEH.12.40] So stood the two companies of those who gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;
[NEH.12.41] and the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
[NEH.12.42] and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
[NEH.12.43] And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy: and the women also and the children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
[NEH.12.44] And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them according to the fields of the cities the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who waited.
[NEH.12.45] And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.
[NEH.12.46] For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
[NEH.12.47] And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day appointed; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.
[NEH.13.1] On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and it was found written that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,
[NEH.13.2] because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
[NEH.13.3] And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
[NEH.13.4] Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
[NEH.13.5] had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the offerings for the priests.
[NEH.13.6] But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,
[NEH.13.7] and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
[NEH.13.8] And it grieved me sorely: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the room.
[NEH.13.9] Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms: and there I brought again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the frankincense.
[NEH.13.10] And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled every one to his field.
[NEH.13.11] Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
[NEH.13.12] Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries.
[NEH.13.13] And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful: and their business was to distribute to their kindred.
[NEH.13.14] Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.
[NEH.13.15] In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain, and loading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold provisions.
[NEH.13.16] There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all kinds of merchandise, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
[NEH.13.17] Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?
[NEH.13.18] Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? Yet you bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.
[NEH.13.19] And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.
[NEH.13.20] So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of merchandise lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
[NEH.13.21] Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do you lodge about the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath.
[NEH.13.22] And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving-kindness.
[NEH.13.23] In those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
[NEH.13.24] and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
[NEH.13.25] And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
[NEH.13.26] Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
[NEH.13.27] Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?
[NEH.13.28] And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
[NEH.13.29] Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
[NEH.13.30] Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
[NEH.13.31] and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
[EST.1.1] Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),
[EST.1.2] that in those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
[EST.1.3] in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his officials and his servants; the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and officials of the provinces, being before him.
[EST.1.4] He showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and eighty days.
[EST.1.5] When these days were completed, the king made a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, for seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
[EST.1.6] There were hangings of white cloth, green, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.
[EST.1.7] They gave them drinks in vessels of gold (the vessels being different one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
[EST.1.8] The drinking was according to the law; none was compelled: for so the king had appointed to all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
[EST.1.9] Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
[EST.1.10] On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
[EST.1.11] to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful to look at.
[EST.1.12] But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.
[EST.1.13] Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king's manner toward all who knew law and judgment;
[EST.1.14] and the ones closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),
[EST.1.15] What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done what the king Ahasuerus commanded by the chamberlains?
[EST.1.16] And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not only done wrong to the king but also to all the officials and to all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
[EST.1.17] For this deed of the queen will get out to all women, making their husbands despised in their eyes, when it will be said, King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she did not come.
[EST.1.18] And this day the princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard of the deed of the queen, will speak the same to all the king's princes. So there will be much contempt and wrath.
[EST.1.19] If it pleases the king, let there be a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be changed, that Vashti come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
[EST.1.20] When the king's decree which he will make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both great and small.
[EST.1.21] And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
[EST.1.22] for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule in his own house, and speak according to the language of his people.
[EST.2.1] After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
[EST.2.2] Then the king's servants who served him said, Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king;
[EST.2.3] and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them;
[EST.2.4] and let the maiden that pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.
[EST.2.5] There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
[EST.2.6] who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives that had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
[EST.2.7] He raised Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
[EST.2.8] So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree were heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
[EST.2.9] And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he quickly gave her her things for purification, with her portion, and the seven maidens who were suitable to be given her out of the king's house: and he moved her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.
[EST.2.10] Esther had not told her people or her family; for Mordecai had commanded her that she should not tell it.
[EST.2.11] And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the house of the women, to know how Esther was doing, and what would become of her.
[EST.2.12] Now when the turn of each maiden came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet perfumes and with things for the purifying of the women),
[EST.2.13] then the maiden went in to the king; whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
[EST.2.14] In the evening she went, and the next day she returned to the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines. She did not see the king again, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.
[EST.2.15] Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she requested nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
[EST.2.16] So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
[EST.2.17] And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
[EST.2.18] Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he granted a holiday to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the king's wealth.
[EST.2.19] And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.
[EST.2.20] Esther had not yet declared her family or her people, as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, as she had done when she was brought up by him.
[EST.2.21] In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the door, were angry, and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
[EST.2.22] And the matter became known to Mordecai, who told it to Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name.
[EST.2.23] When the matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
[EST.3.1] After these things, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the officials that were with him.
[EST.3.2] All the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down, nor pay him homage.
[EST.3.3] Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why do you transgress the king's command?
[EST.3.4] Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he did not listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
[EST.3.5] When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor pay him homage, then Haman was full of wrath.
[EST.3.6] But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
[EST.3.7] In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
[EST.3.8] Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are different from those of every people; neither do they keep the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them.
[EST.3.9] If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
[EST.3.10] The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
[EST.3.11] The king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.
[EST.3.12] Then the king's scribes were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it; and it was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people after their language; in the name of King Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.
[EST.3.13] Letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil from them for a prey.
[EST.3.14] A copy of the writing was to be issued as a decree in every province, being published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
[EST.3.15] The couriers went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
[EST.4.1] When Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry;
[EST.4.2] and he came even before the king’s gate: for no one might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
[EST.4.3] In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
[EST.4.4] Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent clothes to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth away from him; but he did not accept them.
[EST.4.5] Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.
[EST.4.6] So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square which was before the king’s gate.
[EST.4.7] And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the amount of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
[EST.4.8] Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to explain it to her; and to charge her that she should go in to the king, to beg favor for her people.
[EST.4.9] Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
[EST.4.10] Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a command to Mordecai:
[EST.4.11] All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, know that any man or woman that comes to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him: he shall be put to death, except such to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come to the king these thirty days.
[EST.4.12] They told Mordecai Esther’s words.
[EST.4.13] Then Mordecai commanded them to answer Esther: Do not think to yourself that you shall escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
[EST.4.14] For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish: and who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
[EST.4.15] Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
[EST.4.16] Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat or drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
[EST.4.17] So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
[EST.5.1] Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner courtyard of the king's house, opposite the king's house: and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal house, opposite the entrance of the house.
[EST.5.2] And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the courtyard, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.
[EST.5.3] Then the king said to her, What do you want, queen Esther? and what is your request? it shall be given to you even to half of the kingdom.
[EST.5.4] And Esther said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.
[EST.5.5] Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, so that it may be done as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
[EST.5.6] And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your petition? and it shall be granted to you: and what is your request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
[EST.5.7] Then Esther answered and said, My petition and my request is;
[EST.5.8] if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.
[EST.5.9] Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he did not stand up nor move for him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai.
[EST.5.10] Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home; and he sent and brought his friends and Zeresh his wife.
[EST.5.11] And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
[EST.5.12] Haman said moreover, Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow also am I invited by her with the king.
[EST.5.13] Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
[EST.5.14] Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it; then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made.
[EST.6.1] On that night, the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
[EST.6.2] And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who kept the door, who sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
[EST.6.3] And the king said, What honor and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, Nothing has been done for him.
[EST.6.4] And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
[EST.6.5] And the king's servants said to him, Look, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
[EST.6.6] So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
[EST.6.7] And Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
[EST.6.8] let royal apparel be brought which the king has worn, and the horse that the king rides on, and on whose head a royal crown is set;
[EST.6.9] and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
[EST.6.10] Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.
[EST.6.11] Then Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
[EST.6.12] And Mordecai came back to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
[EST.6.13] And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the seed of the Jews, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.
[EST.6.14] While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
[EST.7.1] So the king and Haman came to drink with Esther the queen.
[EST.7.2] And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther? and it will be granted you: and what is your request? even to the half of the kingdom it will be performed.
[EST.7.3] Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
[EST.7.4] for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
[EST.7.5] Then King Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dared presume in his heart to do so?
[EST.7.6] And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
[EST.7.7] And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
[EST.7.8] Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch where Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even assault the queen with me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
[EST.7.9] Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it.
[EST.7.10] So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
[EST.8.1] On that day did King Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
[EST.8.2] And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
[EST.8.3] And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and pleaded with him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had devised against the Jews.
[EST.8.4] Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
[EST.8.5] And she said, If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
[EST.8.6] For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
[EST.8.7] Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
[EST.8.8] Write also to the Jews, as it seems good to you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
[EST.8.9] Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of it; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the governors and captains of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
[EST.8.10] And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred of swift steeds.
[EST.8.11] In them the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
[EST.8.12] on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
[EST.8.13] The copy of the writing, for a commandment to be given in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
[EST.8.14] So the couriers who rode upon royal horses went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.
[EST.8.15] And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
[EST.8.16] The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
[EST.8.17] And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
[EST.9.1] Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his decree approached to be executed, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to overpower them, but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews overpowered those who hated them;
[EST.9.2] the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their harm; and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the people.
[EST.9.3] And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and those that did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
[EST.9.4] For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.
[EST.9.5] And the Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted with those who hated them.
[EST.9.6] And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
[EST.9.7] And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
[EST.9.8] and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
[EST.9.9] and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha,
[EST.9.10] the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews' enemy, they slew; but on the spoil they did not lay their hand.
[EST.9.11] On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
[EST.9.12] And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your petition? and it shall be granted you: or what is your request further? and it shall be done.
[EST.9.13] Then said Esther, If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
[EST.9.14] And the king commanded it to be done so: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
[EST.9.15] And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan; but on the spoil they did not lay their hand.
[EST.9.16] And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of those that hated them seventy-five thousand; but on the spoil they did not lay their hand.
[EST.9.17] This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
[EST.9.18] But the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
[EST.9.19] Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
[EST.9.20] And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
[EST.9.21] to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
[EST.9.22] as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
[EST.9.23] And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;
[EST.9.24] because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
[EST.9.25] but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
[EST.9.26] Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,
[EST.9.27] the Jews ordained, and took upon them and upon their descendants, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time, every year;
[EST.9.28] and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memory of them perish from their descendants.
[EST.9.29] Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
[EST.9.30] And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
[EST.9.31] to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their descendants, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
[EST.9.32] And the command of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
[EST.10.1] And King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
[EST.10.2] And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
[EST.10.3] For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his relatives, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his seed.
[JOB.1.1] There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
[JOB.1.2] And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
[JOB.1.3] His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
[JOB.1.4] And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
[JOB.1.5] And it was so, when the days of their feasting were over, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus Job did continually.
[JOB.1.6] Now it came about on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.
[JOB.1.7] And Jehovah said to Satan, Where have you come from? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
[JOB.1.8] And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.
[JOB.1.9] Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?
[JOB.1.10] Have you not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
[JOB.1.11] But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.
[JOB.1.12] And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself do not put forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.
[JOB.1.13] And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
[JOB.1.14] that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them;
[JOB.1.15] and the Sabeans made a raid, and took them away; yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell you.
[JOB.1.16] While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God has fallen from heaven, and has burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell you.
[JOB.1.17] While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell you.
[JOB.1.18] While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house;
[JOB.1.19] and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell you.
[JOB.1.20] Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped;
[JOB.1.21] and he said, Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked will I return there: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.
[JOB.1.22] In all this Job did not sin, nor charge God foolishly.
[JOB.2.1] Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.
[JOB.2.2] Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down on it.
[JOB.2.3] Jehovah said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.
[JOB.2.4] Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
[JOB.2.5] But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.
[JOB.2.6] Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.
[JOB.2.7] So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.
[JOB.2.8] He took a potsherd to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
[JOB.2.9] Then his wife said to him, Do you still retain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.
[JOB.2.10] But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
[JOB.2.11] Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
[JOB.2.12] When they lifted up their eyes at a distance, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voices and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.
[JOB.2.13] So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
[JOB.3.1] After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
[JOB.3.2] Job spoke, and said:
[JOB.3.3] Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night which said, There is a male child conceived.
[JOB.3.4] Let that day be darkness; let not God from above regard it, neither let the light shine on it.
[JOB.3.5] Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell on it; let all that makes the day dark terrify it.
[JOB.3.6] As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
[JOB.3.7] Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful noise come in it.
[JOB.3.8] Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
[JOB.3.9] Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the dawning of the day:
[JOB.3.10] Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid trouble from my eyes.
[JOB.3.11] Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
[JOB.3.12] Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
[JOB.3.13] For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
[JOB.3.14] With kings and counselors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;
[JOB.3.15] Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
[JOB.3.16] Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants that never saw light.
[JOB.3.17] There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.
[JOB.3.18] There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
[JOB.3.19] The small and the great are there; and the slave is free from his master.
[JOB.3.20] Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;
[JOB.3.21] Who long for death, but it does not come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
[JOB.3.22] Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
[JOB.3.23] Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
[JOB.3.24] For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.
[JOB.3.25] For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come to me.
[JOB.3.26] I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, nor have I rest; but trouble comes.
[JOB.4.1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
[JOB.4.2] If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
[JOB.4.3] Look, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands.
[JOB.4.4] Your words have upheld those who were falling, and you have made firm the feeble knees.
[JOB.4.5] But now it has come to you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled.
[JOB.4.6] Is not your fear of God your confidence, and your hope the integrity of your ways?
[JOB.4.7] Remember, I beg you, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
[JOB.4.8] According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same.
[JOB.4.9] By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
[JOB.4.10] The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
[JOB.4.11] The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
[JOB.4.12] Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
[JOB.4.13] In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
[JOB.4.14] fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
[JOB.4.15] Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
[JOB.4.16] It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form was before my eyes. There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
[JOB.4.17] Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
[JOB.4.18] Look, he puts no trust in his servants, and his angels he charges with folly;
[JOB.4.19] how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
[JOB.4.20] Between morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish forever without any regarding it.
[JOB.4.21] Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, even without wisdom.
[JOB.5.1] Call now; is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
[JOB.5.2] For anger kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the simple.
[JOB.5.3] I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
[JOB.5.4] His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there anyone to deliver them.
[JOB.5.5] Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns; and the snare gapes for their substance.
[JOB.5.6] For affliction does not come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
[JOB.5.7] But man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
[JOB.5.8] But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause;
[JOB.5.9] Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number;
[JOB.5.10] Who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields;
[JOB.5.11] So that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.
[JOB.5.12] He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
[JOB.5.13] He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
[JOB.5.14] They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
[JOB.5.15] But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
[JOB.5.16] So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.
[JOB.5.17] Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
[JOB.5.18] For he makes sore, and binds up; he wounds, and his hands make whole.
[JOB.5.19] He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there will no evil touch you.
[JOB.5.20] In famine he will redeem you from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
[JOB.5.21] You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
[JOB.5.22] At destruction and dearth you will laugh; neither will you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
[JOB.5.23] For you will be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
[JOB.5.24] And you will know that your tent is in peace; and you will visit your habitation, and will not miss anything.
[JOB.5.25] You will know also that your descendants will be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
[JOB.5.26] You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
[JOB.5.27] Look, this we have searched out, so it is; hear it, and know it for your good.
[JOB.6.1] But Job answered and said,
[JOB.6.2] Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
[JOB.6.3] For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: therefore my words have been rash.
[JOB.6.4] For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up: the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
[JOB.6.5] Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder?
[JOB.6.6] Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
[JOB.6.7] My soul refuses to touch them; they are as loathsome food to me.
[JOB.6.8] Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
[JOB.6.9] Even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
[JOB.6.10] Then should I still have comfort; yes, I would exult in pain that does not spare: for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
[JOB.6.11] What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
[JOB.6.12] Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?
[JOB.6.13] Is it not that I have no help in me, and that wisdom is driven quite from me?
[JOB.6.14] To him that is ready to faint kindness should be shown from his friend; even to the one that forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
[JOB.6.15] My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, like the channel of brooks that pass away;
[JOB.6.16] Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself:
[JOB.6.17] In time when they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
[JOB.6.18] The paths of their way turn aside; they go up into the waste, and perish.
[JOB.6.19] The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
[JOB.6.20] They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there, and were confounded.
[JOB.6.21] For now you are nothing; you see a terror, and are afraid.
[JOB.6.22] Did I say, Give to me? or, offer a present for me of your substance?
[JOB.6.23] Or, deliver me from the adversary's hand, or redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
[JOB.6.24] Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
[JOB.6.25] How forcible are straightforward words! But what do your arguments reprove?
[JOB.6.26] Do you imagine to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
[JOB.6.27] Yes, you would cast lots over the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
[JOB.6.28] Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.
[JOB.6.29] Turn, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yes, turn, my cause is righteous.
[JOB.6.30] Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
[JOB.7.1] Is there not a warfare to humans upon earth? And are not their days like the days of a hired worker?
[JOB.7.2] As a servant that earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hired worker that looks for their wages:
[JOB.7.3] So am I made to possess months of misery, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
[JOB.7.4] When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro until the dawning of the day.
[JOB.7.5] My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
[JOB.7.6] My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
[JOB.7.7] Oh remember that my life is a breath: my eye shall no more see good.
[JOB.7.8] The eye of him that sees me shall behold me no more: your eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
[JOB.7.9] As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he that goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
[JOB.7.10] He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him anymore.
[JOB.7.11] Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
[JOB.7.12] Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that you set a watch over me?
[JOB.7.13] When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
[JOB.7.14] Then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions:
[JOB.7.15] So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than these my bones.
[JOB.7.16] I loathe my life; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
[JOB.7.17] What is man, that you should magnify him, and that you should set your mind upon him,
[JOB.7.18] And that you should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
[JOB.7.19] How long will you not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
[JOB.7.20] If I have sinned, what do I to you, O you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
[JOB.7.21] And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and you will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
[JOB.8.1] Then Bildad the Shuhite responded and said,
[JOB.8.2] How long will you speak these things? And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
[JOB.8.3] Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
[JOB.8.4] If your children have sinned against him, And he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
[JOB.8.5] If you would seek earnestly to God, And make your supplication to the Almighty;
[JOB.8.6] If you were pure and upright, Surely now he would awake for you, And make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
[JOB.8.7] And though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would greatly increase.
[JOB.8.8] For inquire, I ask you, of the former age, And apply yourself to that which their fathers have searched out:
[JOB.8.9] (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow:)
[JOB.8.10] Shall they not teach you, and tell you, And utter words out of their heart?
[JOB.8.11] Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the reed grow without water?
[JOB.8.12] While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.
[JOB.8.13] So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless shall perish:
[JOB.8.14] Whose confidence shall break, And whose trust is a spider's web.
[JOB.8.15] He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast to it, but it shall not endure.
[JOB.8.16] He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.
[JOB.8.17] His roots are wrapped about the stone heap, He sees the place of stones.
[JOB.8.18] If he is destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen you.
[JOB.8.19] Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others grow.
[JOB.8.20] Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he help the evildoers,
[JOB.8.21] Until he fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting.
[JOB.8.22] Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
[JOB.9.1] Then Job answered and said,
[JOB.9.2] Truly I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
[JOB.9.3] If one wished to contend with Him, He cannot answer Him one time out of a thousand.
[JOB.9.4] He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against Him, and prospered?
[JOB.9.5] He removes the mountains, and they do not know it, When He overturns them in His anger.
[JOB.9.6] He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble.
[JOB.9.7] He commands the sun, and it does not rise, And seals up the stars.
[JOB.9.8] He alone stretches out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea.
[JOB.9.9] He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south.
[JOB.9.10] He does great things past finding out, Yes, marvelous things without number.
[JOB.9.11] Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; He moves on also, but I do not perceive Him.
[JOB.9.12] Behold, He takes away; who can hinder Him? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?
[JOB.9.13] God will not withdraw His anger; The helpers of Rahab bow beneath Him.
[JOB.9.14] How much less shall I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?
[JOB.9.15] Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would ask mercy of my judge.
[JOB.9.16] If I had called, and He had answered me, Yet would I not believe that He listened to my voice.
[JOB.9.17] For He breaks me with a storm, And multiplies my wounds without cause.
[JOB.9.18] He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
[JOB.9.19] If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty: And if of justice, who, says he, will summon me?
[JOB.9.20] Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me: Though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.
[JOB.9.21] I am perfect; I do not regard myself; I despise my life.
[JOB.9.22] It is all one; therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.
[JOB.9.23] If the scourge slays suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
[JOB.9.24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges: If not he, who then is it?
[JOB.9.25] Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,
[JOB.9.26] They pass away as the swift ships; As the eagle that rushes to the prey.
[JOB.9.27] If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad face, and be of good cheer;
[JOB.9.28] I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that You will not hold me innocent.
[JOB.9.29] I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
[JOB.9.30] If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
[JOB.9.31] Yet You will plunge me in the ditch, And my own clothes will detest me.
[JOB.9.32] For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, That we should come together in judgment.
[JOB.9.33] There is no daysman between us, That might lay his hand on us both.
[JOB.9.34] Let Him take His rod away from me, And let not His terror make me afraid:
[JOB.9.35] Then I would speak, and not fear Him; But it is not so with me.
[JOB.10.1] My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
[JOB.10.2] I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.
[JOB.10.3] Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
[JOB.10.4] Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?
[JOB.10.5] Are your days as the days of man, or your years as man's years,
[JOB.10.6] that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin,
[JOB.10.7] although you know that I am not wicked, and there is none that can deliver out of your hand?
[JOB.10.8] Your hands have formed me and made me whole round about; yet you destroy me.
[JOB.10.9] Remember, I beg you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?
[JOB.10.10] Have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
[JOB.10.11] You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
[JOB.10.12] You have granted me life and lovingkindness; and your care has preserved my spirit.
[JOB.10.13] Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this is with you:
[JOB.10.14] If I sin, then you mark me, and you will not acquit me from my iniquity.
[JOB.10.15] If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with ignominy and looking upon my affliction.
[JOB.10.16] And if my head is lifted up, you hunt me as a lion; and again you show yourself marvelous upon me.
[JOB.10.17] You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation upon me; changes and warfare are with me.
[JOB.10.18] Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
[JOB.10.19] I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
[JOB.10.20] Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
[JOB.10.21] before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
[JOB.10.22] a land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
[JOB.11.1] Then Zophar the Naamathite responded and said,
[JOB.11.2] Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a person full of talk be justified?
[JOB.11.3] Should your babbling silence people? And when you mock, should no one make you ashamed?
[JOB.11.4] For you say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.
[JOB.11.5] But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
[JOB.11.6] and that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
[JOB.11.7] Can you by searching find out God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
[JOB.11.8] It is as high as heaven; what can you do? Deeper than Sheol; what can you know?
[JOB.11.9] The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
[JOB.11.10] If he passes through, and shuts up, and calls to judgment, then who can hinder him?
[JOB.11.11] For he knows false people; he sees iniquity also, will he not consider it?
[JOB.11.12] But vain person would be wise, though people be born as a wild donkey's colt.
[JOB.11.13] If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him;
[JOB.11.14] If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents.
[JOB.11.15] Surely then you will lift up your face without spot; yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear:
[JOB.11.16] For you will forget your misery; you will remember it as waters that pass away.
[JOB.11.17] And your life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be as the morning.
[JOB.11.18] And you will be secure, because there is hope; yes, you will search about you, and take your rest in safety.
[JOB.11.19] Also you will lie down, and none will make you afraid; yes, many will seek your favor.
[JOB.11.20] But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and they will not escape, and their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.
[JOB.12.1] And Job responded and said,
[JOB.12.2] Truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.
[JOB.12.3] But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: indeed, who does not know such things as these?
[JOB.12.4] I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just, the blameless man is a laughingstock.
[JOB.12.5] In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.
[JOB.12.6] The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure; into their hand God brings abundantly.
[JOB.12.7] But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you:
[JOB.12.8] Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.
[JOB.12.9] Who among all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this,
[JOB.12.10] in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
[JOB.12.11] Does not the ear try words, as the palate tastes its food?
[JOB.12.12] With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
[JOB.12.13] With God is wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.
[JOB.12.14] Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again; he shuts in a man, and there can be no opening.
[JOB.12.15] Behold, he holds back the waters, and they dry up; also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
[JOB.12.16] With him is strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
[JOB.12.17] He leads counselors away stripped, and makes judges fools.
[JOB.12.18] He loosens the bond of kings, and binds their loins with a girdle.
[JOB.12.19] He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
[JOB.12.20] He removes the speech of the trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
[JOB.12.21] He pours contempt upon princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
[JOB.12.22] He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
[JOB.12.23] He increases the nations, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them captive.
[JOB.12.24] He takes away understanding from the heads of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
[JOB.12.25] They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunk man.
[JOB.13.1] Truly my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
[JOB.13.2] What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
[JOB.13.3] But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God.
[JOB.13.4] But you are forgers of lies; you are all worthless physicians.
[JOB.13.5] Oh that you would be completely silent! And it would be your wisdom.
[JOB.13.6] Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
[JOB.13.7] Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
[JOB.13.8] Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
[JOB.13.9] Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
[JOB.13.10] He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
[JOB.13.11] Shall not his majesty make you afraid, and his dread fall on you?
[JOB.13.12] Your remembrances are like ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay.
[JOB.13.13] Let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
[JOB.13.14] Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
[JOB.13.15] Though he slays me, yet will I trust in him; but I will defend my own ways before him.
[JOB.13.16] This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.
[JOB.13.17] Listen diligently to my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.
[JOB.13.18] See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am righteous.
[JOB.13.19] Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
[JOB.13.20] Only do not two things to me, then will I not hide myself from your face:
[JOB.13.21] Withdraw your hand far from me; and let not your terror make me afraid.
[JOB.13.22] Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me.
[JOB.13.23] How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
[JOB.13.24] Why do you hide your face, and count me for your enemy?
[JOB.13.25] Will you harass a driven leaf? And will you pursue the dry stubble?
[JOB.13.26] For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth:
[JOB.13.27] You put my feet also in the stocks, and mark all my paths; You set a bound to the soles of my feet:
[JOB.13.28] Though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
[JOB.14.1] Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
[JOB.14.2] He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.
[JOB.14.3] And do you open your eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?
[JOB.14.4] Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
[JOB.14.5] Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
[JOB.14.6] Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
[JOB.14.7] For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
[JOB.14.8] Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground;
[JOB.14.9] Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
[JOB.14.10] But man dies, and wastes away: indeed, a person gives up the spirit, and where is he?
[JOB.14.11] As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up;
[JOB.14.12] So a man lies down and rises not: till the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
[JOB.14.13] Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
[JOB.14.14] If a man dies, will he live again? all the days of my service would I wait, till my release should come.
[JOB.14.15] You would call, and I would answer you: you would have a desire to the work of your hands.
[JOB.14.16] But now you number my steps: do you not watch over my sin?
[JOB.14.17] My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and you sew up my iniquity.
[JOB.14.18] But the mountain falling comes to nothing; and the rock is moved out of its place;
[JOB.14.19] The waters wear the stones; its overflowings wash away the dust of the earth: and you destroy the hope of man.
[JOB.14.20] You prevail forever against him, and he passes; you change his countenance, and send him away.
[JOB.14.21] His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he perceives it not of them.
[JOB.14.22] But his flesh upon him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.
[JOB.15.1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
[JOB.15.2] Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
[JOB.15.3] Should he reason with useless talk, or with speeches that do no good?
[JOB.15.4] Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.
[JOB.15.5] For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
[JOB.15.6] Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; yes, your own lips testify against you.
[JOB.15.7] Are you the first man to be born? Or were you made before the hills?
[JOB.15.8] Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
[JOB.15.9] What do you know, that we do not know? What do you understand, which is not in us?
[JOB.15.10] With us are both the gray-haired and the aged men, much older than your father.
[JOB.15.11] Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
[JOB.15.12] Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,
[JOB.15.13] That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
[JOB.15.14] What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
[JOB.15.15] Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones; yes, the heavens are not clean in His sight:
[JOB.15.16] How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
[JOB.15.17] I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare:
[JOB.15.18] (Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden it;
[JOB.15.19] To whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:)
[JOB.15.20] The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
[JOB.15.21] A sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
[JOB.15.22] He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.
[JOB.15.23] He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
[JOB.15.24] Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him like a king ready to the battle.
[JOB.15.25] Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;
[JOB.15.26] He runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick bosses of his buckler;
[JOB.15.27] Because he has covered his face with his fatness, and made folds of fat on his flanks;
[JOB.15.28] And he dwells in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to become heaps;
[JOB.15.29] He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, nor shall their possessions extend on the earth.
[JOB.15.30] He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth he shall go away.
[JOB.15.31] Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.
[JOB.15.32] It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
[JOB.15.33] He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
[JOB.15.34] For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
[JOB.15.35] They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
[JOB.16.1] Then Job answered and said,
[JOB.16.2] I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are you all.
[JOB.16.3] Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
[JOB.16.4] I also could speak as you do; if your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
[JOB.16.5] But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would relieve your grief.
[JOB.16.6] Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; and though I refrain, what am I eased?
[JOB.16.7] But now he has made me weary: you have made desolate all my company.
[JOB.16.8] And you have shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness rises up against me, it testifies to my face.
[JOB.16.9] He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; he has gnashed on me with his teeth: my adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.
[JOB.16.10] They have gaped on me with their mouth; they have struck me on the cheek reproachfully; they gather themselves together against me.
[JOB.16.11] God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
[JOB.16.12] I was at ease, and he broke me apart; yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: he has also set me up for his target.
[JOB.16.13] His archers surround me round about; he splits my vitals, and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.
[JOB.16.14] He breaks me with wound upon wound; he runs upon me like a giant.
[JOB.16.15] I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
[JOB.16.16] My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
[JOB.16.17] Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
[JOB.16.18] O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting place.
[JOB.16.19] Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
[JOB.16.20] My friends scoff at me: but my eye pours out tears to God,
[JOB.16.21] That he would maintain the right of a man with God, and of a son of man with his neighbor!
[JOB.16.22] For when a few years have come, I shall go the way from which I shall not return.
[JOB.17.1] My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, the grave is ready for me.
[JOB.17.2] Surely there are mockers with me, and my eye dwells upon their provocation.
[JOB.17.3] Lay down now a pledge, be my surety with yourself; who is there that will strike hands with me?
[JOB.17.4] For you have hidden their heart from understanding: therefore you will not exalt them.
[JOB.17.5] He that denounces his friends for a share, even the eyes of his children will fail.
[JOB.17.6] But he has made me a byword of the people; and they spit in my face.
[JOB.17.7] My eye also is dim because of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
[JOB.17.8] Upright men will be astonished at this, and the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
[JOB.17.9] Yet will the righteous hold on his way, and he that has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
[JOB.17.10] But as for you all, come on now again; and I will not find a wise man among you.
[JOB.17.11] My days are past, my plans are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
[JOB.17.12] They change the night into day: the light, they say, is near to the darkness.
[JOB.17.13] If I look for Sheol as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
[JOB.17.14] If I have said to corruption, You are my father; to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister;
[JOB.17.15] Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who will see it?
[JOB.17.16] It will go down to the bars of Sheol, when once there is rest in the dust.
[JOB.18.1] Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
[JOB.18.2] How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterward we will speak.
[JOB.18.3] Why are we counted as animals, and are we considered vile in your sight?
[JOB.18.4] You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed from its place?
[JOB.18.5] Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out, and the spark of his fire will not shine.
[JOB.18.6] The light will be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him will be put out.
[JOB.18.7] The steps of his strength will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
[JOB.18.8] For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon the toils.
[JOB.18.9] A snare will take him by the heel, and a trap will lay hold of him.
[JOB.18.10] A noose is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
[JOB.18.11] Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
[JOB.18.12] His strength will be hunger-bitten, and calamity will be ready at his side.
[JOB.18.13] It will devour the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death will devour his limbs.
[JOB.18.14] He will be rooted out of his tent where he trusted, and he will be brought to the king of terrors.
[JOB.18.15] There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone will be scattered on his habitation.
[JOB.18.16] His roots will be dried up beneath, and above will his branch be cut off.
[JOB.18.17] His remembrance will perish from the earth, and he will have no name in the street.
[JOB.18.18] He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
[JOB.18.19] He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.
[JOB.18.20] Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
[JOB.18.21] Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.
[JOB.19.1] Then Job answered and said,
[JOB.19.2] How long will you torment my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
[JOB.19.3] These ten times you have reproached me: you are not ashamed that you deal harshly with me.
[JOB.19.4] And if indeed I have erred, my error remains with myself.
[JOB.19.5] If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
[JOB.19.6] Know now that God has overthrown me, and has surrounded me with his net.
[JOB.19.7] Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
[JOB.19.8] He has walled up my way that I cannot pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
[JOB.19.9] He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
[JOB.19.10] He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone: and my hope has he plucked up like a tree.
[JOB.19.11] He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me to him as one of his adversaries.
[JOB.19.12] His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp around my tent.
[JOB.19.13] He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
[JOB.19.14] My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
[JOB.19.15] They who stay in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
[JOB.19.16] I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer, though I implore him with my mouth.
[JOB.19.17] My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the children of my own mother.
[JOB.19.18] Even young children despise me; if I rise up, they speak against me.
[JOB.19.19] All my familiar friends abhor me, and those whom I loved are turned against me.
[JOB.19.20] My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
[JOB.19.21] Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.
[JOB.19.22] Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
[JOB.19.23] Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
[JOB.19.24] That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
[JOB.19.25] But as for me I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand up upon the earth:
[JOB.19.26] And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
[JOB.19.27] Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
[JOB.19.28] If you say, How we will persecute him! and that the root of the matter is found in me;
[JOB.19.29] Be you afraid of the sword: for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.
[JOB.20.1] Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
[JOB.20.2] Therefore my thoughts cause me to respond, even because of my inward turmoil.
[JOB.20.3] I have heard the reproof which insults me, and the spirit of my understanding gives me an answer.
[JOB.20.4] Do you not know this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
[JOB.20.5] that the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
[JOB.20.6] Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds;
[JOB.20.7] yet he shall perish forever like his own refuse: those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
[JOB.20.8] He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
[JOB.20.9] The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place observe him any more.
[JOB.20.10] His children shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall restore their wealth.
[JOB.20.11] His bones are full of his youthful vigor; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
[JOB.20.12] Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,
[JOB.20.13] though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
[JOB.20.14] yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
[JOB.20.15] He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his stomach.
[JOB.20.16] He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall kill him.
[JOB.20.17] He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
[JOB.20.18] That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance he acquired, he shall not rejoice.
[JOB.20.19] For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house which he did not build.
[JOB.20.20] Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
[JOB.20.21] There was nothing left that he did not devour; therefore, his prosperity shall not endure.
[JOB.20.22] In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress: the hand of every one that is in adversity shall come upon him.
[JOB.20.23] When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
[JOB.20.24] He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
[JOB.20.25] He draws it forth and it comes out of his body; yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
[JOB.20.26] All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall devour him; it shall consume that which is left in his tent.
[JOB.20.27] The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
[JOB.20.28] The increase of his house shall depart; it shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
[JOB.20.29] This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
[JOB.21.1] Then Job answered and said,
[JOB.21.2] Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.
[JOB.21.3] Allow me, and I also will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.
[JOB.21.4] As for me, is my complaint to man? and why should I not be impatient?
[JOB.21.5] Look at me, and be astonished, and lay your hand on your mouth.
[JOB.21.6] Even when I remember I am troubled, and horror takes hold on my flesh.
[JOB.21.7] Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, grow mighty in power?
[JOB.21.8] Their descendants are established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.
[JOB.21.9] Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God on them.
[JOB.21.10] Their bull breeds, and does not fail; their cow births, and does not miscarry.
[JOB.21.11] They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
[JOB.21.12] They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
[JOB.21.13] They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.
[JOB.21.14] And they say to God, Depart from us; for we do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
[JOB.21.15] What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
[JOB.21.16] See, their prosperity is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
[JOB.21.17] How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? And how often does their calamity come on them? Does God distribute sorrows in his anger?
[JOB.21.18] Are they as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?
[JOB.21.19] You say, God lays up his iniquity for his children. Let him reward him, that he may know it.
[JOB.21.20] Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
[JOB.21.21] For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
[JOB.21.22] Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?
[JOB.21.23] One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet:
[JOB.21.24] His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.
[JOB.21.25] And another dies in bitterness of soul, and never eats with pleasure.
[JOB.21.26] They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.
[JOB.21.27] See, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me.
[JOB.21.28] For you say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked lived?
[JOB.21.29] Have you not asked travelers? And do you not know their evidences,
[JOB.21.30] that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
[JOB.21.31] Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?
[JOB.21.32] Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall keep watch over the tomb.
[JOB.21.33] The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him, and all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
[JOB.21.34] How then do you comfort me with vanity, seeing in your answers there remains only falsehood?
[JOB.22.1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied,
[JOB.22.2] Can a man be of benefit to God, or wise to himself is he profitable?
[JOB.22.3] Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or gain, that you make your ways blameless?
[JOB.22.4] Is it for your fear of him that he rebukes you, that he enters with you into judgment?
[JOB.22.5] Is not your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
[JOB.22.6] For you have taken pledges from your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
[JOB.22.7] You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
[JOB.22.8] But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man, he lived in it.
[JOB.22.9] You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
[JOB.22.10] Therefore snares are around you, and sudden fear troubles you,
[JOB.22.11] Or darkness, so that you cannot see, and abundance of waters covers you.
[JOB.22.12] Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
[JOB.22.13] And you say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
[JOB.22.14] Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see; and he walks on the vault of heaven.
[JOB.22.15] Will you keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
[JOB.22.16] They were snatched before their time, their foundation was poured out as a stream,
[JOB.22.17] Who said to God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?
[JOB.22.18] Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
[JOB.22.19] The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn,
[JOB.22.20] Saying, Surely our adversaries are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire has consumed.
[JOB.22.21] Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you.
[JOB.22.22] Receive, I beg you, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.
[JOB.22.23] If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
[JOB.22.24] And lay your treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
[JOB.22.25] And the Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
[JOB.22.26] For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
[JOB.22.27] You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you; and you will pay your vows.
[JOB.22.28] You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; and light will shine on your ways.
[JOB.22.29] When they cast you down, you will say, There is lifting up; and the humble person he will save.
[JOB.22.30] He will deliver even him that is not innocent; yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.
[JOB.23.1] Then Job answered,
[JOB.23.2] Even today my complaint is bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
[JOB.23.3] Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
[JOB.23.4] I would arrange my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
[JOB.23.5] I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
[JOB.23.6] Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; but he would give heed to me.
[JOB.23.7] There the upright might reason with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge.
[JOB.23.8] Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
[JOB.23.9] On the left hand, when he works, but I cannot behold him; he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
[JOB.23.10] But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
[JOB.23.11] My foot has held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
[JOB.23.12] I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
[JOB.23.13] But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.
[JOB.23.14] For he performs that which is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
[JOB.23.15] Therefore I am troubled at his presence; when I consider, I am afraid of him.
[JOB.23.16] For God has made my heart faint, and the Almighty has troubled me;
[JOB.23.17] Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
[JOB.24.1] Why are not times laid up by the Almighty, and why do not they that know him see his days?
[JOB.24.2] There are those that remove landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
[JOB.24.3] They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
[JOB.24.4] They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
[JOB.24.5] Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; the wilderness yields them bread for their children.
[JOB.24.6] They cut their fodder in the field; and they glean the vineyard of the wicked.
[JOB.24.7] They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
[JOB.24.8] They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
[JOB.24.9] There are those that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor;
[JOB.24.10] so that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves.
[JOB.24.11] They make oil within the walls of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
[JOB.24.12] From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God does not regard the folly.
[JOB.24.13] These are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor remain in its paths.
[JOB.24.14] The murderer rises with the light; he kills the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
[JOB.24.15] The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and he disguises his face.
[JOB.24.16] In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they do not know the light.
[JOB.24.17] For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
[JOB.24.18] Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: they turn not by way of the vineyards.
[JOB.24.19] Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does Sheol those that have sinned.
[JOB.24.20] The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
[JOB.24.21] He devours the barren that do not bear, and does no good to the widow.
[JOB.24.22] Yet God preserves the mighty by his power: he rises up that has no assurance of life.
[JOB.24.23] God gives them to be in security, and they rest on it; and his eyes are upon their ways.
[JOB.24.24] They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
[JOB.24.25] And if it is not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?
[JOB.25.1] Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
[JOB.25.2] Dominion and fear are with him; he makes peace in his high places.
[JOB.25.3] Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom does his light not arise?
[JOB.25.4] How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
[JOB.25.5] Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight:
[JOB.25.6] How much less man, that is a worm, and the son of man, that is a worm!
[JOB.26.1] Then Job answered, and said,
[JOB.26.2] How have you helped him that is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
[JOB.26.3] How have you counseled him that has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
[JOB.26.4] To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?
[JOB.26.5] The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
[JOB.26.6] Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
[JOB.26.7] He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.
[JOB.26.8] He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not torn under them.
[JOB.26.9] He covers the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.
[JOB.26.10] He has marked out a boundary upon the surface of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.
[JOB.26.11] The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
[JOB.26.12] He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
[JOB.26.13] By his breath the heavens are made fair; his hand has pierced the swift serpent.
[JOB.26.14] Look, these are but the outskirts of his ways: and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
[JOB.27.1] And Job again took up his discourse, and said,
[JOB.27.2] As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
[JOB.27.3] (For all the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils),
[JOB.27.4] Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
[JOB.27.5] Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
[JOB.27.6] I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go: my heart shall not condemn me as long as I live.
[JOB.27.7] Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he who rises up against me as the unrighteous.
[JOB.27.8] For what is the hope of the godless, though he gets gain, when God takes away his soul?
[JOB.27.9] Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
[JOB.27.10] Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
[JOB.27.11] I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
[JOB.27.12] Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain?
[JOB.27.13] This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
[JOB.27.14] If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
[JOB.27.15] Those who remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
[JOB.27.16] Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay;
[JOB.27.17] He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
[JOB.27.18] He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes.
[JOB.27.19] He lies down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers: he opens his eyes, and he is not.
[JOB.27.20] Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.
[JOB.27.21] The east wind carries him away, and he departs; and it sweeps him out of his place.
[JOB.27.22] For it hurls at him, and does not spare: he would gladly flee from its power.
[JOB.27.23] Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
[JOB.28.1] Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
[JOB.28.2] Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted out of the stone.
[JOB.28.3] Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the farthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.
[JOB.28.4] He breaks open a shaft away from where people live; they are forgotten by the foot; they hang far from people, they swing to and fro.
[JOB.28.5] As for the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.
[JOB.28.6] The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.
[JOB.28.7] That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
[JOB.28.8] The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by it.
[JOB.28.9] He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.
[JOB.28.10] He cuts out channels among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing.
[JOB.28.11] He binds the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hidden brings he forth to light.
[JOB.28.12] But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
[JOB.28.13] Man knows not its price; neither is it found in the land of the living.
[JOB.28.14] The deep says, It is not in me; and the sea says, It is not with me.
[JOB.28.15] It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
[JOB.28.16] It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
[JOB.28.17] Gold and glass cannot equal it, neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
[JOB.28.18] No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
[JOB.28.19] The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
[JOB.28.20] Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
[JOB.28.21] Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
[JOB.28.22] Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.
[JOB.28.23] God understands the way of it, and he knows its place.
[JOB.28.24] For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven;
[JOB.28.25] To make a weight for the wind: yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
[JOB.28.26] When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder;
[JOB.28.27] Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yes, and searched it out.
[JOB.28.28] And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
[JOB.29.1] And Job again took up his parable, and said,
[JOB.29.2] Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God watched over me;
[JOB.29.3] When his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
[JOB.29.4] As I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent;
[JOB.29.5] When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me;
[JOB.29.6] When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out streams of oil!
[JOB.29.7] When I went out to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street,
[JOB.29.8] The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged arose and stood;
[JOB.29.9] The princes stopped talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
[JOB.29.10] The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
[JOB.29.11] For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
[JOB.29.12] Because I delivered the poor that cried for help, and the fatherless also, that had no one to help him.
[JOB.29.13] The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
[JOB.29.14] I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
[JOB.29.15] I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
[JOB.29.16] I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I did not know I searched out.
[JOB.29.17] And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
[JOB.29.18] Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand:
[JOB.29.19] My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lies all night upon my branch;
[JOB.29.20] My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.
[JOB.29.21] Men listened to me, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
[JOB.29.22] After my words they spoke not again; and my speech fell upon them.
[JOB.29.23] And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
[JOB.29.24] I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; and the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
[JOB.29.25] I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and lived as a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners.
[JOB.30.1] But now those younger than I mock me, whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
[JOB.30.2] Yes, what could the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom old age had perished?
[JOB.30.3] They are gaunt from want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.
[JOB.30.4] They pluck salt herbs by the bushes; and the roots of the broom are their food.
[JOB.30.5] They are driven out from the midst of men; they shout after them as after a thief.
[JOB.30.6] So they dwell in frightful valleys, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
[JOB.30.7] Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.
[JOB.30.8] They are children of fools, yes, children of base men; they were scourged out of the land.
[JOB.30.9] And now I am become their song; yes, I am a byword to them.
[JOB.30.10] They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and do not refrain from spitting at my face.
[JOB.30.11] Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also cast off restraint before me.
[JOB.30.12] Upon my right hand rise the rabble; they push aside my feet, and they cast up their ways of destruction against me.
[JOB.30.13] They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, no helper is with them.
[JOB.30.14] As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll themselves in.
[JOB.30.15] Terrors are turned upon me; they chase my honor as the wind; and my welfare has passed away as a cloud.
[JOB.30.16] And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
[JOB.30.17] In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
[JOB.30.18] By God's great force is my garment disfigured; it binds me about as the collar of my coat.
[JOB.30.19] He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
[JOB.30.20] I cry to you, and you do not answer me; I stand up, and you gaze at me.
[JOB.30.21] You are turned to be cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.
[JOB.30.22] You lift me up to the wind, you cause me to ride upon it; and you dissolve me in the storm.
[JOB.30.23] For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
[JOB.30.24] Yet does not one stretch out his hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
[JOB.30.25] Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
[JOB.30.26] When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
[JOB.30.27] My heart is troubled, and does not rest; days of affliction have come upon me.
[JOB.30.28] I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
[JOB.30.29] I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
[JOB.30.30] My skin is black, and peels off from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
[JOB.30.31] Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
[JOB.31.1] I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think on a young woman?
[JOB.31.2] For what is the portion from God above, and the inheritance from the Almighty on high?
[JOB.31.3] Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
[JOB.31.4] Does he not see my ways, and count all my steps?
[JOB.31.5] If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit;
[JOB.31.6] (Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
[JOB.31.7] If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has cleaved to my hands:
[JOB.31.8] Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
[JOB.31.9] If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
[JOB.31.10] Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.
[JOB.31.11] For that would be a heinous crime; yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
[JOB.31.12] For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
[JOB.31.13] If I have despised the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
[JOB.31.14] What then shall I do when God rises up? And when he visits, what shall I answer him?
[JOB.31.15] Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
[JOB.31.16] If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
[JOB.31.17] Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;
[JOB.31.18] (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb);
[JOB.31.19] If I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
[JOB.31.20] If his heart has not blessed me, if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
[JOB.31.21] If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:
[JOB.31.22] Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
[JOB.31.23] For calamity from God was a terror to me, and because of his majesty I could do nothing.
[JOB.31.24] If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;
[JOB.31.25] If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
[JOB.31.26] If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness,
[JOB.31.27] And my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand:
[JOB.31.28] This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God that is above.
[JOB.31.29] If I rejoiced at the destruction of those who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found them;
[JOB.31.30] (Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for their life with a curse);
[JOB.31.31] If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that has not been satisfied with his meat?
[JOB.31.32] (The foreigner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler);
[JOB.31.33] If, like Adam, I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
[JOB.31.34] Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—
[JOB.31.35] Oh that I had one to hear me! (See, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Oh that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
[JOB.31.36] Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it to me as a crown.
[JOB.31.37] I would declare to him the number of my steps; like a prince I would go near to him.
[JOB.31.38] If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
[JOB.31.39] If I have eaten its fruit without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life;
[JOB.31.40] Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
[JOB.32.1] So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
[JOB.32.2] Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
[JOB.32.3] Also against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
[JOB.32.4] Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
[JOB.32.5] And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his anger was kindled.
[JOB.32.6] And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion.
[JOB.32.7] I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
[JOB.32.8] But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
[JOB.32.9] It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand what is right.
[JOB.32.10] Therefore I said, Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.
[JOB.32.11] Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasoning, while you searched out what to say.
[JOB.32.12] Yes, I attended to you, and, behold, there was none that convinced Job, or that answered his words, among you.
[JOB.32.13] Lest you say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:
[JOB.32.14] For he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.
[JOB.32.15] They are amazed, they answer no more: they have not a word to say.
[JOB.32.16] And shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they have stood still, and answer no more?
[JOB.32.17] I also will answer my part, I also will show my opinion.
[JOB.32.18] For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.
[JOB.32.19] Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
[JOB.32.20] I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.
[JOB.32.21] Let me not, I beg you, respect any man's person; neither will I give flattering titles to man.
[JOB.32.22] For I know not how to give flattering titles; else my Maker would soon take me away.
[JOB.33.1] However, Job, I ask you to listen to my speech, and hear all my words.
[JOB.33.2] See now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth.
[JOB.33.3] My words shall convey the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall speak sincerely what they know.
[JOB.33.4] The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
[JOB.33.5] If you can, answer me; set your words in order before me, stand up.
[JOB.33.6] See, I am according to your word in God's place: I also am formed out of the clay.
[JOB.33.7] See, my fear will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
[JOB.33.8] Surely you've spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
[JOB.33.9] I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:
[JOB.33.10] See, he finds occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy;
[JOB.33.11] He puts my feet in the stocks, he marks all my paths.
[JOB.33.12] See, in this you are not just: I will answer you, that God is greater than man.
[JOB.33.13] Why do you strive against him, for he doesn't give account of any of his matters?
[JOB.33.14] For God speaks once, yes twice, though man doesn't perceive it.
[JOB.33.15] In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumbers upon the bed;
[JOB.33.16] Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
[JOB.33.17] That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man;
[JOB.33.18] He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
[JOB.33.19] He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the continual strife of his bones;
[JOB.33.20] So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
[JOB.33.21] His flesh is consumed away, that it can't be seen; and his bones, that were not seen, stick out.
[JOB.33.22] Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
[JOB.33.23] If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show man what is right for him;
[JOB.33.24] Then he is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
[JOB.33.25] His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; he shall return to the days of his youth.
[JOB.33.26] He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him, and he shall see his face with joy: for he will restore to man his righteousness.
[JOB.33.27] He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me:
[JOB.33.28] He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.
[JOB.33.29] See, all these things God works twice, yes thrice, with man,
[JOB.33.30] To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
[JOB.33.31] Pay attention, Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak.
[JOB.33.32] If you have anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify you.
[JOB.33.33] If not, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.
[JOB.34.1] Moreover Elihu answered and said,
[JOB.34.2] Hear my words, you wise men; and give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
[JOB.34.3] For the ear tests words, as the palate tastes food.
[JOB.34.4] Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
[JOB.34.5] For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right:
[JOB.34.6] Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.
[JOB.34.7] What man is like Job, who drinks up scoffing like water,
[JOB.34.8] who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
[JOB.34.9] For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
[JOB.34.10] Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
[JOB.34.11] For the work of a man he will reward him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
[JOB.34.12] Yes, surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
[JOB.34.13] Who gave him authority over the earth? or who has laid upon him the whole world?
[JOB.34.14] If he set his heart on himself, if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath;
[JOB.34.15] all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.
[JOB.34.16] If now you have understanding, hear this: listen to the voice of my words.
[JOB.34.17] Shall even one who hates justice govern? and will you condemn the just mighty one?
[JOB.34.18] Him that says to a king, Worthless, to nobles, Wicked;
[JOB.34.19] Who does not show partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
[JOB.34.20] In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand.
[JOB.34.21] For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his goings.
[JOB.34.22] There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
[JOB.34.23] For he does not need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
[JOB.34.24] He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, and sets others in their place.
[JOB.34.25] Therefore he takes knowledge of their works; and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
[JOB.34.26] He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
[JOB.34.27] because they turned aside from following him, and would not regard any of his ways:
[JOB.34.28] so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted.
[JOB.34.29] When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? Whether it is done to a nation, or to a man,
[JOB.34.30] that the godless man may not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.
[JOB.34.31] For has any said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend anymore;
[JOB.34.32] That which I do not see teach me: if I have done iniquity, I will do so no more?
[JOB.34.33] Shall his recompense be as you will, that you refuse it? for you must choose, and not I: therefore speak what you know.
[JOB.34.34] Men of understanding will say to me, yes, every wise man that hears me:
[JOB.34.35] Job speaks without knowledge, and his words are without wisdom.
[JOB.34.36] I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
[JOB.34.37] For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.
[JOB.35.1] Moreover Elihu answered and said,
[JOB.35.2] Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, My righteousness is more than God's,
[JOB.35.3] That you ask, What advantage will it be to you? And, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
[JOB.35.4] I will answer you, and your companions with you.
[JOB.35.5] Look to the heavens, and see; and observe the skies, which are higher than you.
[JOB.35.6] If you have sinned, what do you effect against him? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
[JOB.35.7] If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
[JOB.35.8] Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
[JOB.35.9] By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
[JOB.35.10] But none says, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
[JOB.35.11] Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
[JOB.35.12] There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
[JOB.35.13] Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
[JOB.35.14] How much less when you say you do not see him, the cause is before him, and you wait for him!
[JOB.35.15] But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance;
[JOB.35.16] Therefore Job opens his mouth in vanity; he multiplies words without knowledge.
[JOB.36.1] And Elihu continued, and said,
[JOB.36.2] Wait for me a little, and I will show you; for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
[JOB.36.3] I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
[JOB.36.4] For truly my words are not false: one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
[JOB.36.5] Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise anyone: he is mighty in strength of understanding.
[JOB.36.6] He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives the afflicted their right.
[JOB.36.7] He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous: but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
[JOB.36.8] And if they are bound in chains, and are held in cords of affliction,
[JOB.36.9] then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
[JOB.36.10] He also opens their ear to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.
[JOB.36.11] If they listen and serve him, they will complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
[JOB.36.12] But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword, and they will die without knowledge.
[JOB.36.13] But those who are godless in heart lay up anger: they do not cry for help when he binds them.
[JOB.36.14] They die in youth, and their life perishes among the unclean.
[JOB.36.15] He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.
[JOB.36.16] He would have also brought you out of distress into a broad place, where there is no restriction; and that which is set on your table would be full of richness.
[JOB.36.17] But you are full of the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold of you.
[JOB.36.18] Beware lest wrath incite you against chastisement; nor let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.
[JOB.36.19] Will your cry avail, that you not be in distress, or all the forces of your strength?
[JOB.36.20] Do not desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.
[JOB.36.21] Take heed, do not turn to iniquity; for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
[JOB.36.22] Behold, God exalts by his power: who is a teacher like him?
[JOB.36.23] Who has prescribed for him his way? or who can say, You have worked unrighteousness?
[JOB.36.24] Remember that you magnify his work, where people have seen.
[JOB.36.25] All people look on it; people behold it far off.
[JOB.36.26] Behold, God is great, and we do not know him; the number of his years is unsearchable.
[JOB.36.27] For he draws away the drops of water, which distill in rain from his mist,
[JOB.36.28] which the skies pour down and drop on people abundantly.
[JOB.36.29] Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?
[JOB.36.30] Behold, he spreads his lightning around him, and covers the bottom of the sea.
[JOB.36.31] For by these he judges the people; he gives food in abundance.
[JOB.36.32] He covers his hands with the lightning, and commands it to strike the mark.
[JOB.36.33] Its noise tells concerning him, the cattle also concerning the storm that comes up.
[JOB.37.1] Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.
[JOB.37.2] Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, and the sound that goes out of his mouth.
[JOB.37.3] He sends it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
[JOB.37.4] After it a voice roars; he thunders with the voice of his majesty; and he does not hold back anything when his voice is heard.
[JOB.37.5] God thunders marvelously with his voice; great things does he, which we cannot comprehend.
[JOB.37.6] For he says to the snow, Fall on the earth; likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.
[JOB.37.7] He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.
[JOB.37.8] Then the animals go into their hiding places, and remain in their dens.
[JOB.37.9] Out of the chamber of the south comes the storm, and cold out of the north.
[JOB.37.10] By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.
[JOB.37.11] Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture; he spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning:
[JOB.37.12] And it is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the habitable world,
[JOB.37.13] Whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for lovingkindness, that he causes it to happen.
[JOB.37.14] Listen to this, oh Job; stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
[JOB.37.15] Do you know how God lays his charge on them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
[JOB.37.16] Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
[JOB.37.17] How your garments are warm, when the earth is still because of the south wind?
[JOB.37.18] Can you, with him, spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?
[JOB.37.19] Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot set our speech in order because of darkness.
[JOB.37.20] Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
[JOB.37.21] And now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies; but the wind passes, and clears them.
[JOB.37.22] Out of the north comes golden splendor; God has upon him awesome majesty.
[JOB.37.23] Concerning the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power; and in justice and abundant righteousness he will not oppress.
[JOB.37.24] Therefore men fear him: he regards not any who are wise of heart.
[JOB.38.1] Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
[JOB.38.2] Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
[JOB.38.3] Gird up your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and you declare to me.
[JOB.38.4] Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
[JOB.38.5] Who determined its measurements, if you know? Or who stretched the line upon it?
[JOB.38.6] Where are its foundations fastened to? Or who laid its cornerstone,
[JOB.38.7] when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
[JOB.38.8] Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;
[JOB.38.9] when I made clouds its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
[JOB.38.10] and broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
[JOB.38.11] and said, Thus far you shall come, but no further; and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
[JOB.38.12] Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,
[JOB.38.13] that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?
[JOB.38.14] It is changed like clay under the seal; and all things stand forth as a garment:
[JOB.38.15] and from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm is broken.
[JOB.38.16] Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
[JOB.38.17] Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
[JOB.38.18] Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all.
[JOB.38.19] Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,
[JOB.38.20] that you should take it to its boundary, and that you should discern the paths to its house?
[JOB.38.21] You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!
[JOB.38.22] Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasuries of the hail,
[JOB.38.23] which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
[JOB.38.24] By what way is the light distributed, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
[JOB.38.25] Who has cut a channel for the flood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
[JOB.38.26] to cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;
[JOB.38.27] to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, and to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
[JOB.38.28] Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
[JOB.38.29] Out of whose womb came the ice? And the gray frost of heaven, who has given birth to it?
[JOB.38.30] The waters become hard like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
[JOB.38.31] Can you bind the cluster of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
[JOB.38.32] Can you lead forth Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Bear with its children?
[JOB.38.33] Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their dominion upon the earth?
[JOB.38.34] Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
[JOB.38.35] Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?
[JOB.38.36] Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?
[JOB.38.37] Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
[JOB.38.38] when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?
[JOB.38.39] Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
[JOB.38.40] when they crouch in their dens, and lie in wait in the covert to ambush?
[JOB.38.41] Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
[JOB.39.1] Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe when the deer give birth?
[JOB.39.2] Can you count the months they complete, or do you know the time when they give birth?
[JOB.39.3] They bow down, they bring forth their young, they get rid of their labor pains.
[JOB.39.4] Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; they go forth and do not return to them.
[JOB.39.5] Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
[JOB.39.6] whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
[JOB.39.7] He scorns the tumult of the city, neither does he hear the shouts of the driver.
[JOB.39.8] The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
[JOB.39.9] Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your feeding trough?
[JOB.39.10] Can you bind the wild ox with his band in the furrow, or will he harrow the valleys behind you?
[JOB.39.11] Will you trust him, because his strength is great, or will you leave your labor to him?
[JOB.39.12] Will you believe him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather it into your barn?
[JOB.39.13] The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?
[JOB.39.14] For she leaves her eggs on the earth, and warms them in dust,
[JOB.39.15] and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.
[JOB.39.16] She deals cruelly with her young ones, as if they were not hers; though her labor is in vain, she is without fear;
[JOB.39.17] because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
[JOB.39.18] When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.
[JOB.39.19] Have you given the horse his might? Have you clothed his neck with the mane?
[JOB.39.20] Can you make him leap like a locust? His majestic snorting is awesome.
[JOB.39.21] He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes out to meet the armed men.
[JOB.39.22] He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; neither does he turn back from the sword.
[JOB.39.23] The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.
[JOB.39.24] He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage; neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
[JOB.39.25] As often as the trumpet sounds he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
[JOB.39.26] Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
[JOB.39.27] Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?
[JOB.39.28] On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, upon the crag of the cliff and the stronghold.
[JOB.39.29] From there he spies out the prey; his eyes see it afar off.
[JOB.39.30] His young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there he is.
[JOB.40.1] Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
[JOB.40.2] Shall he that argues contend with the Almighty? He that argues with God, let him answer it.
[JOB.40.3] Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
[JOB.40.4] Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
[JOB.40.5] I have spoken once, and I will not answer; indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.
[JOB.40.6] Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
[JOB.40.7] Get ready now your loins like a man: I will demand of you, and you declare to me.
[JOB.40.8] Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
[JOB.40.9] Or do you have an arm like God? And can you thunder with a voice like him?
[JOB.40.10] Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty.
[JOB.40.11] Pour forth the overflowings of your anger; and look on every one that is proud, and bring him low.
[JOB.40.12] Look on every one that is proud, and humble him; and tread down the wicked where they stand.
[JOB.40.13] Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden place.
[JOB.40.14] Then will I also confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
[JOB.40.15] Behold now, behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass like an ox.
[JOB.40.16] Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the muscles of his belly.
[JOB.40.17] He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
[JOB.40.18] His bones are as tubes of brass; his limbs are like bars of iron.
[JOB.40.19] He is the chief of the ways of God: he who made him gives him his sword.
[JOB.40.20] Surely the mountains bring him food, where all the animals of the field play.
[JOB.40.21] He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the fen.
[JOB.40.22] The lotus trees cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
[JOB.40.23] Behold, if a river overflows, he is not scared: he is confident, though a Jordan swells even to his mouth.
[JOB.40.24] Shall any take him when he is on watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare?
[JOB.41.1] Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
[JOB.41.2] Can you put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
[JOB.41.3] Will he make many pleas to you? Or will he speak soft words to you?
[JOB.41.4] Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?
[JOB.41.5] Will you play with him as with a bird? Or will you bind him for your maidens?
[JOB.41.6] Will the companions make a feast of him? Will they divide him among the merchants?
[JOB.41.7] Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?
[JOB.41.8] Lay your hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more.
[JOB.41.9] Behold, the hope of him is in vain: will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
[JOB.41.10] None is so fierce that he dares stir him up. Who then is he that can stand before me?
[JOB.41.11] Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
[JOB.41.12] I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
[JOB.41.13] Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?
[JOB.41.14] Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
[JOB.41.15] His strong scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
[JOB.41.16] One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
[JOB.41.17] They are joined one to another; they stick together, so they cannot be separated.
[JOB.41.18] His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
[JOB.41.19] Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.
[JOB.41.20] Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as of a boiling pot and burning rushes.
[JOB.41.21] His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes forth from his mouth.
[JOB.41.22] In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.
[JOB.41.23] The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm on him; they cannot be moved.
[JOB.41.24] His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, firm as the lower millstone.
[JOB.41.25] When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are overwhelmed because of terror.
[JOB.41.26] If one attacks him with the sword, it cannot avail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
[JOB.41.27] He counts iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
[JOB.41.28] The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
[JOB.41.29] Clubs are counted as stubble: he laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
[JOB.41.30] His undersides are like sharp potsherds: he spreads himself like a threshing-sledge on the mire.
[JOB.41.31] He makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
[JOB.41.32] He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep to have hoary hair.
[JOB.41.33] Upon earth there is not his like, that is made without fear.
[JOB.41.34] He sees everything that is high: he is king over all the sons of pride.
[JOB.42.1] Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,
[JOB.42.2] I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
[JOB.42.3] Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
[JOB.42.4] Hear, please, and I will speak; I will ask you, and you teach me.
[JOB.42.5] I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye sees you.
[JOB.42.6] Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
[JOB.42.7] And it came to pass, after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My anger is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
[JOB.42.8] Now therefore take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you after your folly; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
[JOB.42.9] So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did according as Jehovah commanded them; and Jehovah accepted Job.
[JOB.42.10] And Jehovah restored the fortunes of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.
[JOB.42.11] Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house; and they comforted him and consoled him over all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
[JOB.42.12] So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yokes of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.
[JOB.42.13] He had also seven sons and three daughters.
[JOB.42.14] And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
[JOB.42.15] And in all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
[JOB.42.16] After this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
[JOB.42.17] So Job died, being old and full of days.
[PSA.1.1] Blessed is the man that does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers.
[PSA.1.2] But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; and on his law he meditates day and night.
[PSA.1.3] And he will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither; and whatever he does will prosper.
[PSA.1.4] The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
[PSA.1.5] Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
[PSA.1.6] For Jehovah knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked will perish.
[PSA.2.1] Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing?
[PSA.2.2] The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,
[PSA.2.3] Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.
[PSA.2.4] He who sits in the heavens will laugh: Jehovah will have them in derision.
[PSA.2.5] Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his deep anger:
[PSA.2.6] Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion.
[PSA.2.7] I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said to me, You are my son; today have I begotten you.
[PSA.2.8] Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
[PSA.2.9] You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
[PSA.2.10] Now therefore, be wise, O kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.
[PSA.2.11] Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
[PSA.2.12] Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who put their trust in him.
[PSA.3.1] Jehovah, how my adversaries are increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
[PSA.3.2] Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah
[PSA.3.3] But you, Jehovah, are a shield around me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
[PSA.3.4] I cry to Jehovah with my voice, And he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah
[PSA.3.5] I lay down and sleep; I awake; for Jehovah sustains me.
[PSA.3.6] I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people Who have set themselves against me around.
[PSA.3.7] Arise, Jehovah; save me, my God: For you have struck all my enemies on the cheek bone; You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
[PSA.3.8] Salvation belongs to Jehovah: Your blessing is on your people. Selah
[PSA.4.1] Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; you have given me relief when I was in distress: have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
[PSA.4.2] O you sons of men, how long will my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood?
[PSA.4.3] But know that Jehovah has set apart him that is godly for himself: Jehovah will hear when I call to him.
[PSA.4.4] Be angry, and do not sin: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
[PSA.4.5] Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in Jehovah.
[PSA.4.6] Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.
[PSA.4.7] You have put gladness in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their new wine increase.
[PSA.4.8] In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for you, Jehovah, alone make me dwell in safety.
[PSA.5.1] Give ear to my words, Jehovah, consider my meditation.
[PSA.5.2] Listen to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; for to you do I pray.
[PSA.5.3] O Jehovah, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I will order my prayer to you, and will keep watch.
[PSA.5.4] For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness: evil shall not live with you.
[PSA.5.5] The boastful will not stand in your sight: you hate all workers of iniquity.
[PSA.5.6] You will destroy those who speak lies: Jehovah abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
[PSA.5.7] But as for me, in the abundance of your lovingkindness will I come into your house: in your fear will I worship toward your holy temple.
[PSA.5.8] Lead me, O Jehovah, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face.
[PSA.5.9] For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.
[PSA.5.10] Hold them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against you.
[PSA.5.11] But let all those that take refuge in you rejoice, let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them: let them also that love your name be joyful in you.
[PSA.5.12] For you will bless the righteous; O Jehovah, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.
[PSA.6.1] Jehovah, do not rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
[PSA.6.2] Be gracious to me, Jehovah, for I am weak: Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
[PSA.6.3] My soul is also greatly troubled: but you, Jehovah, how long?
[PSA.6.4] Return, Jehovah, deliver my soul: save me for your loving kindness' sake.
[PSA.6.5] For in death there is no remembrance of you: in Sheol who will give you thanks?
[PSA.6.6] I am weary with my groaning; all night I make my bed swim; I water my couch with my tears.
[PSA.6.7] My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows old because of all my adversaries.
[PSA.6.8] Depart from me, all you workers of wickedness; for Jehovah has heard the voice of my weeping.
[PSA.6.9] Jehovah has heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.
[PSA.6.10] All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly troubled; they will turn back, they will be ashamed suddenly.
[PSA.7.1] O Jehovah my God, in you have I taken refuge; save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
[PSA.7.2] lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
[PSA.7.3] O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;
[PSA.7.4] if I have rewarded evil to anyone who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary);
[PSA.7.5] let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
[PSA.7.6] Arise, O Jehovah, in your anger; lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries, and awake for me; you have commanded judgment.
[PSA.7.7] Let the congregation of the peoples surround you; and over them return you on high.
[PSA.7.8] Jehovah judges the peoples: judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is on me.
[PSA.7.9] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
[PSA.7.10] My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
[PSA.7.11] God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
[PSA.7.12] If a man does not repent, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
[PSA.7.13] He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death; he makes his arrows fiery shafts.
[PSA.7.14] Behold, he travails with iniquity; yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
[PSA.7.15] He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
[PSA.7.16] His mischief will return on his own head, and his violence will come down on his own crown.
[PSA.7.17] I will give thanks to Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.
[PSA.8.1] O Jehovah, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
[PSA.8.2] Out of the mouth of babies and infants have you established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might still the enemy and the avenger.
[PSA.8.3] When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place;
[PSA.8.4] what is man, that you are mindful of him? And the son of man, that you care for him?
[PSA.8.5] For you have made him a little lower than God, and crown him with glory and honor.
[PSA.8.6] You make him rule over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet:
[PSA.8.7] All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
[PSA.8.8] The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
[PSA.8.9] O Jehovah, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
[PSA.9.1] I will give thanks to Jehovah with all my heart; I will show all your marvelous works.
[PSA.9.2] I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
[PSA.9.3] When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at your presence.
[PSA.9.4] For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sit on the throne judging righteously.
[PSA.9.5] You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
[PSA.9.6] The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins; and you have destroyed the cities; the very memory of them has perished.
[PSA.9.7] But Jehovah sits as king forever: He has prepared his throne for judgment;
[PSA.9.8] And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the peoples with equity.
[PSA.9.9] Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;
[PSA.9.10] And those who know your name will put their trust in you; for you, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek you.
[PSA.9.11] Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his doings.
[PSA.9.12] For he who avenges blood remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
[PSA.9.13] Have mercy on me, O Jehovah; consider my affliction from those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death;
[PSA.9.14] That I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in your salvation.
[PSA.9.15] The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
[PSA.9.16] Jehovah has made himself known; he has executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
[PSA.9.17] The wicked will return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
[PSA.9.18] For the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
[PSA.9.19] Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in your sight.
[PSA.9.20] Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah.
[PSA.10.1] Why do you stand far off, O Jehovah? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
[PSA.10.2] In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
[PSA.10.3] For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, And the covetous person reviles, yes, despises Jehovah.
[PSA.10.4] The wicked, in the pride of their face, says, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
[PSA.10.5] His ways are firm at all times; Your judgments are on high, out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he scorns them.
[PSA.10.6] He says in his heart, I shall not be moved; Throughout all generations I shall not be in adversity.
[PSA.10.7] His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
[PSA.10.8] He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places does he murder the innocent; His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
[PSA.10.9] He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his covert; He lies in wait to catch the poor: He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
[PSA.10.10] He crouches, he bows down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
[PSA.10.11] He says in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides his face; He will never see it.
[PSA.10.12] Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up your hand: Do not forget the humble.
[PSA.10.13] Why does the wicked despise God, And say in his heart, You will not require it?
[PSA.10.14] You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to take it into your hand: The helpless commits himself to you; You have been the helper of the orphan.
[PSA.10.15] Break the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil person, seek out his wickedness till you find none.
[PSA.10.16] Jehovah is King forever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
[PSA.10.17] Jehovah, you have heard the desire of the humble: You will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear;
[PSA.10.18] To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
[PSA.11.1] In Jehovah I take refuge: how can you say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain;
[PSA.11.2] For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
[PSA.11.3] If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
[PSA.11.4] Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the children of men.
[PSA.11.5] Jehovah tests the righteous; but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
[PSA.11.6] Upon the wicked he will rain coals; fire and sulfur and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
[PSA.11.7] For Jehovah is righteous; he loves righteousness: the upright shall behold his face.
[PSA.12.1] Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
[PSA.12.2] They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips, and with a double heart, do they speak.
[PSA.12.3] Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks great things;
[PSA.12.4] Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
[PSA.12.5] Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he yearns for.
[PSA.12.6] The words of Jehovah are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times.
[PSA.12.7] You will keep them, O Jehovah, you will preserve them from this generation forever.
[PSA.12.8] The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
[PSA.13.1] How long, Jehovah? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
[PSA.13.2] How long must I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
[PSA.13.3] Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
[PSA.13.4] lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
[PSA.13.5] But I have trusted in your loving-kindness; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
[PSA.13.6] I will sing to Jehovah, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
[PSA.14.1] The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; there is none who does good.
[PSA.14.2] Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.
[PSA.14.3] They have all turned aside; they have together become filthy; there is none who does good, no, not one.
[PSA.14.4] Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon Jehovah?
[PSA.14.5] There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.
[PSA.14.6] You put to shame the counsel of the poor, because Jehovah is his refuge.
[PSA.14.7] Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.
[PSA.15.1] Jehovah, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Who will live on your holy hill?
[PSA.15.2] He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart;
[PSA.15.3] He that does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
[PSA.15.4] In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors them that fear Jehovah; He that swears to his own hurt, and does not change;
[PSA.15.5] He that does not put out his money to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things will never be moved.
[PSA.16.1] Preserve me, O God; for in you do I take refuge.
[PSA.16.2] I have said to Jehovah, You are my Lord: I have no good apart from you.
[PSA.16.3] As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
[PSA.16.4] Their sorrows will be multiplied that have given gifts for another god: Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names upon my lips.
[PSA.16.5] Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.
[PSA.16.6] The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a goodly heritage.
[PSA.16.7] I will bless Jehovah, who has counseled me; Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
[PSA.16.8] I have set Jehovah always before me: because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
[PSA.16.9] Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely.
[PSA.16.10] For you will not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
[PSA.16.11] You will show me the path of life: In your presence is fullness of joy; In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
[PSA.17.1] Hear a just cause, Jehovah, attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't come from deceitful lips.
[PSA.17.2] Let my judgment come forth from your presence; Let your eyes look on what is right.
[PSA.17.3] You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
[PSA.17.4] As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips I have kept from the ways of the violent.
[PSA.17.5] My steps have held fast to your paths, My feet have not slipped.
[PSA.17.6] I have called on you, for you will answer me, God: Incline your ear to me, and hear my speech.
[PSA.17.7] Show your marvelous lovingkindness, O you that save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from those who rise up against them.
[PSA.17.8] Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
[PSA.17.9] From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, who surround me.
[PSA.17.10] They have closed their callous hearts; With their mouth they speak proudly.
[PSA.17.11] They have now compassed us in our steps; They set their eyes to throw us down to the earth.
[PSA.17.12] He is like a lion that is greedy for his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
[PSA.17.13] Arise, Jehovah, confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
[PSA.17.14] From men by your hand, Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly you fill with your treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their children.
[PSA.17.15] As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.
[PSA.18.1] I love you, Jehovah, my strength.
[PSA.18.2] Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
[PSA.18.3] I call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
[PSA.18.4] The cords of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
[PSA.18.5] The cords of Sheol were around me; the snares of death came upon me.
[PSA.18.6] In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and called to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
[PSA.18.7] Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
[PSA.18.8] There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
[PSA.18.9] He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under his feet.
[PSA.18.10] He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yes, he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
[PSA.18.11] He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
[PSA.18.12] At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
[PSA.18.13] Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
[PSA.18.14] And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; yes, lightnings manifold, and confused them.
[PSA.18.15] Then the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at your rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
[PSA.18.16] He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
[PSA.18.17] He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
[PSA.18.18] They came upon me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my stay.
[PSA.18.19] He brought me out into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
[PSA.18.20] Jehovah has rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he repaid me.
[PSA.18.21] For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
[PSA.18.22] For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
[PSA.18.23] I was also upright with him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
[PSA.18.24] Therefore has Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
[PSA.18.25] With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with the perfect man you will show yourself perfect;
[PSA.18.26] With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the perverse you will show yourself opposite.
[PSA.18.27] For you will save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes you will bring down.
[PSA.18.28] For you will light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
[PSA.18.29] For by you I run against a troop; and by my God do I leap over a wall.
[PSA.18.30] As for God, his way is perfect: the word of Jehovah is tried; he is a shield to all those that take refuge in him.
[PSA.18.31] For who is God, besides Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
[PSA.18.32] The God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
[PSA.18.33] He makes my feet like hinds' feet: and sets me upon my high places.
[PSA.18.34] He teaches my hands to war; so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
[PSA.18.35] You have also given me the shield of your salvation; and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great.
[PSA.18.36] You have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
[PSA.18.37] I pursued my enemies, and overtook them; neither did I turn back till they were consumed.
[PSA.18.38] I struck them through, so that they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
[PSA.18.39] For you have girded me with strength to the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
[PSA.18.40] You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those that hate me.
[PSA.18.41] They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but he did not answer them.
[PSA.18.42] Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I cast them out as the dirt of the streets.
[PSA.18.43] You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
[PSA.18.44] As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; the foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
[PSA.18.45] The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their strongholds.
[PSA.18.46] Jehovah lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation,
[PSA.18.47] Even the God that executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
[PSA.18.48] He delivers me from my enemies; yes, you lift me up above those that rise up against me; you have delivered me from the violent man.
[PSA.18.49] Therefore I will give thanks to you, O Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name.
[PSA.18.50] Great deliverance he gives to his king, and shows loving-kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.
[PSA.19.1] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork.
[PSA.19.2] Day to day utters speech, and night to night shows knowledge.
[PSA.19.3] There is no speech nor language; their voice is not heard.
[PSA.19.4] Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he set a tent for the sun,
[PSA.19.5] which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
[PSA.19.6] His going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit to the ends of it; and there is nothing hidden from the heat of it.
[PSA.19.7] The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
[PSA.19.8] The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
[PSA.19.9] The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever: the ordinances of Jehovah are true, and righteous altogether.
[PSA.19.10] More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
[PSA.19.11] Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
[PSA.19.12] Who can understand his errors? Clear me from hidden faults.
[PSA.19.13] Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then I will be upright, and I will be innocent of great transgression.
[PSA.19.14] Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.
[PSA.20.1] Jehovah answer you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high;
[PSA.20.2] send you help from the sanctuary, and support you from Zion;
[PSA.20.3] remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice;
[PSA.20.4] grant you your heart's desire, and fulfill all your plans.
[PSA.20.5] We will triumph in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: Jehovah fulfill all your requests.
[PSA.20.6] Now I know that Jehovah saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
[PSA.20.7] Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will trust in the name of Jehovah our God.
[PSA.20.8] They are bowed down and fallen; but we have risen, and stand upright.
[PSA.20.9] Save, Jehovah: let the King answer us when we call.
[PSA.21.1] Jehovah, the king will rejoice in your strength; and in your salvation how greatly he will be glad!
[PSA.21.2] You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
[PSA.21.3] For you come to meet him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of fine gold on his head.
[PSA.21.4] He asked life from you, you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.
[PSA.21.5] His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty you lay on him.
[PSA.21.6] For you make him most blessed forever: you make him glad with joy in your presence.
[PSA.21.7] For the king trusts in Jehovah; and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he will not be moved.
[PSA.21.8] Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those that hate you.
[PSA.21.9] You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger; Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire will devour them.
[PSA.21.10] Their offspring you will destroy from the earth, and their descendants from among the children of men.
[PSA.21.11] For they intended evil against you; they devised a scheme which they are not able to perform.
[PSA.21.12] For you will make them turn their back; you will aim with your bowstrings against their face.
[PSA.21.13] Be exalted, Jehovah, in your strength: so will we sing and praise your power.
[PSA.22.1] My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
[PSA.22.2] My God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not hear; and in the night season, and am not silent.
[PSA.22.3] But you are holy, O you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
[PSA.22.4] Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you delivered them.
[PSA.22.5] They cried to you, and were delivered: they trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
[PSA.22.6] But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
[PSA.22.7] All they who see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
[PSA.22.8] He trusted on Jehovah that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
[PSA.22.9] But you are he who took me out of the womb: you made me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.
[PSA.22.10] I was cast upon you from the womb: you have been my God from my mother's belly.
[PSA.22.11] Do not be far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
[PSA.22.12] Many bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
[PSA.22.13] They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
[PSA.22.14] I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
[PSA.22.15] My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue sticks to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death.
[PSA.22.16] For dogs have surrounded me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
[PSA.22.17] I can count all my bones. They look and stare upon me.
[PSA.22.18] They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my clothing.
[PSA.22.19] But do not be far off, O Jehovah: O you my help, hurry to help me.
[PSA.22.20] Deliver my soul from the sword; my precious life from the power of the dog.
[PSA.22.21] Save me from the lion's mouth; and from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.
[PSA.22.22] I will declare your name to my brothers: in the midst of the congregation will I praise you.
[PSA.22.23] You who fear Jehovah, praise him; all you descendants of Jacob, glorify him; and stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel.
[PSA.22.24] For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has he hid his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.
[PSA.22.25] Of you comes my praise in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them who fear him.
[PSA.22.26] The humble shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise Jehovah who seek after him: let your heart live forever.
[PSA.22.27] All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Jehovah; and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
[PSA.22.28] For the kingdom is Jehovah's; and he is the ruler among the nations.
[PSA.22.29] All the rich of the earth shall eat and worship: all they who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
[PSA.22.30] Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
[PSA.22.31] They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people who shall be born, that he has done this.
[PSA.23.1] Jehovah is my shepherd; I will lack nothing.
[PSA.23.2] He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters.
[PSA.23.3] He restores my soul: he guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
[PSA.23.4] Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
[PSA.23.5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
[PSA.23.6] Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah forever.
[PSA.24.1] The earth is Jehovah's, and all it contains; the world, and those who live in it.
[PSA.24.2] For he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.
[PSA.24.3] Who will ascend into the hill of Jehovah? and who will stand in his holy place?
[PSA.24.4] He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
[PSA.24.5] He will receive a blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
[PSA.24.6] This is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O Jacob. Selah
[PSA.24.7] Lift up your heads, O gates; and be lifted up, you everlasting doors: and the King of glory will come in.
[PSA.24.8] Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
[PSA.24.9] Lift up your heads, O gates; yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors: and the King of glory will come in.
[PSA.24.10] Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah
[PSA.25.1] To you, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.
[PSA.25.2] O my God, in you have I trusted, let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies triumph over me.
[PSA.25.3] Yes, let none that wait for you be put to shame: let them be put to shame who deal treacherously without cause.
[PSA.25.4] Show me your ways, O Jehovah; teach me your paths.
[PSA.25.5] Guide me in your truth, and teach me; for you are the God of my salvation; for you do I wait all the day.
[PSA.25.6] Remember, O Jehovah, your tender mercies and your loving-kindness, for they have been ever of old.
[PSA.25.7] Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to your loving-kindness remember me, for your goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
[PSA.25.8] Good and upright is Jehovah: therefore will he instruct sinners in the way.
[PSA.25.9] The meek will he guide in justice; and the meek will he teach his way.
[PSA.25.10] All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
[PSA.25.11] For your name's sake, O Jehovah, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
[PSA.25.12] What man is he that fears Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
[PSA.25.13] His soul shall live at ease; and his seed shall inherit the land.
[PSA.25.14] The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.
[PSA.25.15] My eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
[PSA.25.16] Turn to me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
[PSA.25.17] The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring me out of my distresses.
[PSA.25.18] Consider my affliction and my travail; and forgive all my sins.
[PSA.25.19] Consider my enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
[PSA.25.20] Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
[PSA.25.21] Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
[PSA.25.22] Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
[PSA.26.1] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
[PSA.26.2] Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; test my heart and my mind.
[PSA.26.3] For your loving-kindness is before my eyes; and I have walked in your truth.
[PSA.26.4] I have not sat with false persons; neither will I go in with those who hide themselves.
[PSA.26.5] I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
[PSA.26.6] I will wash my hands in innocence; so will I go around your altar, O Jehovah;
[PSA.26.7] that I may make the voice of thanksgiving heard, and tell of all your wondrous works.
[PSA.26.8] Jehovah, I love the habitation of your house, and the place where your glory dwells.
[PSA.26.9] Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
[PSA.26.10] in whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of bribes.
[PSA.26.11] But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.
[PSA.26.12] My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.
[PSA.27.1] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
[PSA.27.2] When evildoers came upon me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
[PSA.27.3] Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, even then will I be confident.
[PSA.27.4] One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire in his temple.
[PSA.27.5] For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: in the secret place of his tabernacle he will hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.
[PSA.27.6] And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies around me; and I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Jehovah.
[PSA.27.7] Hear, Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
[PSA.27.8] When you said, Seek My face; my heart said to you, Your face, Jehovah, will I seek.
[PSA.27.9] Hide not your face from me; put not your servant away in anger: you have been my help; do not leave me, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
[PSA.27.10] When my father and my mother forsake me, then Jehovah will take me up.
[PSA.27.11] Teach me your way, O Jehovah; and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
[PSA.27.12] Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
[PSA.27.13] I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living.
[PSA.27.14] Wait for Jehovah: be strong, and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for Jehovah.
[PSA.28.1] To you, O Jehovah, will I cry: My rock, do not be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.
[PSA.28.2] Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle.
[PSA.28.3] Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
[PSA.28.4] Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their deeds: give them after the operation of their hands, render to them their pay.
[PSA.28.5] Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
[PSA.28.6] Blessed be Jehovah, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
[PSA.28.7] Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.
[PSA.28.8] Jehovah is their strength, and he is a saving stronghold to his anointed.
[PSA.28.9] Save your people, and bless your inheritance: be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.
[PSA.29.1] Ascribe to Jehovah, O you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Jehovah glory and strength.
[PSA.29.2] Ascribe to Jehovah the glory due to his name; worship Jehovah in holy array.
[PSA.29.3] The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thunders, even Jehovah upon many waters.
[PSA.29.4] The voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.
[PSA.29.5] The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; yes, Jehovah breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
[PSA.29.6] He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.
[PSA.29.7] The voice of Jehovah cleaves the flames of fire.
[PSA.29.8] The voice of Jehovah shakes the wilderness; Jehovah shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
[PSA.29.9] The voice of Jehovah makes the hinds to calve, and strips the forests bare: and in his temple everything says, Glory.
[PSA.29.10] Jehovah sat as King at the Flood; yes, Jehovah sits as King forever.
[PSA.29.11] Jehovah will give strength to his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
[PSA.30.1] I will exalt you, O Jehovah; for you have lifted me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
[PSA.30.2] O Jehovah my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me.
[PSA.30.3] O Jehovah, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
[PSA.30.4] Sing to Jehovah, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name.
[PSA.30.5] For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime: weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
[PSA.30.6] As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.
[PSA.30.7] By your favor, O Jehovah, you made my mountain to stand strong: you hid your face; I was troubled.
[PSA.30.8] I cried to you, O Jehovah; and to Jehovah I made supplication:
[PSA.30.9] What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?
[PSA.30.10] Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy on me: Jehovah, be my helper.
[PSA.30.11] You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
[PSA.30.12] To the end that my soul may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
[PSA.31.1] In you, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame: deliver me in your righteousness.
[PSA.31.2] Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be my strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
[PSA.31.3] For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
[PSA.31.4] Draw me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me; for you are my stronghold.
[PSA.31.5] Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O Jehovah, you God of truth.
[PSA.31.6] I hate those who regard lying vanities; but I trust in Jehovah.
[PSA.31.7] I will be glad and rejoice in your lovingkindness; for you have seen my affliction: you have known my soul in adversities;
[PSA.31.8] And you have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a large place.
[PSA.31.9] Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: my eye wastes away with grief, yes, my soul and my body.
[PSA.31.10] For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.
[PSA.31.11] Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, yes, to my neighbors greatly, and a dread to my acquaintances: they who saw me on the street fled from me.
[PSA.31.12] I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
[PSA.31.13] For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they plotted to take away my life.
[PSA.31.14] But I trusted in you, O Jehovah: I said, You are my God.
[PSA.31.15] My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
[PSA.31.16] Make your face to shine on your servant: save me in your lovingkindness.
[PSA.31.17] Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah, for I have called on you: let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
[PSA.31.18] Let the lying lips be mute, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.
[PSA.31.19] Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
[PSA.31.20] In the secret of your presence you will hide them from the pride of man: you will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
[PSA.31.21] Blessed be Jehovah; for he has showed me his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.
[PSA.31.22] As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.
[PSA.31.23] Oh love Jehovah, all you his saints: Jehovah preserves the faithful, and plentifully pays back him who deals proudly.
[PSA.31.24] Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Jehovah.
[PSA.32.1] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
[PSA.32.2] Blessed is the man to whom Jehovah does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
[PSA.32.3] When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
[PSA.32.4] For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
[PSA.32.5] I acknowledged my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions to Jehovah; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
[PSA.32.6] For this let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found: surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach him.
[PSA.32.7] You are my hiding place; you will preserve me from trouble; you will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
[PSA.32.8] I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go: I will counsel you with my eye on you.
[PSA.32.9] Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
[PSA.32.10] Many sorrows will be to the wicked; but he who trusts in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall surround him.
[PSA.32.11] Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
[PSA.33.1] Rejoice in Jehovah, you righteous; praise is becoming for the upright.
[PSA.33.2] Give thanks to Jehovah with the harp: sing to him with the psaltery of ten strings.
[PSA.33.3] Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
[PSA.33.4] For the word of Jehovah is right; and all his work is done in faithfulness.
[PSA.33.5] He loves righteousness and justice: the earth is full of the lovingkindness of Jehovah.
[PSA.33.6] By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
[PSA.33.7] He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: he lays up the deeps in storehouses.
[PSA.33.8] Let all the earth fear Jehovah: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
[PSA.33.9] For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
[PSA.33.10] Jehovah brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he makes the devices of the people of no effect.
[PSA.33.11] The counsel of Jehovah stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
[PSA.33.12] Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
[PSA.33.13] Jehovah looks from heaven; he sees all the sons of men.
[PSA.33.14] From the place of his dwelling he looks on all the inhabitants of the earth,
[PSA.33.15] he who fashions the hearts of them all, who considers all their works.
[PSA.33.16] There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
[PSA.33.17] A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither shall he deliver any by his great power.
[PSA.33.18] Behold, the eye of Jehovah is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his lovingkindness;
[PSA.33.19] to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
[PSA.33.20] Our soul waits for Jehovah: he is our help and our shield.
[PSA.33.21] For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
[PSA.33.22] Let your lovingkindness, Jehovah, be on us, according as we have hoped in you.
[PSA.34.1] I will bless Jehovah at all times: his praise will continually be in my mouth.
[PSA.34.2] My soul will make its boast in Jehovah: the humble will hear it and be glad.
[PSA.34.3] Oh magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt his name together.
[PSA.34.4] I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
[PSA.34.5] They looked to him, and were radiant; and their faces will never be ashamed.
[PSA.34.6] This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
[PSA.34.7] The angel of Jehovah encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
[PSA.34.8] Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: blessed is the person that takes refuge in him.
[PSA.34.9] Oh fear Jehovah, you his saints; for there is no lack for those who fear him.
[PSA.34.10] The young lions lack and suffer hunger; but those that seek Jehovah will not lack any good thing.
[PSA.34.11] Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
[PSA.34.12] What person is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
[PSA.34.13] Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
[PSA.34.14] Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
[PSA.34.15] The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.
[PSA.34.16] The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
[PSA.34.17] The righteous cry, and Jehovah hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
[PSA.34.18] Jehovah is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves those who are of a contrite spirit.
[PSA.34.19] Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.
[PSA.34.20] He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.
[PSA.34.21] Evil will slay the wicked; and those that hate the righteous will be condemned.
[PSA.34.22] Jehovah redeems the soul of his servants; and none of those that take refuge in him will be condemned.
[PSA.35.1] Contend, Jehovah, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.
[PSA.35.2] Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
[PSA.35.3] Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against those who pursue me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.
[PSA.35.4] Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and confounded who devise my hurt.
[PSA.35.5] Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of Jehovah driving them on.
[PSA.35.6] Let their way be dark and slippery, and the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.
[PSA.35.7] For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit; without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
[PSA.35.8] Let destruction come upon them unawares; and let his net that he has hidden catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
[PSA.35.9] And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.
[PSA.35.10] All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?
[PSA.35.11] Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.
[PSA.35.12] They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
[PSA.35.13] But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
[PSA.35.14] I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mournfully, as one who mourns for his mother.
[PSA.35.15] But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they tore me, and ceased not:
[PSA.35.16] Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed on me with their teeth.
[PSA.35.17] Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
[PSA.35.18] I will give thanks in the great assembly; I will praise you among many people.
[PSA.35.19] Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.
[PSA.35.20] For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
[PSA.35.21] Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
[PSA.35.22] You have seen it, O Jehovah; keep not silent: O Lord, be not far from me.
[PSA.35.23] Stir up yourself, and awake to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.
[PSA.35.24] Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
[PSA.35.25] Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so we would have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
[PSA.35.26] Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
[PSA.35.27] Let them shout for joy, and be glad, who favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
[PSA.35.28] And my tongue shall talk of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
[PSA.36.1] The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
[PSA.36.2] For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
[PSA.36.3] The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise and to do good.
[PSA.36.4] He devises iniquity upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.
[PSA.36.5] Your lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
[PSA.36.6] Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are a great deep: Jehovah, you preserve man and beast.
[PSA.36.7] How precious is your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
[PSA.36.8] They shall be satisfied with the fatness of your house; and you will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
[PSA.36.9] For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light.
[PSA.36.10] Oh continue your lovingkindness to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright in heart.
[PSA.36.11] Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
[PSA.36.12] There the workers of iniquity have fallen: they are cast down and shall not be able to rise.
[PSA.37.1] Do not fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
[PSA.37.2] For they will soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
[PSA.37.3] Trust in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness.
[PSA.37.4] Delight yourself also in Jehovah; and he will give you the desires of your heart.
[PSA.37.5] Commit your way to Jehovah; trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
[PSA.37.6] And he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
[PSA.37.7] Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
[PSA.37.8] Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: do not fret, it tends only to evil-doing.
[PSA.37.9] For evildoers will be cut off; but those who wait for Jehovah, they will inherit the land.
[PSA.37.10] For yet a little while, and the wicked will not be: yes, you will diligently consider his place, and he will not be.
[PSA.37.11] But the humble will inherit the land, and will delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
[PSA.37.12] The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes upon him with his teeth.
[PSA.37.13] The Lord will laugh at him; for he sees that his day is coming.
[PSA.37.14] The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as are upright in the way.
[PSA.37.15] Their sword will enter into their own heart, and their bows will be broken.
[PSA.37.16] Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
[PSA.37.17] For the arms of the wicked will be broken; but Jehovah upholds the righteous.
[PSA.37.18] Jehovah knows the days of the perfect; and their inheritance will be forever.
[PSA.37.19] They will not be ashamed in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.
[PSA.37.20] But the wicked will perish, and the enemies of Jehovah will be as the fat of lambs: they will consume; into smoke will they consume away.
[PSA.37.21] The wicked borrows, and pays not again; but the righteous deals graciously, and gives.
[PSA.37.22] For such as are blessed of him will inherit the land; and they that are cursed of him will be cut off.
[PSA.37.23] A man's goings are established by Jehovah; and he delights in his way.
[PSA.37.24] Though he fall, he will not be utterly cast down; for Jehovah upholds him with his hand.
[PSA.37.25] I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
[PSA.37.26] All day long he deals graciously, and lends; and his seed is blessed.
[PSA.37.27] Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell forevermore.
[PSA.37.28] For Jehovah loves justice, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.
[PSA.37.29] The righteous will inherit the land, and dwell in it forever.
[PSA.37.30] The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
[PSA.37.31] The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps will slide.
[PSA.37.32] The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him.
[PSA.37.33] Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
[PSA.37.34] Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
[PSA.37.35] I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
[PSA.37.36] But he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
[PSA.37.37] Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for there is a future for the man of peace.
[PSA.37.38] As for transgressors, they will be destroyed together: the future of the wicked will be cut off.
[PSA.37.39] But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah: he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
[PSA.37.40] And Jehovah helps them, and rescues them: he rescues them from the wicked, and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.
[PSA.38.1] O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in your wrath; neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
[PSA.38.2] For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me hard.
[PSA.38.3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; nor health in my bones because of my sin.
[PSA.38.4] For my iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
[PSA.38.5] My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
[PSA.38.6] I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
[PSA.38.7] For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
[PSA.38.8] I am faint and very broken; I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
[PSA.38.9] Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.
[PSA.38.10] My heart throbs, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
[PSA.38.11] My friends and my companions stand away from my plague; and my kinsmen stand far away.
[PSA.38.12] They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
[PSA.38.13] But I, as a deaf man, do not hear; and I am as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.
[PSA.38.14] Yes, I am as a man that does not hear, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
[PSA.38.15] For in you, O Jehovah, do I hope: you will answer, O Lord my God.
[PSA.38.16] For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
[PSA.38.17] For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
[PSA.38.18] For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
[PSA.38.19] But my enemies are lively, and are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
[PSA.38.20] They also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
[PSA.38.21] Do not forsake me, O Jehovah: O my God, do not be far from me.
[PSA.38.22] Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
[PSA.39.1] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I do not sin with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
[PSA.39.2] I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
[PSA.39.3] My heart was hot within me; while I mused the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue:
[PSA.39.4] Jehovah, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am.
[PSA.39.5] Behold, you have made my days as handbreadths; and my lifetime is as nothing before you: surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah.
[PSA.39.6] Surely every man walks in a vain show; surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.
[PSA.39.7] And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? My hope is in you.
[PSA.39.8] Deliver me from all my transgressions: do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
[PSA.39.9] I was mute, I did not open my mouth; because you did it.
[PSA.39.10] Remove your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand.
[PSA.39.11] When you correct man with rebukes for sin, you consume, like a moth, what is dear to him; surely every man is vanity. Selah.
[PSA.39.12] Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry; do not hold your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
[PSA.39.13] Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and am no more.
[PSA.40.1] I waited patiently for Jehovah; and he turned to me, and heard my cry.
[PSA.40.2] He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
[PSA.40.3] And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Jehovah.
[PSA.40.4] Blessed is the man who makes Jehovah his trust, and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
[PSA.40.5] Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts toward us; they cannot be set in order to you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
[PSA.40.6] Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears you have opened: burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
[PSA.40.7] Then I said, Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book it is written about me:
[PSA.40.8] I delight to do your will, O my God; yes, your law is within my heart.
[PSA.40.9] I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; see, I have not kept back my lips, O Jehovah, you know.
[PSA.40.10] I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
[PSA.40.11] Do not withhold your tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
[PSA.40.12] For innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.
[PSA.40.13] Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: O Jehovah, make haste to help me.
[PSA.40.14] Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor that delight in my hurt.
[PSA.40.15] Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.
[PSA.40.16] Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let such as love your salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified.
[PSA.40.17] But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks about me: you are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God.
[PSA.41.1] Blessed is he who considers the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of trouble.
[PSA.41.2] Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth; and do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
[PSA.41.3] Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: you make all his bed in his sickness.
[PSA.41.4] I said, Jehovah, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.
[PSA.41.5] My enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?
[PSA.41.6] And if he comes to see me, he speaks vanity; his heart gathers iniquity to itself: when he goes out, he tells it.
[PSA.41.7] All who hate me whisper together against me; against me they devise my hurt.
[PSA.41.8] An evil disease, they say, cleaves fast to him; and now that he lies he will rise up no more.
[PSA.41.9] Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
[PSA.41.10] But you, Jehovah, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may reward them.
[PSA.41.11] By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.
[PSA.41.12] And as for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me before your face forever.
[PSA.41.13] Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
[PSA.42.1] As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, O God.
[PSA.42.2] My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
[PSA.42.3] My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God?
[PSA.42.4] These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping festival.
[PSA.42.5] Why are you cast down, my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
[PSA.42.6] O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
[PSA.42.7] Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls: all your waves and your billows have gone over me.
[PSA.42.8] Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the daytime; and in the night his song shall be with me, even a prayer to the God of my life.
[PSA.42.9] I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[PSA.42.10] As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they say daily to me, Where is your God?
[PSA.42.11] Why are you cast down, my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
[PSA.43.1] Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust person.
[PSA.43.2] For you are the God of my strength; why have you cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[PSA.43.3] Oh send out your light and your truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me to your holy hill, and to your dwelling.
[PSA.43.4] Then will I go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and on the harp will I praise you, O God, my God.
[PSA.43.5] Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
[PSA.44.1] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
[PSA.44.2] You drove out the nations with your hand, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you spread abroad.
[PSA.44.3] For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had favor to them.
[PSA.44.4] You are my King, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
[PSA.44.5] Through you we will push down our adversaries: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
[PSA.44.6] For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
[PSA.44.7] But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have put them to shame that hate us.
[PSA.44.8] In God have we made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
[PSA.44.9] But now you have cast us off, and brought us to dishonor, and do not go forth with our armies.
[PSA.44.10] You make us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
[PSA.44.11] You have given us like sheep appointed for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
[PSA.44.12] You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price.
[PSA.44.13] You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are around us.
[PSA.44.14] You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
[PSA.44.15] All the day long is my dishonor before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
[PSA.44.16] For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes, by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
[PSA.44.17] All this has come upon us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.
[PSA.44.18] Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way,
[PSA.44.19] Though you have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
[PSA.44.20] If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
[PSA.44.21] Shall not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
[PSA.44.22] Yes, for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
[PSA.44.23] Awake, why do you sleep, O Lord? Arise, do not cast us off forever.
[PSA.44.24] Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
[PSA.44.25] For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaves to the earth.
[PSA.44.26] Arise for our help, and redeem us for your loving-kindness' sake.
[PSA.45.1] My heart overflows with a good matter; I address my verses to the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
[PSA.45.2] You are fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into your lips: Therefore God has blessed you forever.
[PSA.45.3] Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, Your glory and your majesty.
[PSA.45.4] And in your majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness and righteousness: And your right hand will teach you terrible things.
[PSA.45.5] Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under you; They are in the heart of the king's enemies.
[PSA.45.6] Your throne, O God, is forever and ever: A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
[PSA.45.7] You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, your God, has anointed you With the oil of gladness above your companions.
[PSA.45.8] All your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
[PSA.45.9] Kings' daughters are among your honorable women: At your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
[PSA.45.10] Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; Forget also your own people, and your father's house;
[PSA.45.11] So will the king desire your beauty; For he is your lord; and worship him.
[PSA.45.12] The daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat your favor.
[PSA.45.13] The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
[PSA.45.14] She shall be led to the king in embroidered work: The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
[PSA.45.15] With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king's palace.
[PSA.45.16] Instead of your fathers shall be your children, Whom you shall make princes in all the earth.
[PSA.45.17] I will make your name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
[PSA.46.1] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
[PSA.46.2] Therefore we will not fear, though the earth changes, and though the mountains are moved into the heart of the seas;
[PSA.46.3] Though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah.
[PSA.46.4] There is a river, the streams of which make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
[PSA.46.5] God is in the midst of her; she will not be moved. God will help her, and that right early.
[PSA.46.6] The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
[PSA.46.7] Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
[PSA.46.8] Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he has made in the earth.
[PSA.46.9] He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in pieces; he burns the chariots in the fire.
[PSA.46.10] Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
[PSA.46.11] Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
[PSA.47.1] Oh clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with the voice of triumph.
[PSA.47.2] For Jehovah Most High is awesome; he is a great King over all the earth.
[PSA.47.3] He subdues peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
[PSA.47.4] He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
[PSA.47.5] God has gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.
[PSA.47.6] Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.
[PSA.47.7] For God is the King of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.
[PSA.47.8] God reigns over the nations: God sits on his holy throne.
[PSA.47.9] The princes of the peoples are gathered together to be the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.
[PSA.48.1] Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
[PSA.48.2] Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
[PSA.48.3] God has made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
[PSA.48.4] For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
[PSA.48.5] They saw it, then were they amazed; they were dismayed, they hurried away.
[PSA.48.6] Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in childbirth.
[PSA.48.7] With the east wind you break the ships of Tarshish.
[PSA.48.8] As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah
[PSA.48.9] We have thought on your lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of your temple.
[PSA.48.10] As is your name, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth: your right hand is full of righteousness.
[PSA.48.11] Let mount Zion be glad, let the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of your judgments.
[PSA.48.12] Walk about Zion, and go around her; count the towers thereof.
[PSA.48.13] Consider her ramparts, consider her palaces; that you may tell it to the generation following.
[PSA.48.14] For this God is our God forever and ever: he will be our guide even to death.
[PSA.49.1] Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world,
[PSA.49.2] Both low and high, rich and poor together.
[PSA.49.3] My mouth will speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart will be understanding.
[PSA.49.4] I will incline my ear to a parable; I will solve my riddle upon the harp.
[PSA.49.5] Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
[PSA.49.6] Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches—
[PSA.49.7] None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him
[PSA.49.8] (For the redemption of their life is costly, and it fails forever),
[PSA.49.9] That he should still live always, that he should not see corruption.
[PSA.49.10] For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
[PSA.49.11] Their inward thought is, that their houses will continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
[PSA.49.12] But man being in honor abides not: he is like the animals that perish.
[PSA.49.13] This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah
[PSA.49.14] Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death will be their shepherd; and the upright will have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty will consume Sheol away from their dwelling.
[PSA.49.15] But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; for he will receive me. Selah
[PSA.49.16] Do not be afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
[PSA.49.17] For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not descend after him.
[PSA.49.18] Though while he lived he blessed his soul (and men praise you, when you do well to yourself),
[PSA.49.19] He will go to the generation of his fathers; they will never see the light.
[PSA.49.20] Man who is in honor, and understands not, is like the animals that perish.
[PSA.50.1] The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its going down.
[PSA.50.2] Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.
[PSA.50.3] Our God comes, and does not keep silent: a fire devours before him, and it is very tempestuous around him.
[PSA.50.4] He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
[PSA.50.5] Gather my saints together to me, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
[PSA.50.6] And the heavens declare his righteousness; for God himself is judge. Selah
[PSA.50.7] Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
[PSA.50.8] I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; and your burnt offerings are continually before me.
[PSA.50.9] I will take no bullock out of your house, nor male goats out of your folds.
[PSA.50.10] For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
[PSA.50.11] I know all the birds of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
[PSA.50.12] If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine, and its fullness.
[PSA.50.13] Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
[PSA.50.14] Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High;
[PSA.50.15] And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
[PSA.50.16] But to the wicked God says, What right have you to declare my statutes, and that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,
[PSA.50.17] Seeing you hate instruction, and cast my words behind you?
[PSA.50.18] When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
[PSA.50.19] You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
[PSA.50.20] You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
[PSA.50.21] These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such a one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.
[PSA.50.22] Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
[PSA.50.23] Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me; and to him that orders his way rightly will I show the salvation of God.
[PSA.51.1] Have mercy on me, O God, according to your lovingkindness: according to the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
[PSA.51.2] Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
[PSA.51.3] For I know my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.
[PSA.51.4] Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight; that you may be justified when you speak, and be clear when you judge.
[PSA.51.5] Look, I was brought forth in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
[PSA.51.6] Look, you desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part you will make me know wisdom.
[PSA.51.7] Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
[PSA.51.8] Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
[PSA.51.9] Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
[PSA.51.10] Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
[PSA.51.11] Do not cast me away from your presence; and do not take your holy spirit from me.
[PSA.51.12] Restore to me the joy of your salvation; and uphold me with a willing spirit.
[PSA.51.13] Then will I teach transgressors your ways; and sinners shall be converted to you.
[PSA.51.14] Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, you God of my salvation; and my tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
[PSA.51.15] O Jehovah, open my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise.
[PSA.51.16] For you do not delight in sacrifice; else would I give it: you have no pleasure in burnt offering.
[PSA.51.17] The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
[PSA.51.18] Do good in your good pleasure to Zion: build the walls of Jerusalem.
[PSA.51.19] Then will you delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then they will offer bulls on your altar.
[PSA.52.1] Why do you boast in evil, mighty man? The loving kindness of God endures continually.
[PSA.52.2] Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
[PSA.52.3] You love evil more than good, and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
[PSA.52.4] You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
[PSA.52.5] God will likewise destroy you forever; He will take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah
[PSA.52.6] The righteous also will see, and fear, and will laugh at him, saying,
[PSA.52.7] Behold, the man that did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
[PSA.52.8] But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the loving kindness of God forever and ever.
[PSA.52.9] I will thank you forever, because you have done it; and I will wait on your name, for it is good, in the presence of your faithful ones.
[PSA.53.1] The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none that does good.
[PSA.53.2] God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that understood, that sought after God.
[PSA.53.3] Every one of them has fallen away; they have together become filthy; there is none that does good, no, not one.
[PSA.53.4] Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon God?
[PSA.53.5] There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame, because God has rejected them.
[PSA.53.6] Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of his people, then Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.
[PSA.54.1] Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me by your strength.
[PSA.54.2] Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
[PSA.54.3] For strangers have risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
[PSA.54.4] Behold, God is my helper: Jehovah is with those who uphold my soul.
[PSA.54.5] He will return the evil to my enemies: destroy them in your truth.
[PSA.54.6] With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you: I will give thanks to your name, O Jehovah, for it is good.
[PSA.54.7] For he has delivered me out of all trouble; and my eye has seen my desire upon my enemies.
[PSA.55.1] Give ear to my prayer, O God; and do not hide yourself from my supplication.
[PSA.55.2] Attend to me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
[PSA.55.3] Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
[PSA.55.4] My heart is tormented within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
[PSA.55.5] Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
[PSA.55.6] And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.
[PSA.55.7] Lo, then would I wander far off, I would stay in the wilderness. Selah
[PSA.55.8] I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
[PSA.55.9] Destroy, O Jehovah, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
[PSA.55.10] Day and night they go about it upon its walls: iniquity also and trouble are within it.
[PSA.55.11] Mischief is in the middle of it; oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.
[PSA.55.12] For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then could I have borne it: neither was it he who hated me that magnified himself against me; then would I have hidden myself from him:
[PSA.55.13] But it was you, a man my equal, my companion, and my familiar friend.
[PSA.55.14] We took sweet counsel together; we walked in the house of God in company.
[PSA.55.15] Let death seize them, let them go down alive into Sheol; for wickedness is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.
[PSA.55.16] As for me, I will call upon God; and Jehovah will save me.
[PSA.55.17] Evening, and morning, and at noon, I will complain, and moan; and he will hear my voice.
[PSA.55.18] He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; for they were many who strove with me.
[PSA.55.19] God will hear, and answer them, even he who abides from of old. Selah They have no changes, therefore they do not fear God.
[PSA.55.20] He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him: he has violated his covenant.
[PSA.55.21] His speech was softer than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were smoother than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
[PSA.55.22] Cast your burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain you: he will never allow the righteous to be moved.
[PSA.55.23] But you, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction: men of blood and deceit will not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.
[PSA.56.1] Be gracious to me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all day long he fighting oppresses me.
[PSA.56.2] My adversaries would swallow me up all day long; for they are many that fight proudly against me.
[PSA.56.3] What time I am afraid, I will trust in you.
[PSA.56.4] In God (I will praise his word), in God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can flesh do to me?
[PSA.56.5] All day long they twist my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
[PSA.56.6] They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, as they have waited for my soul.
[PSA.56.7] Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
[PSA.56.8] You number my wanderings: put my tears into your bottle; are they not in your book?
[PSA.56.9] Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call: this I know, that God is for me.
[PSA.56.10] In God (I will praise his word), in Jehovah (I will praise his word),
[PSA.56.11] In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?
[PSA.56.12] Your vows are on me, O God: I will render thank offerings to you.
[PSA.56.13] For you have delivered my soul from death: have you not delivered my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
[PSA.57.1] Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me; for my soul takes refuge in you: yes, in the shadow of your wings will I take refuge, until these calamities are over.
[PSA.57.2] I will cry to God Most High; to God who performs all things for me.
[PSA.57.3] He will send from heaven, and save me, when he reproaches him that would swallow me up; God will send out his loving-kindness and his truth.
[PSA.57.4] My soul is among lions; I lie among those that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
[PSA.57.5] Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth.
[PSA.57.6] They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it themselves.
[PSA.57.7] My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
[PSA.57.8] Awake up, my glory; awake, harp and lyre: I myself will awake early.
[PSA.57.9] I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing praises to you among the nations.
[PSA.57.10] For your loving-kindness is great to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.
[PSA.57.11] Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth.
[PSA.58.1] Do you indeed speak righteousness, O you gods? Do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?
[PSA.58.2] No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
[PSA.58.3] The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
[PSA.58.4] Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; They are like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
[PSA.58.5] Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, Charming ever so wisely.
[PSA.58.6] Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
[PSA.58.7] Let them melt away as water that runs off: When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
[PSA.58.8] Let them be as a snail which melts and passes away, Like the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.
[PSA.58.9] Before your pots can feel the heat of thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
[PSA.58.10] The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
[PSA.58.11] So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous; Truly there is a God that judges in the earth.
[PSA.59.1] Deliver me from my enemies, my God: Protect me from those who rise up against me.
[PSA.59.2] Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men.
[PSA.59.3] For, see, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, Jehovah.
[PSA.59.4] They run and prepare themselves without my fault: Awake to help me, and see.
[PSA.59.5] You therefore, Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: Do not be gracious to any wicked transgressors. Selah
[PSA.59.6] They return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go around the city.
[PSA.59.7] See, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, they say, hears?
[PSA.59.8] But you, Jehovah, will laugh at them; You will have all the nations in derision.
[PSA.59.9] Because of his strength, I will wait on you; For God is my high tower.
[PSA.59.10] My God with his loving-kindness will meet me: God will let me see my desire upon my enemies.
[PSA.59.11] Do not kill them, lest my people forget: Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Jehovah our shield.
[PSA.59.12] For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
[PSA.59.13] Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they be no more: That men may know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah
[PSA.59.14] And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.
[PSA.59.15] They wander up and down for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
[PSA.59.16] But I will sing of your strength; Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving-kindness in the morning: For you have been my high tower, and a refuge in the day of my distress.
[PSA.59.17] To you, my strength, I will sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
[PSA.60.1] O God, you have rejected us, you have broken us down; you have been angry; restore us again.
[PSA.60.2] You have made the land to tremble; you have torn it: heal its breaches; for it shakes.
[PSA.60.3] You have shown your people hard things: you have made us drink the wine of staggering.
[PSA.60.4] You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
[PSA.60.5] That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
[PSA.60.6] God has spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
[PSA.60.7] Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defense of my head; Judah is my scepter.
[PSA.60.8] Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout aloud because of me.
[PSA.60.9] Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
[PSA.60.10] Have you not, O God, cast us off? And you go not forth, O God, with our armies.
[PSA.60.11] Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the salvation of man.
[PSA.60.12] Through God, we shall do valiantly; for he it is who will tread down our adversaries.
[PSA.61.1] Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
[PSA.61.2] From the end of the earth I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
[PSA.61.3] For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
[PSA.61.4] I will dwell in your tent forever: I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah
[PSA.61.5] For you, O God, have heard my vows: you have given me the heritage of those that fear your name.
[PSA.61.6] You will prolong the king's life; his years will be as many generations.
[PSA.61.7] He will live before God forever: O prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
[PSA.61.8] So will I sing praise to your name forever, that I may daily perform my vows.
[PSA.62.1] My soul waits in silence for God only: From him comes my salvation.
[PSA.62.2] He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
[PSA.62.3] How long will you set upon a man, That you may slay him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
[PSA.62.4] They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah
[PSA.62.5] My soul, wait in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.
[PSA.62.6] He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my high tower; I will not be moved.
[PSA.62.7] With God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
[PSA.62.8] Trust in him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah
[PSA.62.9] Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
[PSA.62.10] Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart on them.
[PSA.62.11] God has spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongs to God.
[PSA.62.12] Also to you, O Jehovah, belongs lovingkindness; For you render to every man according to his work.
[PSA.63.1] O God, you are my God; earnestly will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where no water is.
[PSA.63.2] So have I looked upon you in the sanctuary, to see your power and your glory.
[PSA.63.3] Because your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips will praise you.
[PSA.63.4] So will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name.
[PSA.63.5] My soul will be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips;
[PSA.63.6] when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night-watches.
[PSA.63.7] For you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.
[PSA.63.8] My soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me.
[PSA.63.9] But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, will go into the lower parts of the earth.
[PSA.63.10] They will be given over to the power of the sword: they will be a portion for foxes.
[PSA.63.11] But the king will rejoice in God: every one that swears by him will glory; for the mouth of those who speak lies will be stopped.
[PSA.64.1] Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
[PSA.64.2] Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
[PSA.64.3] Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, even bitter words,
[PSA.64.4] That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless: suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.
[PSA.64.5] They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they commune of laying snares secretly; they say, Who will see them?
[PSA.64.6] They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: and the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.
[PSA.64.7] But God will shoot at them; they will be wounded suddenly with an arrow.
[PSA.64.8] So they will be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: all that see them will shake the head.
[PSA.64.9] And all men will fear; and they will declare the work of God, and will wisely consider of his doing.
[PSA.64.10] The righteous will be glad in Jehovah, and will take refuge in him; and all the upright in heart will glory.
[PSA.65.1] Praise waits for you, O God, in Zion; and to you shall the vow be performed.
[PSA.65.2] O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
[PSA.65.3] Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you will forgive them.
[PSA.65.4] Blessed is the one whom you choose, and cause to approach to you, that he may dwell in your courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holy place of your temple.
[PSA.65.5] By terrifying things you will answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, you who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of those who are far off upon the sea:
[PSA.65.6] Who by your strength set fast the mountains, being girded with might:
[PSA.65.7] Who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
[PSA.65.8] They also who dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at your signs: you make the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
[PSA.65.9] You visit the earth, and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water: you provide them grain, for so you have prepared the earth.
[PSA.65.10] You water its furrows abundantly; you settle its ridges: you make it soft with showers; you bless its growth.
[PSA.65.11] You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness.
[PSA.65.12] They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness; and the hills are girded with joy.
[PSA.65.13] The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with grain; they shout for joy, they also sing.
[PSA.66.1] Shout aloud to God, all the earth:
[PSA.66.2] Sing out the glory of his name: make his praise glorious.
[PSA.66.3] Say to God, How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power your enemies will submit themselves to you.
[PSA.66.4] All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name. Selah
[PSA.66.5] Come and see the works of God; he is awesome in his doing toward the children of men.
[PSA.66.6] He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot: there we rejoiced in him.
[PSA.66.7] He rules by his power forever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
[PSA.66.8] Bless our God, you peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;
[PSA.66.9] Who keeps our soul among the living, and allows not our feet to be moved.
[PSA.66.10] For you, God, have tested us: you have refined us, as silver is refined.
[PSA.66.11] You brought us into the net; you laid a burden on our backs.
[PSA.66.12] You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you brought us out into a wealthy place.
[PSA.66.13] I will go into your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows,
[PSA.66.14] Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble.
[PSA.66.15] I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bulls with goats. Selah
[PSA.66.16] Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul.
[PSA.66.17] I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
[PSA.66.18] If I regard iniquity in my heart, Jehovah will not hear:
[PSA.66.19] But verily God has heard; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
[PSA.66.20] Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.
[PSA.67.1] God be merciful to us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine on us,
[PSA.67.2] That your way may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
[PSA.67.3] Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.
[PSA.67.4] Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth.
[PSA.67.5] Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.
[PSA.67.6] The earth has yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless us.
[PSA.67.7] God will bless us; and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
[PSA.68.1] Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those also that hate him flee before him.
[PSA.68.2] As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
[PSA.68.3] But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
[PSA.68.4] Sing to God, sing praises to his name: cast up a highway for him who rides through the deserts; his name is Jehovah; and exult before him.
[PSA.68.5] A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
[PSA.68.6] God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those who are bound with chains; but the rebellious live in a desert land.
[PSA.68.7] O God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness; Selah
[PSA.68.8] The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God: Sinai itself moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
[PSA.68.9] You, O God, did send a plentiful rain, you did confirm your inheritance, when it was weary.
[PSA.68.10] Your people lived therein: you, O God, did prepare of your goodness for the poor.
[PSA.68.11] The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those who published it.
[PSA.68.12] Kings of armies flee, they flee: and she that stays at home divides the spoil.
[PSA.68.13] When you lie among the sheepfolds, it is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold.
[PSA.68.14] When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was as when it snows in Zalmon.
[PSA.68.15] A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.
[PSA.68.16] Why do you look askance, you high mountains, at the mountain which God has desired for his dwelling? Yes, Jehovah will stay in it forever.
[PSA.68.17] The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
[PSA.68.18] You have ascended on high, you have led away captives; you have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might stay with them.
[PSA.68.19] Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah
[PSA.68.20] God is to us a God of deliverances; and to Jehovah the Lord belongs escape from death.
[PSA.68.21] But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as continues in his guiltiness.
[PSA.68.22] The Lord said, I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
[PSA.68.23] That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.
[PSA.68.24] They have seen your processions, O God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
[PSA.68.25] The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among them were the young women playing with tambourines.
[PSA.68.26] Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord, you that are of the fountain of Israel.
[PSA.68.27] There is little Benjamin their ruler, the princes of Judah their council, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
[PSA.68.28] Your God has commanded your strength: strengthen, O God, that which you have worked for us.
[PSA.68.29] Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring presents to you.
[PSA.68.30] Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the strong bulls, with the calves of the people, trampling under foot the pieces of silver: he has scattered the people that delight in war.
[PSA.68.31] Princes will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
[PSA.68.32] Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; oh sing praises to the Lord; Selah
[PSA.68.33] To him that rides upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
[PSA.68.34] Ascribe strength to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the skies.
[PSA.68.35] O God, you are awesome from your sanctuaries: the God of Israel, he gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God.
[PSA.69.1] Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.
[PSA.69.2] I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
[PSA.69.3] I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
[PSA.69.4] Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I did not take away.
[PSA.69.5] O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hidden from you.
[PSA.69.6] Let not those who wait on you be ashamed through me, O Jehovah of hosts: let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
[PSA.69.7] Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.
[PSA.69.8] I have become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother's children.
[PSA.69.9] For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen upon me.
[PSA.69.10] When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
[PSA.69.11] I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a byword to them.
[PSA.69.12] Those who sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
[PSA.69.13] But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of your lovingkindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
[PSA.69.14] Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
[PSA.69.15] Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
[PSA.69.16] Answer me, O Jehovah; for your lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of your tender mercies turn to me.
[PSA.69.17] And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.
[PSA.69.18] Draw near to my soul, and redeem it: ransom me because of my enemies.
[PSA.69.19] You know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before you.
[PSA.69.20] Reproach has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
[PSA.69.21] They gave me also gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
[PSA.69.22] Let their table become a snare before them; and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
[PSA.69.23] Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
[PSA.69.24] Pour out your indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of your anger overtake them.
[PSA.69.25] Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.
[PSA.69.26] For they persecute those whom you have struck; and they talk to the pain of those whom you have wounded.
[PSA.69.27] Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your righteousness.
[PSA.69.28] Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
[PSA.69.29] But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
[PSA.69.30] I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
[PSA.69.31] And it shall please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
[PSA.69.32] The humble have seen it, and are glad: you who seek after God, let your heart live.
[PSA.69.33] For Jehovah hears the needy, and despises not his prisoners.
[PSA.69.34] Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moves therein.
[PSA.69.35] For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
[PSA.69.36] The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
[PSA.70.1] Make haste, God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, Jehovah.
[PSA.70.2] Let them be put to shame and confounded who seek my soul; let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
[PSA.70.3] Let them be turned back by reason of their shame who say, Aha, aha.
[PSA.70.4] Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; and let such as love your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
[PSA.70.5] But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, God: you are my help and my deliverer; Jehovah, do not delay.
[PSA.71.1] In you, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.
[PSA.71.2] Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me: Incline your ear to me, and save me.
[PSA.71.3] Be to me a rock of habitation, where I may continually resort: You have given commandment to save me; For you are my rock and my fortress.
[PSA.71.4] Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
[PSA.71.5] For you are my hope, O Lord Jehovah: My trust from my youth.
[PSA.71.6] By you have I been held up from birth; You are he that took me out of my mother's womb: My praise is continually of you.
[PSA.71.7] I am as a wonder to many; But you are my strong refuge.
[PSA.71.8] My mouth shall be filled with your praise, And with your honor all the day.
[PSA.71.9] Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength fails.
[PSA.71.10] For my enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
[PSA.71.11] Saying, God has forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.
[PSA.71.12] O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
[PSA.71.13] Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
[PSA.71.14] But I will hope continually, And will praise you yet more and more.
[PSA.71.15] My mouth shall tell of your righteousness, And of your salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof.
[PSA.71.16] I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours only.
[PSA.71.17] O God, you have taught me from my youth; And now have I declared your wondrous works.
[PSA.71.18] Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared your strength to the next generation, Your might to all that are to come.
[PSA.71.19] Your righteousness also, O God, is very high; You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?
[PSA.71.20] You, who have showed us many and severe troubles, Will revive us again, And will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
[PSA.71.21] Increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side.
[PSA.71.22] I will also praise you with the psaltery, Even your truth, O my God: To you will I sing praises with the harp, O you Holy One of Israel.
[PSA.71.23] My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises to you; And my soul, which you have redeemed.
[PSA.71.24] My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are brought to dishonor, that seek my hurt.
[PSA.72.1] Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.
[PSA.72.2] He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
[PSA.72.3] The mountains will bring peace to the people, and the hills, in righteousness.
[PSA.72.4] He will judge the poor of the people, he will save the children of the needy, and will crush the oppressor.
[PSA.72.5] They will fear you as long as the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
[PSA.72.6] He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
[PSA.72.7] In his days will the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
[PSA.72.8] He will have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
[PSA.72.9] Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before him, and his enemies will lick the dust.
[PSA.72.10] The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer gifts.
[PSA.72.11] Yes, all kings will fall down before him; all nations will serve him.
[PSA.72.12] For he will deliver the needy when he cries, and the poor, who has no helper.
[PSA.72.13] He will have pity on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy he will save.
[PSA.72.14] He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence, and precious will their blood be in his sight.
[PSA.72.15] And they will live, and to him will be given of the gold of Sheba; and they will pray for him continually; they will bless him all day long.
[PSA.72.16] There will be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; its fruit will shake like Lebanon; and they of the city will flourish like grass of the earth.
[PSA.72.17] His name will endure forever; his name will continue as long as the sun; and men will be blessed in him; all nations will call him blessed.
[PSA.72.18] Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things.
[PSA.72.19] And blessed be his glorious name forever; and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
[PSA.72.20] The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
[PSA.73.1] Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
[PSA.73.2] But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had nearly slipped.
[PSA.73.3] For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
[PSA.73.4] For they have no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
[PSA.73.5] They are not in trouble as other people; neither are they plagued like others.
[PSA.73.6] Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
[PSA.73.7] Their eyes bulge with fatness; they have more than their heart could wish.
[PSA.73.8] They scoff and speak with malice; they speak arrogantly of oppression.
[PSA.73.9] They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
[PSA.73.10] Therefore their people return here; and waters of a full cup are drained by them.
[PSA.73.11] They say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
[PSA.73.12] Behold, these are the wicked; and, always at ease, they increase in riches.
[PSA.73.13] Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence.
[PSA.73.14] For all day long I have been plagued and chastened every morning.
[PSA.73.15] If I had said, I will speak thus; behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of your children.
[PSA.73.16] When I thought to understand this, it was too painful for me;
[PSA.73.17] until I went into the sanctuary of God, and understood their end.
[PSA.73.18] Surely you set them in slippery places; you cast them down to destruction.
[PSA.73.19] How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
[PSA.73.20] As a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their image.
[PSA.73.21] Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins:
[PSA.73.22] So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before you.
[PSA.73.23] Nevertheless I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.
[PSA.73.24] You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
[PSA.73.25] Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is none upon earth that I desire but you.
[PSA.73.26] My flesh and my heart fails; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
[PSA.73.27] For behold, those who are far from you will perish: you have destroyed all those who commit harlotry against you.
[PSA.73.28] But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
[PSA.74.1] Why have you rejected us forever, O God? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
[PSA.74.2] Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; and Mount Zion, where you have lived.
[PSA.74.3] Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
[PSA.74.4] Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they have set up their ensigns for signs.
[PSA.74.5] They seemed like men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
[PSA.74.6] And now they break down all the carved work of it with hatchet and hammers.
[PSA.74.7] They have set your sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of your name, casting it to the ground.
[PSA.74.8] They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: they have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.
[PSA.74.9] We do not see our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
[PSA.74.10] How long, O God, will the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
[PSA.74.11] Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Pluck it out of your bosom and consume them.
[PSA.74.12] Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
[PSA.74.13] You divided the sea by your strength: you broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
[PSA.74.14] You crushed the heads of Leviathan, you gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
[PSA.74.15] You opened fountains and streams; you dried up mighty rivers.
[PSA.74.16] Yours is the day, yours also is the night: you have prepared the light and the sun.
[PSA.74.17] You have set all the borders of the earth: you have made summer and winter.
[PSA.74.18] Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Jehovah, and that a foolish people has blasphemed your name.
[PSA.74.19] Do not deliver the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast: do not forget the life of your poor forever.
[PSA.74.20] Consider the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
[PSA.74.21] Do not let the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise your name.
[PSA.74.22] Arise, O God, plead your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches you daily.
[PSA.74.23] Do not forget the voice of your adversaries: the tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
[PSA.75.1] We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near; men declare your wondrous works.
[PSA.75.2] When I shall set the time, I will judge uprightly.
[PSA.75.3] The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I have held steady its pillars. Selah
[PSA.75.4] I said to the arrogant, Do not be arrogant; and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:
[PSA.75.5] Do not lift up your horn on high; do not speak with a stiff neck.
[PSA.75.6] For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
[PSA.75.7] But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another.
[PSA.75.8] For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foams; it is fully mixed, and he pours out of the same: surely its dregs will all the wicked of the earth drain and drink.
[PSA.75.9] But I will declare forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
[PSA.75.10] All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.
[PSA.76.1] In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel.
[PSA.76.2] His tabernacle is in Salem; His dwelling place also is in Zion.
[PSA.76.3] There He broke the arrows of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
[PSA.76.4] Glorious are You and excellent, from the mountains of prey.
[PSA.76.5] The stouthearted are plundered, they sleep their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.
[PSA.76.6] At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
[PSA.76.7] You, even You, are to be feared; and who can stand in your sight when once you are angry?
[PSA.76.8] You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
[PSA.76.9] when God arose to judgment, to save all the oppressed of the earth. Selah
[PSA.76.10] Surely the wrath of man shall praise You: the remainder of wrath You will restrain.
[PSA.76.11] Vow, and pay to Jehovah your God: let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who is to be feared.
[PSA.76.12] He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is feared by the kings of the earth.
[PSA.77.1] I cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice; and he will give ear to me.
[PSA.77.2] In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and tired not; my soul refused to be comforted.
[PSA.77.3] I remember God, and am troubled: I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah.
[PSA.77.4] You hold my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
[PSA.77.5] I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
[PSA.77.6] I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart; and my spirit makes diligent search.
[PSA.77.7] Will the Lord cast off forever? and will he be favorable no more?
[PSA.77.8] Is his mercy completely gone forever? Does his promise fail forevermore?
[PSA.77.9] Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
[PSA.77.10] And I said, This is my grief, that the right hand of the Most High has changed.
[PSA.77.11] I will remember the works of Jehovah: surely I will remember your wonders of old.
[PSA.77.12] I will meditate also on all your work, and muse on your doings.
[PSA.77.13] Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a god as our God?
[PSA.77.14] You are the God who does wonders: you have made known your strength among the peoples.
[PSA.77.15] You have with your arm redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
[PSA.77.16] The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were afraid: the depths also trembled.
[PSA.77.17] The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound: your arrows also went abroad.
[PSA.77.18] The voice of your thunder was in the sky; the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
[PSA.77.19] Your way was in the sea, and your paths in the great waters, and your footprints were not known.
[PSA.77.20] You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
[PSA.78.1] Give ear, my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
[PSA.78.2] I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,
[PSA.78.3] Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
[PSA.78.4] We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
[PSA.78.5] For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our ancestors, That they should make them known to their children;
[PSA.78.6] That the generation to come might know them, even the children that will be born; Who should arise and tell them to their children,
[PSA.78.7] That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
[PSA.78.8] And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set their heart aright, And whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
[PSA.78.9] The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
[PSA.78.10] They did not keep the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;
[PSA.78.11] And they forgot his doings, And his wondrous works that he had shown them.
[PSA.78.12] Marvelous things he did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
[PSA.78.13] He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
[PSA.78.14] In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
[PSA.78.15] He split rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
[PSA.78.16] He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
[PSA.78.17] Yet they went on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.
[PSA.78.18] And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
[PSA.78.19] Yes, they spoke against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
[PSA.78.20] Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?
[PSA.78.21] Therefore Jehovah heard, and was angry; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
[PSA.78.22] Because they did not believe in God, And did not trust in his salvation.
[PSA.78.23] Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;
[PSA.78.24] And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.
[PSA.78.25] Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.
[PSA.78.26] He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.
[PSA.78.27] He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:
[PSA.78.28] And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
[PSA.78.29] So they ate, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.
[PSA.78.30] They were not separated from their desire, Their food was yet in their mouths,
[PSA.78.31] When the anger of God went up against them, And slew some of their fattest ones, And struck down the young men of Israel.
[PSA.78.32] For all this they sinned still, And they did not believe in his wondrous works.
[PSA.78.33] Therefore their days he consumed in vanity, And their years in terror.
[PSA.78.34] When he killed them, then they sought him; And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
[PSA.78.35] And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
[PSA.78.36] But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied to him with their tongue.
[PSA.78.37] For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
[PSA.78.38] But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them: Yes, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
[PSA.78.39] And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and does not come again.
[PSA.78.40] How often did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!
[PSA.78.41] Yes, they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
[PSA.78.42] They did not remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the enemy.
[PSA.78.43] How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,
[PSA.78.44] And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.
[PSA.78.45] He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.
[PSA.78.46] He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
[PSA.78.47] He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore-trees with frost.
[PSA.78.48] He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to fiery bolts.
[PSA.78.49] He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A company of angels of evil.
[PSA.78.50] He made a path for his anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
[PSA.78.51] And struck all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
[PSA.78.52] But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
[PSA.78.53] And he led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
[PSA.78.54] And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.
[PSA.78.55] He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
[PSA.78.56] Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And did not keep his testimonies;
[PSA.78.57] But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
[PSA.78.58] For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
[PSA.78.59] When God heard, he was angry, And greatly abhorred Israel;
[PSA.78.60] So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
[PSA.78.61] And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand.
[PSA.78.62] He also gave his people over to the sword, And was angry with his inheritance.
[PSA.78.63] Fire devoured their young men; And their maidens had no marriage-song.
[PSA.78.64] Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
[PSA.78.65] Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine.
[PSA.78.66] And he struck his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.
[PSA.78.67] Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,
[PSA.78.68] But chose the tribe of Judah, The Mount Zion which he loved.
[PSA.78.69] And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he has established forever.
[PSA.78.70] He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:
[PSA.78.71] From following the ewes that have young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
[PSA.78.72] So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
[PSA.79.1] O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; your holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
[PSA.79.2] The dead bodies of your servants they have given to be food to the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones to the beasts of the earth.
[PSA.79.3] They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem; and there was no one to bury them.
[PSA.79.4] We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
[PSA.79.5] How long, Jehovah? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
[PSA.79.6] Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not know you, and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
[PSA.79.7] For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
[PSA.79.8] Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let your tender mercies speedily meet us; for we are brought very low.
[PSA.79.9] Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.
[PSA.79.10] Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let it be known among the nations before our eyes, the avenging of the blood of your servants which has been shed.
[PSA.79.11] Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your power preserve those who are appointed to death;
[PSA.79.12] And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord.
[PSA.79.13] So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever: we will show forth your praise to all generations.
[PSA.80.1] Give ear, Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubim, shine forth.
[PSA.80.2] Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might, and come to save us.
[PSA.80.3] Turn us again, God; and cause your face to shine, and we shall be saved.
[PSA.80.4] Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
[PSA.80.5] You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
[PSA.80.6] You make us a strife to our neighbors; and our enemies laugh among themselves.
[PSA.80.7] Turn us again, God of hosts; and cause your face to shine, and we shall be saved.
[PSA.80.8] You brought a vine out of Egypt: you drove out the nations, and planted it.
[PSA.80.9] You prepared room before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
[PSA.80.10] The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the boughs of it were like the cedars of God.
[PSA.80.11] It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.
[PSA.80.12] Why have you broken down its hedges, so that all they that pass by the way pluck it?
[PSA.80.13] The boar out of the wood ravages it, and the wild animals of the field feed on it.
[PSA.80.14] Return, we ask you, God of hosts: look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
[PSA.80.15] And the stock which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself.
[PSA.80.16] It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
[PSA.80.17] Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
[PSA.80.18] So shall we not turn back from you: revive us, and we will call on your name.
[PSA.80.19] Turn us again, Jehovah God of hosts; cause your face to shine, and we shall be saved.
[PSA.81.1] Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
[PSA.81.2] Lift up a song, and bring the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the lyre.
[PSA.81.3] Blow the trumpet in the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
[PSA.81.4] For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
[PSA.81.5] He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I did not know.
[PSA.81.6] I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket.
[PSA.81.7] You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
[PSA.81.8] Hear, my people, and I will admonish you: Israel, if you would listen to me!
[PSA.81.9] There shall be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god.
[PSA.81.10] I am Jehovah your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
[PSA.81.11] But my people did not listen to my voice; and Israel would have none of me.
[PSA.81.12] So I gave them up to the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.
[PSA.81.13] Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
[PSA.81.14] I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.
[PSA.81.15] The haters of Jehovah would pretend submission to him: but their time would endure forever.
[PSA.81.16] He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied you.
[PSA.82.1] God stands in the congregation of God; he judges among the gods.
[PSA.82.2] How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
[PSA.82.3] Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
[PSA.82.4] Rescue the poor and needy: deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
[PSA.82.5] They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
[PSA.82.6] I said, You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.
[PSA.82.7] Nevertheless you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
[PSA.82.8] Arise, O God, judge the earth; for you shall inherit all the nations.
[PSA.83.1] O God, do not keep silent: do not hold your peace, and do not be still, O God.
[PSA.83.2] For, behold, your enemies make a tumult; and those who hate you have lifted up the head.
[PSA.83.3] They take crafty counsel against your people, and consult together against your hidden ones.
[PSA.83.4] They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
[PSA.83.5] For they have consulted together with one consent; they make a covenant against you:
[PSA.83.6] The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;
[PSA.83.7] Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:
[PSA.83.8] Assyria also is joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot. Selah
[PSA.83.9] Do to them as to Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon:
[PSA.83.10] who perished at Endor; they became as dung for the earth.
[PSA.83.11] Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
[PSA.83.12] who said, Let us take for ourselves the houses of God in possession.
[PSA.83.13] O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
[PSA.83.14] As the fire that burns the forest, and as the flame that sets the mountains on fire;
[PSA.83.15] so pursue them with your tempest, and terrify them with your storm.
[PSA.83.16] Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek your name, O Jehovah.
[PSA.83.17] Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; yes, let them be confounded and perish;
[PSA.83.18] that they may know that you alone, whose name is Jehovah, are the Most High over all the earth.
[PSA.84.1] How lovely are your dwelling places, O Jehovah of hosts!
[PSA.84.2] My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
[PSA.84.3] Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young; even your altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King, and my God.
[PSA.84.4] Blessed are those who dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. Selah
[PSA.84.5] Blessed is the person whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
[PSA.84.6] Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yes, the rain also covers it with blessings.
[PSA.84.7] They go from strength to strength; every one of them appears before God in Zion.
[PSA.84.8] O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
[PSA.84.9] Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of your anointed.
[PSA.84.10] For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
[PSA.84.11] For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield; Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
[PSA.84.12] O Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the person that trusts in you.
[PSA.85.1] Jehovah, you have been favorable to your land; you have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
[PSA.85.2] You have forgiven the iniquity of your people; you have covered all their sin.
[PSA.85.3] You have taken away all your wrath; you have turned from the fierceness of your anger.
[PSA.85.4] Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause your indignation toward us to cease.
[PSA.85.5] Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?
[PSA.85.6] Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
[PSA.85.7] Show us your loving kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us your salvation.
[PSA.85.8] I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; for he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
[PSA.85.9] Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
[PSA.85.10] Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
[PSA.85.11] Truth springs out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven.
[PSA.85.12] Yes, Jehovah will give that which is good; and our land will yield its increase.
[PSA.85.13] Righteousness will go before him, and will make its footsteps a way.
[PSA.86.1] Incline your ear, Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
[PSA.86.2] Preserve my soul; for I am godly: O you my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
[PSA.86.3] Be merciful to me, O Lord; For to you do I cry all the day long.
[PSA.86.4] Rejoice the soul of your servant; For to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
[PSA.86.5] For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness to all those who call upon you.
[PSA.86.6] Give ear, O Jehovah, to my prayer; And listen to the voice of my pleas.
[PSA.86.7] In the day of my trouble I will call upon you; For you will answer me.
[PSA.86.8] There is none like you among the gods, O Lord; Neither are there any works like yours.
[PSA.86.9] All nations whom you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; And they will glorify your name.
[PSA.86.10] For you are great, and do wondrous things: You are God alone.
[PSA.86.11] Teach me your way, O Jehovah; I will walk in your truth: Unite my heart to fear your name.
[PSA.86.12] I will give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify your name forevermore.
[PSA.86.13] For great is your lovingkindness toward me; And you have delivered my soul from the lowest pit.
[PSA.86.14] O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my life, And have not set you before them.
[PSA.86.15] But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
[PSA.86.16] Turn to me, and be merciful to me; Give your strength to your servant, And save the son of your handmaid.
[PSA.86.17] Show me a token for good, That those who hate me may see it, and be ashamed, Because you, Jehovah, have helped me, and comforted me.
[PSA.87.1] His foundation is in the holy mountains.
[PSA.87.2] Jehovah loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
[PSA.87.3] Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah
[PSA.87.4] I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among those who know me: behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.
[PSA.87.5] Yes, of Zion it will be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself will establish her.
[PSA.87.6] Jehovah will count, when he writes up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah
[PSA.87.7] Singers as well as players on instruments will say, All my springs are in you.
[PSA.88.1] O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
[PSA.88.2] Let my prayer come before you; Incline your ear to my cry;
[PSA.88.3] For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to the grave.
[PSA.88.4] I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no help,
[PSA.88.5] Cast away among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more; And they are cut off from your hand.
[PSA.88.6] You have laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
[PSA.88.7] Your wrath lies hard upon me, And you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah
[PSA.88.8] You have put my acquaintance far from me; You have made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
[PSA.88.9] My eye wastes away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon you, O Jehovah; I have spread out my hands to you.
[PSA.88.10] Will you show wonders to the dead? Shall they who are deceased arise and praise you? Selah
[PSA.88.11] Shall your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
[PSA.88.12] Shall your wonders be known in the dark? And your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
[PSA.88.13] But to you, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before you.
[PSA.88.14] Jehovah, why do you cast off my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
[PSA.88.15] I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
[PSA.88.16] Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off.
[PSA.88.17] They came round about me like water all day long; They compassed me about together.
[PSA.88.18] Lover and friend have you put far from me, And my acquaintance into darkness.
[PSA.89.1] I will sing of the mercies of Jehovah forever: With my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.
[PSA.89.2] For I have said, Mercy will be built up forever; Your faithfulness you establish in the very heavens.
[PSA.89.3] I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant:
[PSA.89.4] Your seed will I establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations. Selah
[PSA.89.5] And the heavens will praise your wonders, O Jehovah; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
[PSA.89.6] For who in the skies can be compared to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Jehovah,
[PSA.89.7] A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all those who are around him?
[PSA.89.8] O Jehovah God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like you, O Jehovah? And your faithfulness is round about you.
[PSA.89.9] You rule the pride of the sea: When its waves rise, you still them.
[PSA.89.10] You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength.
[PSA.89.11] The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: The world and its fullness, you have founded them.
[PSA.89.12] The north and the south, you have created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
[PSA.89.13] You have a mighty arm; Strong is your hand, and high is your right hand.
[PSA.89.14] Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne: Loving-kindness and truth go before your face.
[PSA.89.15] Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of your countenance.
[PSA.89.16] In your name do they rejoice all the day; And in your righteousness are they exalted.
[PSA.89.17] For you are the glory of their strength; And in your favor our horn will be exalted.
[PSA.89.18] For our shield belongs to Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
[PSA.89.19] Then you spoke in vision to your saints, And said, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
[PSA.89.20] I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him:
[PSA.89.21] With whom my hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him.
[PSA.89.22] The enemy will not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
[PSA.89.23] And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite those who hate him.
[PSA.89.24] But my faithfulness and my loving-kindness will be with him; And in my name will his horn be exalted.
[PSA.89.25] I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.
[PSA.89.26] He will cry to me, You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.
[PSA.89.27] I also will make him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth.
[PSA.89.28] My loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore; And my covenant will stand fast with him.
[PSA.89.29] His seed also will I make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
[PSA.89.30] If his children forsake my law, And walk not in my ordinances;
[PSA.89.31] If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;
[PSA.89.32] Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes.
[PSA.89.33] But my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
[PSA.89.34] My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips.
[PSA.89.35] Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie to David:
[PSA.89.36] His seed will endure forever, And his throne as the sun before me.
[PSA.89.37] It will be established forever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah
[PSA.89.38] But you have cast off and rejected, You have been wroth with your anointed.
[PSA.89.39] You have abhorred the covenant of your servant: You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
[PSA.89.40] You have broken down all his hedges; You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
[PSA.89.41] All that pass by the way rob him: He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
[PSA.89.42] You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies to rejoice.
[PSA.89.43] Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, And have not made him to stand in the battle.
[PSA.89.44] You have made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.
[PSA.89.45] The days of his youth have you shortened: You have covered him with shame. Selah
[PSA.89.46] How long, O Jehovah? will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
[PSA.89.47] Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity have you created all the children of men!
[PSA.89.48] What man is he that will live and not see death, That will deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
[PSA.89.49] Lord, where are your former loving-kindnesses, Which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
[PSA.89.50] Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,
[PSA.89.51] Wherewith your enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.
[PSA.89.52] Blessed be Jehovah forevermore. Amen, and Amen.
[PSA.90.1] Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
[PSA.90.2] Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
[PSA.90.3] You turn man to destruction, and say, Return, you children of men.
[PSA.90.4] For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
[PSA.90.5] You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.
[PSA.90.6] In the morning it flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and withers.
[PSA.90.7] For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.
[PSA.90.8] You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
[PSA.90.9] For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we bring our years to an end as a sigh.
[PSA.90.10] The days of our years are seventy years, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; for it is soon gone, and we fly away.
[PSA.90.11] Who knows the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
[PSA.90.12] So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
[PSA.90.13] Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent you concerning your servants.
[PSA.90.14] Oh satisfy us in the morning with your lovingkindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
[PSA.90.15] Make us glad according to the days in which you have afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil.
[PSA.90.16] Let your work appear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
[PSA.90.17] And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us; and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
[PSA.91.1] He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
[PSA.91.2] I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.
[PSA.91.3] For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
[PSA.91.4] He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will take refuge: his truth is a shield and a buckler.
[PSA.91.5] You will not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flies by day;
[PSA.91.6] for the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.
[PSA.91.7] A thousand will fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
[PSA.91.8] Only with your eyes will you behold and see the reward of the wicked.
[PSA.91.9] For you, O Jehovah, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your habitation;
[PSA.91.10] there will no evil befall you, neither will any plague come near your dwelling.
[PSA.91.11] For he will give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
[PSA.91.12] They will bear you up in their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
[PSA.91.13] You will tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the serpent will you trample underfoot.
[PSA.91.14] Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
[PSA.91.15] He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
[PSA.91.16] With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
[PSA.92.1] It is a good thing to give thanks to Jehovah, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
[PSA.92.2] To show forth your lovingkindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,
[PSA.92.3] With an instrument of ten strings, and with the harp; with a solemn sound on the lyre.
[PSA.92.4] For you, Jehovah, have made me glad through your work: I will triumph in the works of your hands.
[PSA.92.5] How great are your works, O Jehovah! Your thoughts are very deep.
[PSA.92.6] A senseless man does not understand this; a fool does not grasp it.
[PSA.92.7] When the wicked spring up as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever.
[PSA.92.8] But you, O Jehovah, are on high forevermore.
[PSA.92.9] For, behold, your enemies, O Jehovah, for, behold, your enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
[PSA.92.10] But my horn have you exalted like the horn of a wild ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.
[PSA.92.11] My eye also has seen my enemies; my ears have heard of the evildoers that rise up against me.
[PSA.92.12] The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
[PSA.92.13] Planted in the house of Jehovah, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.
[PSA.92.14] They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and green:
[PSA.92.15] To show that Jehovah is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
[PSA.93.1] Jehovah reigns; he is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he has girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
[PSA.93.2] Your throne is established of old: You are from everlasting.
[PSA.93.3] The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
[PSA.93.4] Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
[PSA.93.5] Your testimonies are very sure: Holiness becomes your house, O Jehovah, forevermore.
[PSA.94.1] Jehovah, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
[PSA.94.2] Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render to the proud their desert.
[PSA.94.3] Jehovah, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
[PSA.94.4] They pour out words, they speak arrogantly: all the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
[PSA.94.5] They break in pieces your people, O Jehovah, and afflict your heritage.
[PSA.94.6] They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
[PSA.94.7] And they say, Jehovah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob consider.
[PSA.94.8] Consider, you brutish among the people; and you fools, when will you be wise?
[PSA.94.9] He who planted the ear, will he not hear? He who formed the eye, will he not see?
[PSA.94.10] He who chastens the nations, will he not correct, even he that teaches man knowledge?
[PSA.94.11] Jehovah knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
[PSA.94.12] Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O Jehovah, and teach out of your law;
[PSA.94.13] That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked.
[PSA.94.14] For Jehovah will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
[PSA.94.15] For judgment shall return to righteousness; and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
[PSA.94.16] Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
[PSA.94.17] Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.
[PSA.94.18] When I said, My foot slips; your lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
[PSA.94.19] In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
[PSA.94.20] Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by statute?
[PSA.94.21] They gather themselves together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
[PSA.94.22] But Jehovah has been my high tower, and my God the rock of my refuge.
[PSA.94.23] And he has brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
[PSA.95.1] Oh come, let us sing to Jehovah; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
[PSA.95.2] Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with psalms.
[PSA.95.3] For Jehovah is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
[PSA.95.4] In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.
[PSA.95.5] The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land.
[PSA.95.6] Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker:
[PSA.95.7] For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you will hear his voice,
[PSA.95.8] Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
[PSA.95.9] When your ancestors tested me, proved me, and saw my work.
[PSA.95.10] Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
[PSA.95.11] To whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
[PSA.96.1] Oh sing to Jehovah a new song: sing to Jehovah, all the earth.
[PSA.96.2] Sing to Jehovah, bless his name; proclaim his salvation from day to day.
[PSA.96.3] Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
[PSA.96.4] For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
[PSA.96.5] For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.
[PSA.96.6] Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
[PSA.96.7] Give to Jehovah, you families of the peoples, give to Jehovah glory and strength.
[PSA.96.8] Give to Jehovah the glory due to his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
[PSA.96.9] Oh worship Jehovah in holy array: tremble before him, all the earth.
[PSA.96.10] Say among the nations, Jehovah reigns: the world also is established that it cannot be moved: he will judge the peoples with equity.
[PSA.96.11] Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and its fullness;
[PSA.96.12] Let the field exult, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy
[PSA.96.13] Before Jehovah; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
[PSA.97.1] Jehovah reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of islands be glad.
[PSA.97.2] Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
[PSA.97.3] A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries round about.
[PSA.97.4] His lightning lights up the world: the earth sees, and trembles.
[PSA.97.5] The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
[PSA.97.6] The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples have seen his glory.
[PSA.97.7] Let all they that serve graven images be put to shame, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all you gods.
[PSA.97.8] Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, O Jehovah.
[PSA.97.9] For you, Jehovah, are most high above all the earth: you are exalted far above all gods.
[PSA.97.10] O you that love Jehovah, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
[PSA.97.11] Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
[PSA.97.12] Be glad in Jehovah, you righteous; and give thanks to his holy name.
[PSA.98.1] Oh sing to Jehovah a new song; for he has done marvelous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
[PSA.98.2] Jehovah has made known his salvation: his righteousness he has openly shown in the sight of the nations.
[PSA.98.3] He has remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
[PSA.98.4] Make a joyful noise to Jehovah, all the earth: break forth and sing for joy, yes, sing praises.
[PSA.98.5] Sing praises to Jehovah with the harp; with the harp and the voice of melody.
[PSA.98.6] With trumpets and sound of horn make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah.
[PSA.98.7] Let the sea roar, and its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.
[PSA.98.8] Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together
[PSA.98.9] before Jehovah; for he comes to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
[PSA.99.1] Jehovah reigns; let the peoples tremble: he sits above the cherubim; let the earth be moved.
[PSA.99.2] Jehovah is great in Zion; and he is high above all the peoples.
[PSA.99.3] Let them praise your great and awesome name: holy is he.
[PSA.99.4] The king's strength also loves justice; you establish equity; you execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
[PSA.99.5] Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at his footstool: holy is he.
[PSA.99.6] Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those that call on his name; they called on Jehovah, and he answered them.
[PSA.99.7] He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.
[PSA.99.8] You answered them, O Jehovah our God: you were a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance on their doings.
[PSA.99.9] Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at his holy hill; for Jehovah our God is holy.
[PSA.100.1] Make a joyful noise to Jehovah, all you lands.
[PSA.100.2] Serve Jehovah with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
[PSA.100.3] Know that Jehovah, he is God: it is he that has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
[PSA.100.4] Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: give thanks to him, bless his name.
[PSA.100.5] For Jehovah is good; his loving kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
[PSA.101.1] My song will be of loving-kindness and justice: to you, O Jehovah, will I sing praises.
[PSA.101.2] I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
[PSA.101.3] I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of those who turn aside; it will not cling to me.
[PSA.101.4] A perverse heart will depart from me: I will know no evil thing.
[PSA.101.5] Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him will I destroy: him who has a high look and a proud heart will I not tolerate.
[PSA.101.6] My eyes will be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
[PSA.101.7] He who works deceit will not dwell within my house: he who tells lies will not continue in my sight.
[PSA.101.8] Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.
[PSA.102.1] Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and let my cry for help come to you.
[PSA.102.2] Do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble; incline your ear to me; in the day when I call answer me speedily.
[PSA.102.3] For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
[PSA.102.4] My heart is smitten like grass and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.
[PSA.102.5] By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
[PSA.102.6] I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I have become as an owl of the waste places.
[PSA.102.7] I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
[PSA.102.8] My enemies reproach me all day long; those that are mad against me curse by me.
[PSA.102.9] For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
[PSA.102.10] Because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
[PSA.102.11] My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass.
[PSA.102.12] But you, O Jehovah, will abide forever; and your remembrance to all generations.
[PSA.102.13] You will arise and have mercy upon Zion; for it is time to have pity upon her, yes, the set time has come.
[PSA.102.14] For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
[PSA.102.15] So the nations will fear the name of Jehovah, and all the kings of the earth your glory.
[PSA.102.16] For Jehovah has built up Zion; he has appeared in his glory.
[PSA.102.17] He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
[PSA.102.18] This will be written for the generation to come; and a people which will be created will praise Jehovah.
[PSA.102.19] For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;
[PSA.102.20] To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to free those that are sentenced to death;
[PSA.102.21] That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
[PSA.102.22] When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
[PSA.102.23] He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
[PSA.102.24] I said, O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days: your years are throughout all generations.
[PSA.102.25] Of old did you lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of your hands.
[PSA.102.26] They will perish, but you will endure; yes, all of them will wear out like a garment; as a robe you will change them, and they will be changed:
[PSA.102.27] But you are the same, and your years will have no end.
[PSA.102.28] The children of your servants will continue, and their seed will be established before you.
[PSA.103.1] Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
[PSA.103.2] Bless Jehovah, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits;
[PSA.103.3] Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases;
[PSA.103.4] Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
[PSA.103.5] Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
[PSA.103.6] Jehovah executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
[PSA.103.7] He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the children of Israel.
[PSA.103.8] Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
[PSA.103.9] He will not always chide; neither will he keep his anger forever.
[PSA.103.10] He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us according to our iniquities.
[PSA.103.11] For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his lovingkindness toward those who fear him.
[PSA.103.12] As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
[PSA.103.13] Like a father shows compassion to his children, so Jehovah shows compassion to those who fear him.
[PSA.103.14] For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
[PSA.103.15] As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
[PSA.103.16] For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place knows it no more.
[PSA.103.17] But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children;
[PSA.103.18] To those who keep his covenant, and to those who remember his precepts to do them.
[PSA.103.19] Jehovah has established his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all.
[PSA.103.20] Bless Jehovah, you his angels, who excel in strength, who do his word, heeding the voice of his word.
[PSA.103.21] Bless Jehovah, all you his hosts, you ministers of his, who do his pleasure.
[PSA.103.22] Bless Jehovah, all his works, in all places of his dominion: bless Jehovah, O my soul.
[PSA.104.1] Bless Jehovah, my soul. Jehovah my God, you are very great; you are clothed with honor and majesty.
[PSA.104.2] Who covers yourself with light as with a garment; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain;
[PSA.104.3] Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters; who makes the clouds his chariot; who walks on the wings of the wind;
[PSA.104.4] Who makes winds his messengers; flames of fire his servants;
[PSA.104.5] Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
[PSA.104.6] You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
[PSA.104.7] At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder they hurried away—
[PSA.104.8] The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had founded for them.
[PSA.104.9] You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they do not turn again to cover the earth.
[PSA.104.10] He sends forth springs into the valleys; they run among the hills;
[PSA.104.11] They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
[PSA.104.12] By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; they sing among the branches.
[PSA.104.13] He waters the mountains from his chambers: the earth is full of the fruit of your works.
[PSA.104.14] He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and vegetation for the service of humans; that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
[PSA.104.15] And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart.
[PSA.104.16] The trees of Jehovah are satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
[PSA.104.17] Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
[PSA.104.18] The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.
[PSA.104.19] He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its going down.
[PSA.104.20] You make darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
[PSA.104.21] The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
[PSA.104.22] The sun rises, they gather themselves together, and lie down in their dens.
[PSA.104.23] Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
[PSA.104.24] Jehovah, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all: the earth is full of your riches.
[PSA.104.25] Yonder is the sea, great and wide, wherein are creeping things innumerable, both small and great beasts.
[PSA.104.26] There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom you have formed to play therein.
[PSA.104.27] These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
[PSA.104.28] You give to them, they gather it; you open your hand, they are satisfied with good.
[PSA.104.29] You hide your face, they are troubled; you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
[PSA.104.30] You send forth your Spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
[PSA.104.31] The glory of Jehovah shall endure forever; Jehovah shall rejoice in his works:
[PSA.104.32] Who looks on the earth, and it trembles; he touches the mountains, and they smoke.
[PSA.104.33] I will sing to Jehovah as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
[PSA.104.34] Let my meditation be sweet to him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.
[PSA.104.35] Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless Jehovah, my soul. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.105.1] Oh give thanks to Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his deeds among the peoples.
[PSA.105.2] Sing to him, sing praises to him; Talk of all his marvelous works.
[PSA.105.3] Glory in his holy name; Let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice.
[PSA.105.4] Seek Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
[PSA.105.5] Remember his marvelous works that he has done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
[PSA.105.6] O seed of Abraham his servant, You children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[PSA.105.7] He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth.
[PSA.105.8] He has remembered his covenant forever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
[PSA.105.9] The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath to Isaac,
[PSA.105.10] And confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[PSA.105.11] Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;
[PSA.105.12] When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and sojourners in it.
[PSA.105.13] And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
[PSA.105.14] He allowed no man to do them wrong; Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
[PSA.105.15] Saying, Do not touch my anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
[PSA.105.16] And he called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.
[PSA.105.17] He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:
[PSA.105.18] His feet they hurt with fetters: He was laid in chains of iron,
[PSA.105.19] Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tested him.
[PSA.105.20] The king sent and freed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
[PSA.105.21] He made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his possessions;
[PSA.105.22] To bind his princes at his pleasure, And teach his elders wisdom.
[PSA.105.23] Israel also came into Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
[PSA.105.24] And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
[PSA.105.25] He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal craftily with his servants.
[PSA.105.26] He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron whom he had chosen.
[PSA.105.27] They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.
[PSA.105.28] He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they did not rebel against his words.
[PSA.105.29] He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.
[PSA.105.30] Their land swarmed with frogs In the rooms of their kings.
[PSA.105.31] He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their borders.
[PSA.105.32] He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.
[PSA.105.33] He struck their vines and also their fig-trees, And broke the trees of their borders.
[PSA.105.34] He spoke, and the locust came, And the grasshopper, without number,
[PSA.105.35] And ate up every plant in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground.
[PSA.105.36] He struck also all the firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength.
[PSA.105.37] And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes.
[PSA.105.38] Egypt was glad whenever they departed; For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
[PSA.105.39] He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light in the night.
[PSA.105.40] They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
[PSA.105.41] He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; They ran in the dry places like a river.
[PSA.105.42] For he remembered his holy word, And Abraham his servant.
[PSA.105.43] And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with singing.
[PSA.105.44] And he gave them the lands of the nations; And they took the labor of the people in possession,
[PSA.105.45] That they might observe his statutes, And keep his laws. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.106.1] Praise Jehovah. Oh give thanks to Jehovah; for he is good; For his loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.106.2] Who can utter the mighty acts of Jehovah, Or show forth all his praise?
[PSA.106.3] Blessed are those who keep justice, And those who do righteousness at all times.
[PSA.106.4] Remember me, Jehovah, with the favor that you show to your people; Oh visit me with your salvation,
[PSA.106.5] That I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, That I may glory with your inheritance.
[PSA.106.6] We have sinned with our ancestors, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
[PSA.106.7] Our ancestors understood not your wonders in Egypt; They did not remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
[PSA.106.8] Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.
[PSA.106.9] He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; So he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
[PSA.106.10] And he saved them from the hand of him who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
[PSA.106.11] And the waters covered their adversaries; There was not one of them left.
[PSA.106.12] Then they believed his words; They sang his praise.
[PSA.106.13] They quickly forgot his works; They did not wait for his counsel,
[PSA.106.14] But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.
[PSA.106.15] And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
[PSA.106.16] They envied Moses also in the camp, And Aaron the holy one of Jehovah.
[PSA.106.17] The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
[PSA.106.18] And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.
[PSA.106.19] They made a calf in Horeb, And worshiped a molten image.
[PSA.106.20] Thus they changed their glory For the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
[PSA.106.21] They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
[PSA.106.22] Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea.
[PSA.106.23] Therefore he said he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, so that he would not destroy them.
[PSA.106.24] Yes, they despised the pleasant land, They believed not his word,
[PSA.106.25] But murmured in their tents, And did not listen to the voice of Jehovah.
[PSA.106.26] Therefore he lifted up his hand to them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
[PSA.106.27] And that he would overthrow their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
[PSA.106.28] They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
[PSA.106.29] Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague broke in upon them.
[PSA.106.30] Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.
[PSA.106.31] And that was counted to him for righteousness, To all generations forevermore.
[PSA.106.32] They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses because of them;
[PSA.106.33] For they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
[PSA.106.34] They did not destroy the peoples, As Jehovah commanded them,
[PSA.106.35] But mingled themselves with the nations, And learned their works,
[PSA.106.36] And served their idols, Which became a snare to them.
[PSA.106.37] Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,
[PSA.106.38] And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
[PSA.106.39] Thus were they defiled with their works, And prostituted themselves in their doings.
[PSA.106.40] Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
[PSA.106.41] And he gave them into the hand of the nations; And those who hated them ruled over them.
[PSA.106.42] Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
[PSA.106.43] Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.
[PSA.106.44] Nevertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their cry;
[PSA.106.45] And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
[PSA.106.46] He made them also to be pitied of all those who carried them captive.
[PSA.106.47] Save us, Jehovah our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, And to triumph in your praise.
[PSA.106.48] Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.107.1] Oh give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; For his loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.107.2] Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
[PSA.107.3] And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
[PSA.107.4] They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city to inhabit.
[PSA.107.5] Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
[PSA.107.6] Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
[PSA.107.7] He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city to inhabit.
[PSA.107.8] Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
[PSA.107.9] For he satisfies the longing soul, And the hungry soul he fills with good.
[PSA.107.10] Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
[PSA.107.11] Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:
[PSA.107.12] Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.
[PSA.107.13] Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
[PSA.107.14] He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bonds apart.
[PSA.107.15] Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
[PSA.107.16] For he has broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron apart.
[PSA.107.17] Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
[PSA.107.18] Their soul abhors all kinds of food; And they draw near to the gates of death.
[PSA.107.19] Then they cry to Jehovah in their trouble, And he saves them out of their distresses.
[PSA.107.20] He sends his word, and heals them, And delivers them from their destructions.
[PSA.107.21] Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
[PSA.107.22] And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.
[PSA.107.23] They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters;
[PSA.107.24] These see the works of Jehovah, And his wonders in the deep.
[PSA.107.25] For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves thereof.
[PSA.107.26] They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melts away because of trouble.
[PSA.107.27] They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
[PSA.107.28] Then they cry to Jehovah in their trouble, And he brings them out of their distresses.
[PSA.107.29] He makes the storm calm, So that the waves thereof are still.
[PSA.107.30] Then they are glad because they are quiet; So he brings them to their desired haven.
[PSA.107.31] Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his loving kindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
[PSA.107.32] Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.
[PSA.107.33] He turns rivers into a wilderness, And water springs into a thirsty ground;
[PSA.107.34] A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of them that dwell in it.
[PSA.107.35] He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into water springs.
[PSA.107.36] And there he makes the hungry to inhabit, That they may prepare a city to dwell in,
[PSA.107.37] And sow fields, and plant vineyards, And get them fruits of increase.
[PSA.107.38] He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he allows not their cattle to decrease.
[PSA.107.39] Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
[PSA.107.40] He pours contempt upon princes, And causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
[PSA.107.41] Yet sets he the needy on high from affliction, And makes him families like a flock.
[PSA.107.42] The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop its mouth.
[PSA.107.43] Whoever is wise will observe these things; And they will consider the loving kindnesses of Jehovah.
[PSA.108.1] My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises, even with my glory.
[PSA.108.2] Awake, harp and lyre: I myself will awake the dawn.
[PSA.108.3] I will give thanks to you, O Jehovah, among the peoples; And I will sing praises to you among the nations.
[PSA.108.4] For your loving-kindness is great above the heavens; And your truth reaches to the skies.
[PSA.108.5] Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And your glory above all the earth.
[PSA.108.6] That your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer me.
[PSA.108.7] God has spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
[PSA.108.8] Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defense of my head; Judah is my scepter.
[PSA.108.9] Moab is my washbasin; Over Edom will I cast my shoe; Over Philistia will I shout aloud.
[PSA.108.10] Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?
[PSA.108.11] Have you not rejected us, O God? And you do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
[PSA.108.12] Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
[PSA.108.13] Through God we shall do valiantly: For he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
[PSA.109.1] O God of my praise, do not keep silent;
[PSA.109.2] For they have opened wicked and deceitful mouths against me: They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
[PSA.109.3] They have surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
[PSA.109.4] In return for my love they act as my accusers; but I am in prayer.
[PSA.109.5] Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
[PSA.109.6] Set a wicked person over him; and let an adversary stand at his right hand.
[PSA.109.7] When he is judged, let him come out guilty; and let his prayer become sin.
[PSA.109.8] Let his days be few; let another take his position.
[PSA.109.9] Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
[PSA.109.10] Let his children wander and beg; let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.
[PSA.109.11] Let the creditor seize all that he has; and let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
[PSA.109.12] Let there be none to extend kindness to him; neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
[PSA.109.13] Let his descendants be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
[PSA.109.14] Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Jehovah; and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
[PSA.109.15] Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
[PSA.109.16] Because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy person, and the broken in heart, so he might slay them.
[PSA.109.17] Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him; and he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
[PSA.109.18] He clothed himself also with cursing as with his coat, and it came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
[PSA.109.19] Let it be to him as the garment which covers him, and for the belt with which he is girded continually.
[PSA.109.20] This is the reward of my adversaries from Jehovah, and of those who speak evil against my soul.
[PSA.109.21] But you, O Jehovah the Lord, deal with me for your name's sake; because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;
[PSA.109.22] For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
[PSA.109.23] I am gone like the shadow when it is stretched out: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
[PSA.109.24] My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh fails of fatness.
[PSA.109.25] I have also become a reproach to them: when they see me, they shake their head.
[PSA.109.26] Help me, O Jehovah my God; Save me according to your lovingkindness:
[PSA.109.27] That they may know that this is your hand; You, Jehovah, have done it.
[PSA.109.28] Let them curse, but you bless: when they arise, let them be put to shame, but let your servant rejoice.
[PSA.109.29] Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
[PSA.109.30] I will give great thanks to Jehovah with my mouth; Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
[PSA.109.31] For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
[PSA.110.1] Jehovah says to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
[PSA.110.2] Jehovah will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule in the midst of your enemies.
[PSA.110.3] Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array: out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
[PSA.110.4] Jehovah has sworn, and will not change his mind: you are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
[PSA.110.5] The Lord at your right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
[PSA.110.6] He will judge among the nations, he will fill the places with dead bodies; he will strike through the chief men in many countries.
[PSA.110.7] He will drink of the brook in the way: therefore he will lift up his head.
[PSA.111.1] Praise Jehovah. I will give thanks to Jehovah with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
[PSA.111.2] The works of Jehovah are great, sought out by all who have pleasure in them.
[PSA.111.3] His work is honor and majesty; and his righteousness endures forever.
[PSA.111.4] He has made his wonderful works to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and full of compassion.
[PSA.111.5] He has given food to those who fear him: he will always remember his covenant.
[PSA.111.6] He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.
[PSA.111.7] The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his precepts are sure.
[PSA.111.8] They are established forever and ever; they are done in truth and uprightness.
[PSA.111.9] He has sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever: holy and awesome is his name.
[PSA.111.10] The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding: his praise endures forever.
[PSA.112.1] Praise Jehovah. Blessed is the man who fears Jehovah, who takes great delight in his commandments.
[PSA.112.2] His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
[PSA.112.3] Wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness endures forever.
[PSA.112.4] Light arises in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
[PSA.112.5] Very good is it for the man who deals graciously and lends; he will maintain his affairs with justice.
[PSA.112.6] For he will never be moved; the righteous will be remembered forever.
[PSA.112.7] He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in Jehovah.
[PSA.112.8] His heart is established, he will not fear, until he looks upon his adversaries.
[PSA.112.9] He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be exalted with honor.
[PSA.112.10] The wicked will see it, and be angry; he will gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
[PSA.113.1] Praise Jehovah. Praise, you servants of Jehovah, praise the name of Jehovah.
[PSA.113.2] Blessed be the name of Jehovah from this time forth and forevermore.
[PSA.113.3] From the rising of the sun to its going down Jehovah's name is to be praised.
[PSA.113.4] Jehovah is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
[PSA.113.5] Who is like Jehovah our God, who has his seat on high,
[PSA.113.6] Who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?
[PSA.113.7] He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
[PSA.113.8] That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
[PSA.113.9] He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.114.1] When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
[PSA.114.2] Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
[PSA.114.3] The sea saw it, and fled; the Jordan was driven back.
[PSA.114.4] The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
[PSA.114.5] What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you were driven back?
[PSA.114.6] You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
[PSA.114.7] Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
[PSA.114.8] who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
[PSA.115.1] Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth's sake.
[PSA.115.2] Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?
[PSA.115.3] But our God is in the heavens: he has done whatever he pleased.
[PSA.115.4] Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
[PSA.115.5] They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
[PSA.115.6] They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not;
[PSA.115.7] They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither do they speak through their throat.
[PSA.115.8] Those who make them will be like them; yes, every one who trusts in them.
[PSA.115.9] O Israel, trust in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
[PSA.115.10] O house of Aaron, trust in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
[PSA.115.11] You who fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
[PSA.115.12] Jehovah has been mindful of us; he will bless us: he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
[PSA.115.13] He will bless those who fear Jehovah, both small and great.
[PSA.115.14] Jehovah increase you more and more, you and your children.
[PSA.115.15] Blessed be you of Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.
[PSA.115.16] The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; but the earth has he given to the children of men.
[PSA.115.17] The dead praise not Jehovah, neither any who go down into silence;
[PSA.115.18] But we will bless Jehovah from this time forth and forevermore. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.116.1] I love Jehovah, because he hears my voice and my pleas.
[PSA.116.2] Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call on him as long as I live.
[PSA.116.3] The cords of death surrounded me, and the pains of Sheol got hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.
[PSA.116.4] Then I called on the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beg you, deliver my soul.
[PSA.116.5] Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.
[PSA.116.6] Jehovah preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
[PSA.116.7] Return to your rest, O my soul; for Jehovah has dealt bountifully with you.
[PSA.116.8] For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
[PSA.116.9] I will walk before Jehovah in the land of the living.
[PSA.116.10] I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
[PSA.116.11] I said in my haste, All people are liars.
[PSA.116.12] What shall I render to Jehovah for all his benefits toward me?
[PSA.116.13] I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Jehovah.
[PSA.116.14] I will pay my vows to Jehovah, yes, in the presence of all his people.
[PSA.116.15] Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints.
[PSA.116.16] O Jehovah, truly I am your servant: I am your servant, the child of your maidservant; you have freed my bonds.
[PSA.116.17] I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of Jehovah.
[PSA.116.18] I will pay my vows to Jehovah, yes, in the presence of all his people,
[PSA.116.19] In the courts of Jehovah's house, in the middle of you, O Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.117.1] Praise Jehovah, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
[PSA.117.2] For his loving kindness is great toward us; and the truth of Jehovah endures forever. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.118.1] Oh give thanks to Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.118.2] Let Israel now say, that his loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.118.3] Let the house of Aaron now say, that his loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.118.4] Let those who fear Jehovah now say, that his loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.118.5] Out of my distress I called on Jehovah: Jehovah answered me and set me in a large place.
[PSA.118.6] Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?
[PSA.118.7] Jehovah is on my side among those who help me: therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
[PSA.118.8] It is better to take refuge in Jehovah than to put confidence in man.
[PSA.118.9] It is better to take refuge in Jehovah than to put confidence in princes.
[PSA.118.10] All nations surrounded me: in the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
[PSA.118.11] They surrounded me; indeed, they surrounded me: in the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
[PSA.118.12] They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
[PSA.118.13] You pushed me hard that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.
[PSA.118.14] Jehovah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
[PSA.118.15] The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of Jehovah does valiantly.
[PSA.118.16] The right hand of Jehovah is exalted: the right hand of Jehovah does valiantly.
[PSA.118.17] I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of Jehovah.
[PSA.118.18] Jehovah has chastened me severely; but he has not given me over to death.
[PSA.118.19] Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks to Jehovah.
[PSA.118.20] This is the gate of Jehovah; the righteous shall enter into it.
[PSA.118.21] I will give thanks to you; for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.
[PSA.118.22] The stone which the builders refused has become the head of the corner.
[PSA.118.23] This is Jehovah's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
[PSA.118.24] This is the day which Jehovah has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
[PSA.118.25] Save now, we ask you, O Jehovah: O Jehovah, we ask you, send now prosperity.
[PSA.118.26] Blessed is he who comes in the name of Jehovah: we have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.
[PSA.118.27] Jehovah is God, and he has given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
[PSA.118.28] You are my God, and I will give thanks to you: you are my God, I will exalt you.
[PSA.118.29] Oh give thanks to Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.119.1] Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
[PSA.119.2] Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with the whole heart.
[PSA.119.3] Yes, they do no unrighteousness; they walk in his ways.
[PSA.119.4] You have commanded us your precepts, that we should observe them diligently.
[PSA.119.5] Oh that my ways were established to observe your statutes!
[PSA.119.6] Then I shall not be put to shame, when I have respect to all your commandments.
[PSA.119.7] I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
[PSA.119.8] I will observe your statutes: do not forsake me utterly.
[PSA.119.9] How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to your word.
[PSA.119.10] With my whole heart have I sought you: do not let me wander from your commandments.
[PSA.119.11] I have laid up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
[PSA.119.12] Blessed are you, O Jehovah: teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.13] With my lips have I declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
[PSA.119.14] I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
[PSA.119.15] I will meditate on your precepts, and have respect to your ways.
[PSA.119.16] I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word.
[PSA.119.17] Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live; so I will observe your word.
[PSA.119.18] Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
[PSA.119.19] I am a sojourner in the earth: do not hide your commandments from me.
[PSA.119.20] My soul breaks for the longing that it has to your ordinances at all times.
[PSA.119.21] You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.
[PSA.119.22] Take away from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.
[PSA.119.23] Princes also sat and talked against me; but your servant did meditate on your statutes.
[PSA.119.24] Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
[PSA.119.25] My soul cleaves to the dust: quicken me according to your word.
[PSA.119.26] I declared my ways, and you answered me: teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.27] Make me understand the way of your precepts: so I shall meditate on your wondrous works.
[PSA.119.28] My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen me according to your word.
[PSA.119.29] Remove from me the way of falsehood; and grant me your law graciously.
[PSA.119.30] I have chosen the way of faithfulness: your ordinances have I set before me.
[PSA.119.31] I cleave to your testimonies: O Jehovah, do not put me to shame.
[PSA.119.32] I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart.
[PSA.119.33] Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it to the end.
[PSA.119.34] Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
[PSA.119.35] Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for in it do I delight.
[PSA.119.36] Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
[PSA.119.37] Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in your ways.
[PSA.119.38] Confirm to your servant your word, which is in the fear of you.
[PSA.119.39] Turn away my reproach which I fear; for your ordinances are good.
[PSA.119.40] Behold, I have longed after your precepts: quicken me in your righteousness.
[PSA.119.41] Let your lovingkindness also come to me, O Jehovah, even your salvation, according to your word.
[PSA.119.42] So shall I have an answer for him that reproaches me; for I trust in your word.
[PSA.119.43] And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your ordinances.
[PSA.119.44] So shall I observe your law continually for ever and ever.
[PSA.119.45] And I shall walk at liberty; for I have sought your precepts.
[PSA.119.46] I will also speak of your testimonies before kings, and shall not be put to shame.
[PSA.119.47] And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
[PSA.119.48] I will lift up my hands also to your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate on your statutes.
[PSA.119.49] Remember the word to your servant, because you have made me hope.
[PSA.119.50] This is my comfort in my affliction; for your word has quickened me.
[PSA.119.51] The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not swerved from your law.
[PSA.119.52] I have remembered your ordinances of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.
[PSA.119.53] Hot indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your law.
[PSA.119.54] Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
[PSA.119.55] I have remembered your name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have observed your law.
[PSA.119.56] This I have had, because I have kept your precepts.
[PSA.119.57] Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe your words.
[PSA.119.58] I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to your word.
[PSA.119.59] I considered my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.
[PSA.119.60] I made haste, and did not delay to observe your commandments.
[PSA.119.61] The cords of the wicked have wrapped me around; but I have not forgotten your law.
[PSA.119.62] At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you because of your righteous ordinances.
[PSA.119.63] I am a companion of all those who fear you, and of those who observe your precepts.
[PSA.119.64] The earth, O Jehovah, is full of your lovingkindness: teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.65] You have dealt well with your servant, O Jehovah, according to your word.
[PSA.119.66] Teach me good judgment and knowledge; for I have believed in your precepts.
[PSA.119.67] Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I observe your word.
[PSA.119.68] You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.69] The proud have forged a lie against me: with my whole heart will I keep your precepts.
[PSA.119.70] Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
[PSA.119.71] It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I may learn your statutes.
[PSA.119.72] The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
[PSA.119.73] Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
[PSA.119.74] Those who fear you shall see me and be glad, because I have hoped in your word.
[PSA.119.75] I know, O Jehovah, that your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
[PSA.119.76] Let, I pray, your lovingkindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.
[PSA.119.77] Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
[PSA.119.78] Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: but I will meditate on your precepts.
[PSA.119.79] Let those who fear you turn to me; and they shall know your testimonies.
[PSA.119.80] Let my heart be perfect in your statutes, that I be not put to shame.
[PSA.119.81] My soul faints for your salvation; but I hope in your word.
[PSA.119.82] My eyes fail for your word, while I say, When will you comfort me?
[PSA.119.83] For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; yet I do not forget your statutes.
[PSA.119.84] How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
[PSA.119.85] The proud have dug pits for me, who are not after your law.
[PSA.119.86] All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help me.
[PSA.119.87] They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I did not forsake your precepts.
[PSA.119.88] Quicken me after your lovingkindness; so I shall observe the testimony of your mouth.
[PSA.119.89] Forever, O Jehovah, your word is settled in heaven.
[PSA.119.90] Your faithfulness is to all generations: you have established the earth, and it abides.
[PSA.119.91] They continue this day according to your ordinances; for all are your servants.
[PSA.119.92] Unless your law had been my delight, I should then have perished in my affliction.
[PSA.119.93] I will never forget your precepts; for with them you have quickened me.
[PSA.119.94] I am yours, save me; for I have sought your precepts.
[PSA.119.95] The wicked have waited for me to destroy me; but I will consider your testimonies.
[PSA.119.96] I have seen an end of all perfection; but your commandment is exceedingly broad.
[PSA.119.97] Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
[PSA.119.98] Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me.
[PSA.119.99] I have more understanding than all my teachers; for your testimonies are my meditation.
[PSA.119.100] I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
[PSA.119.101] I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word.
[PSA.119.102] I have not turned aside from your ordinances; for you have taught me.
[PSA.119.103] How sweet are your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
[PSA.119.104] Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore, I hate every false way.
[PSA.119.105] Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
[PSA.119.106] I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will observe your righteous ordinances.
[PSA.119.107] I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to your word.
[PSA.119.108] Accept, I beseech, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, and teach me your ordinances.
[PSA.119.109] My soul is continually in my hand; yet do I not forget your law.
[PSA.119.110] The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet have I not gone astray from your precepts.
[PSA.119.111] Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
[PSA.119.112] I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.
[PSA.119.113] I hate them that are of a divided heart; but your law do I love.
[PSA.119.114] You are my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in your word.
[PSA.119.115] Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
[PSA.119.116] Uphold me according to your word, that I may live; and do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
[PSA.119.117] Hold me up, and I shall be safe, and shall have respect to your statutes continually.
[PSA.119.118] You have rejected all those who err from your statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
[PSA.119.119] You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies.
[PSA.119.120] My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
[PSA.119.121] I have done justice and righteousness: do not leave me to my oppressors.
[PSA.119.122] Be surety for your servant for good: do not let the proud oppress me.
[PSA.119.123] My eyes fail for your salvation, and for your righteous word.
[PSA.119.124] Deal with your servant according to your lovingkindness, and teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.125] I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
[PSA.119.126] It is time for Jehovah to work; for they have made void your law.
[PSA.119.127] Therefore I love your commandments above gold, yes, above fine gold.
[PSA.119.128] Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
[PSA.119.129] Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore, my soul keeps them.
[PSA.119.130] The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
[PSA.119.131] I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for your commandments.
[PSA.119.132] Turn to me, and be gracious to me, as you use to do to those who love your name.
[PSA.119.133] Establish my footsteps in your word; and do not let any iniquity have dominion over me.
[PSA.119.134] Redeem me from the oppression of man: so will I observe your precepts.
[PSA.119.135] Make your face to shine upon your servant; and teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.136] Streams of water run down my eyes, because they do not observe your law.
[PSA.119.137] Righteous are you, O Jehovah, and upright are your judgments.
[PSA.119.138] You have commanded your testimonies in righteousness and great faithfulness.
[PSA.119.139] My zeal has consumed me, because my adversaries have forgotten your words.
[PSA.119.140] Your word is very pure; therefore, your servant loves it.
[PSA.119.141] I am small and despised; yet do I not forget your precepts.
[PSA.119.142] Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth.
[PSA.119.143] Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; yet your commandments are my delight.
[PSA.119.144] Your testimonies are righteous forever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
[PSA.119.145] I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep your statutes.
[PSA.119.146] I have called to you; save me, and I shall observe your testimonies.
[PSA.119.147] I anticipated the dawn of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your words.
[PSA.119.148] My eyes anticipated the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
[PSA.119.149] Hear my voice according to your lovingkindness: quicken me, O Jehovah, as your ordinances.
[PSA.119.150] They draw near who follow after wickedness; they are far from your law.
[PSA.119.151] You are near, O Jehovah; and all your commandments are truth.
[PSA.119.152] Of old have I known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.
[PSA.119.153] Consider my affliction, and deliver me; for I do not forget your law.
[PSA.119.154] Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to your word.
[PSA.119.155] Salvation is far from the wicked; for they do not seek your statutes.
[PSA.119.156] Great are your tender mercies, O Jehovah: quicken me according to your ordinances.
[PSA.119.157] Many are my persecutors and my adversaries; yet have I not swerved from your testimonies.
[PSA.119.158] I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, because they did not observe your word.
[PSA.119.159] Consider how I love your precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to your lovingkindness.
[PSA.119.160] The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
[PSA.119.161] Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart stands in awe of your words.
[PSA.119.162] I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
[PSA.119.163] I hate and abhor falsehood; but your law do I love.
[PSA.119.164] Seven times a day do I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.
[PSA.119.165] Great peace have those who love your law; and nothing shall make them stumble.
[PSA.119.166] I have hoped for your salvation, O Jehovah, and have done your commandments.
[PSA.119.167] My soul has observed your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
[PSA.119.168] I have observed your precepts and your testimonies; for all my ways are before you.
[PSA.119.169] Let my cry come near before you, O Jehovah: give me understanding according to your word.
[PSA.119.170] Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word.
[PSA.119.171] Let my lips utter praise; for you teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.172] Let my tongue sing of your word; for all your commandments are righteousness.
[PSA.119.173] Let your hand be ready to help me; for I have chosen your precepts.
[PSA.119.174] I have longed for your salvation, O Jehovah; and your law is my delight.
[PSA.119.175] Let my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your ordinances help me.
[PSA.119.176] I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
[PSA.120.1] In my distress I called to Jehovah, and he answered me.
[PSA.120.2] Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
[PSA.120.3] What shall be given to you, and what shall be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
[PSA.120.4] Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
[PSA.120.5] Woe is me, that I am a sojourner in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
[PSA.120.6] My soul has long had its dwelling with those that hate peace.
[PSA.120.7] I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.
[PSA.121.1] I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where shall my help come?
[PSA.121.2] My help comes from Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.
[PSA.121.3] He will not allow your foot to slip; he who keeps you will not slumber.
[PSA.121.4] Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
[PSA.121.5] Jehovah is your keeper: Jehovah is your shade on your right hand.
[PSA.121.6] The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
[PSA.121.7] Jehovah will keep you from all evil; he will keep your soul.
[PSA.121.8] Jehovah will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
[PSA.122.1] I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.
[PSA.122.2] Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem,
[PSA.122.3] Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
[PSA.122.4] where the tribes go up, the tribes of Jehovah, as an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Jehovah.
[PSA.122.5] For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
[PSA.122.6] Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you.
[PSA.122.7] Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
[PSA.122.8] For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.
[PSA.122.9] For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek your good.
[PSA.123.1] To you do I lift up my eyes, O you who sit in the heavens.
[PSA.123.2] Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to Jehovah our God, until he has mercy on us.
[PSA.123.3] Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, have mercy on us; for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
[PSA.123.4] Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
[PSA.124.1] If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, let Israel now say,
[PSA.124.2] If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
[PSA.124.3] then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us,
[PSA.124.4] then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul,
[PSA.124.5] then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
[PSA.124.6] Blessed be Jehovah, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
[PSA.124.7] Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
[PSA.124.8] Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who made heaven and earth.
[PSA.125.1] Those who trust in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
[PSA.125.2] As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Jehovah surrounds his people from this time forth and forever.
[PSA.125.3] For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous, so that the righteous put not forth their hands to iniquity.
[PSA.125.4] Do good, O Jehovah, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.
[PSA.125.5] But as for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
[PSA.126.1] When Jehovah brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
[PSA.126.2] Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then they said among the nations, Jehovah has done great things for them.
[PSA.126.3] Jehovah has done great things for us, and we are glad.
[PSA.126.4] Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, as the streams in the South.
[PSA.126.5] Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
[PSA.126.6] They that go forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, will doubtless come again with joy, bringing their sheaves with them.
[PSA.127.1] Unless Jehovah builds the house, they labor in vain who build it: unless Jehovah keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
[PSA.127.2] It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, to eat the bread of toil; for so he gives to his beloved sleep.
[PSA.127.3] Behold, children are a heritage from Jehovah; the fruit of the womb is his reward.
[PSA.127.4] As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one's youth.
[PSA.127.5] Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
[PSA.128.1] Blessed is everyone who fears Jehovah, who walks in his ways.
[PSA.128.2] For you will eat the labor of your hands: happy will you be, and it will be well with you.
[PSA.128.3] Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, within your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.
[PSA.128.4] Behold, thus will the man be blessed who fears Jehovah.
[PSA.128.5] Jehovah will bless you out of Zion: and you will see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
[PSA.128.6] Yes, you will see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
[PSA.129.1] Many times have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say,
[PSA.129.2] Many times have they afflicted me from my youth up; yet they have not prevailed against me.
[PSA.129.3] The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.
[PSA.129.4] Jehovah is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
[PSA.129.5] Let them be put to shame and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
[PSA.129.6] Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;
[PSA.129.7] With which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
[PSA.129.8] Neither do those who pass by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah.
[PSA.130.1] Out of the depths have I cried to you, O Jehovah.
[PSA.130.2] Lord, hear my voice: let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas.
[PSA.130.3] If you, Jehovah, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
[PSA.130.4] But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.
[PSA.130.5] I wait for Jehovah, my soul waits, and in his word do I hope.
[PSA.130.6] My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning; indeed, more than watchmen for the morning.
[PSA.130.7] O Israel, hope in Jehovah; for with Jehovah there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
[PSA.130.8] And he will redeem Israel from all their iniquities.
[PSA.131.1] Jehovah, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I trouble myself with great matters, or in things too wonderful for me.
[PSA.131.2] Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, my soul is like a weaned child.
[PSA.131.3] Israel, hope in Jehovah from this time forth and forevermore.
[PSA.132.1] Jehovah, remember David, and all his afflictions;
[PSA.132.2] How he swore to Jehovah, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
[PSA.132.3] Surely I will not come into the tent of my house, nor go up into my bed;
[PSA.132.4] I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;
[PSA.132.5] Until I find out a place for Jehovah, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.
[PSA.132.6] Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah: we found it in the field of the wood.
[PSA.132.7] We will go into his dwelling-places; we will worship at his footstool.
[PSA.132.8] Arise, Jehovah, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength.
[PSA.132.9] Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints shout for joy.
[PSA.132.10] For your servant David's sake, do not turn away the face of your anointed.
[PSA.132.11] Jehovah has sworn to David in truth; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne.
[PSA.132.12] If your children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.
[PSA.132.13] For Jehovah has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.
[PSA.132.14] This is my rest forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
[PSA.132.15] I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
[PSA.132.16] Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
[PSA.132.17] There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
[PSA.132.18] His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
[PSA.133.1] Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
[PSA.133.2] It is like the precious oil upon the head, that runs down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that comes down upon the collar of his garments;
[PSA.133.3] Like the dew of Hermon, that comes down upon the mountains of Zion: for there Jehovah commanded the blessing, even life forevermore.
[PSA.134.1] Behold, bless Jehovah, all you servants of Jehovah, who by night stand in the house of Jehovah.
[PSA.134.2] Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah.
[PSA.134.3] May Jehovah bless you out of Zion, He who made heaven and earth.
[PSA.135.1] Praise Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah; give praise, you servants of Jehovah,
[PSA.135.2] you that stand in the house of Jehovah, in the courts of the house of our God.
[PSA.135.3] Praise Jehovah; for Jehovah is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant.
[PSA.135.4] For Jehovah has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his own possession.
[PSA.135.5] For I know that Jehovah is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
[PSA.135.6] Whatever Jehovah pleased, he has done, in earth and in heaven, in the seas and all deeps;
[PSA.135.7] who causes the vapor to ascend from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings for the rain; who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries;
[PSA.135.8] who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;
[PSA.135.9] who sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants;
[PSA.135.10] who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,
[PSA.135.11] Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
[PSA.135.12] and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to Israel his people.
[PSA.135.13] Your name, O Jehovah, endures forever; your memorial name, O Jehovah, throughout all generations.
[PSA.135.14] For Jehovah will judge his people, and repent himself concerning his servants.
[PSA.135.15] The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
[PSA.135.16] They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see;
[PSA.135.17] they have ears, but they do not hear; nor is there any breath in their mouths.
[PSA.135.18] Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
[PSA.135.19] Bless Jehovah, O house of Israel: bless Jehovah, O house of Aaron:
[PSA.135.20] bless Jehovah, O house of Levi: you that fear Jehovah, bless Jehovah.
[PSA.135.21] Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.136.1] Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good; For his loving-kindness endures forever.
[PSA.136.2] Give thanks to the God of gods; For his loving-kindness endures forever.
[PSA.136.3] Give thanks to the Lord of lords; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.4] To him who alone does great wonders; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.5] To him that by understanding made the heavens; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.6] To him that spread out the earth above the waters; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.7] To him that made great lights; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.8] The sun to rule by day; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.9] The moon and stars to rule by night; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.10] To him that struck Egypt in their first-born; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.11] And brought out Israel from among them; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.12] With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.13] To him that divided the Red Sea in two; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.14] And made Israel to pass through the middle of it; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.15] But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.16] To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.17] To him that struck great kings; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.18] And killed famous kings; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.19] Sihon king of the Amorites; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.20] And Og king of Bashan; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.21] And gave their land as a heritage; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.22] Even a heritage to Israel his servant; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.23] Who remembered us in our low estate; For his loving-kindness endures forever;
[PSA.136.24] And has freed us from our adversaries; For his loving-kindness endures forever:
[PSA.136.25] Who gives food to all flesh; For his loving-kindness endures forever.
[PSA.136.26] Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; For his loving-kindness endures forever.
[PSA.137.1] By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
[PSA.137.2] Upon the willows in its midst we hung up our harps.
[PSA.137.3] For there they that carried us away captive asked of us songs, and they that wasted us asked us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
[PSA.137.4] How shall we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?
[PSA.137.5] If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
[PSA.137.6] Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
[PSA.137.7] Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, to its foundation.
[PSA.137.8] O daughter of Babylon, that are to be destroyed, happy shall be he that rewards you as you have served us.
[PSA.137.9] Happy shall be he that takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
[PSA.138.1] I will give you thanks with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praises to you.
[PSA.138.2] I will worship toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name for your loving-kindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name.
[PSA.138.3] In the day when I called, you answered me, you strengthened me with strength in my soul.
[PSA.138.4] All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, O Jehovah, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
[PSA.138.5] Yes, they will sing of the ways of Jehovah; for great is the glory of Jehovah.
[PSA.138.6] For though Jehovah is high, yet he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar.
[PSA.138.7] Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me; you will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand will save me.
[PSA.138.8] Jehovah will perfect that which concerns me: your loving-kindness, O Jehovah, endures forever; do not forsake the works of your own hands.
[PSA.139.1] O Jehovah, you have searched me, and known me.
[PSA.139.2] You know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thought afar off.
[PSA.139.3] You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
[PSA.139.4] For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, you know it altogether.
[PSA.139.5] You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.
[PSA.139.6] Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.
[PSA.139.7] Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
[PSA.139.8] If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there.
[PSA.139.9] If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
[PSA.139.10] Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
[PSA.139.11] If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me shall be night;
[PSA.139.12] Even the darkness does not hide from you, but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
[PSA.139.13] For you formed my inward parts: you covered me in my mother's womb.
[PSA.139.14] I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows very well.
[PSA.139.15] My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
[PSA.139.16] Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in your book they were all written, even the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
[PSA.139.17] How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
[PSA.139.18] If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.
[PSA.139.19] Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
[PSA.139.20] For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
[PSA.139.21] Do I not hate them, O Jehovah, that hate you? And am I not grieved with those that rise up against you?
[PSA.139.22] I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
[PSA.139.23] Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts;
[PSA.139.24] And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
[PSA.140.1] Deliver me, O Jehovah, from evil men; preserve me from violent men:
[PSA.140.2] Who devise mischiefs in their heart; continually they gather together for war.
[PSA.140.3] They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah
[PSA.140.4] Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
[PSA.140.5] The proud have hidden a snare and cords for me; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah
[PSA.140.6] I said to Jehovah, You are my God: Give ear to the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.
[PSA.140.7] O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.
[PSA.140.8] Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah
[PSA.140.9] As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
[PSA.140.10] Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
[PSA.140.11] Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
[PSA.140.12] I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
[PSA.140.13] Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence.
[PSA.141.1] Jehovah, I call upon you; make haste to me. Give ear to my voice, when I call to you.
[PSA.141.2] Let my prayer be set forth as incense before you; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
[PSA.141.3] Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
[PSA.141.4] Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their delicacies.
[PSA.141.5] Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; and let him reprove me, it shall be as oil upon the head; let not my head refuse it: for still my prayer is against their wickedness.
[PSA.141.6] Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; and they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
[PSA.141.7] As when one plows and breaks upon the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
[PSA.141.8] But my eyes are to you, O Jehovah the Lord: in you do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.
[PSA.141.9] Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
[PSA.141.10] Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape completely.
[PSA.142.1] I cry with my voice to Jehovah; with my voice to Jehovah do I make my supplication.
[PSA.142.2] I pour out my complaint before him; I show my trouble before him.
[PSA.142.3] When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a snare for me.
[PSA.142.4] Look on my right hand, and see; for there is no one that knows me. Refuge has failed me; no one cares for my soul.
[PSA.142.5] I cried to you, O Jehovah; I said, you are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
[PSA.142.6] Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
[PSA.142.7] Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous shall surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.
[PSA.143.1] Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness.
[PSA.143.2] And enter not into judgment with your servant; for in your sight no man living is righteous.
[PSA.143.3] For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
[PSA.143.4] Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
[PSA.143.5] I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your work; I muse on the work of your hands.
[PSA.143.6] I stretch forth my hands to you: my soul thirsts after you, as a weary land. Selah.
[PSA.143.7] Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
[PSA.143.8] Cause me to hear your lovingkindness in the morning; for in you do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul to you.
[PSA.143.9] Deliver me, O Jehovah, from my enemies: I flee to you to hide me.
[PSA.143.10] Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your Spirit is good; lead me in the land of uprightness.
[PSA.143.11] Quicken me, O Jehovah, for your name's sake: in your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
[PSA.143.12] And in your lovingkindness cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am your servant.
[PSA.144.1] Blessed be Jehovah my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle:
[PSA.144.2] My lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
[PSA.144.3] Jehovah, what is man, that you take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that you make account of him?
[PSA.144.4] Man is like a breath: his days are as a shadow that passes away.
[PSA.144.5] Bow your heavens, Jehovah, and come down: touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
[PSA.144.6] Send forth lightning, and scatter them; send out your arrows, and discomfit them.
[PSA.144.7] Stretch forth your hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of aliens;
[PSA.144.8] Whose mouth speaks deceit, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[PSA.144.9] I will sing a new song to you, God: upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises to you.
[PSA.144.10] You are he who gives salvation to kings; who rescues David his servant from the hurtful sword.
[PSA.144.11] Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, whose mouth speaks deceit, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[PSA.144.12] When our sons will be as plants grown up in their youth, and our daughters as corner-stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;
[PSA.144.13] When our barns are full, affording all kinds of produce, and our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
[PSA.144.14] When our oxen are well laden; when there is no breaking in, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets:
[PSA.144.15] Happy is the people that is in such a case; yes, happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.
[PSA.145.1] I will extol you, my God, O King; and I will bless your name forever and ever.
[PSA.145.2] Every day will I bless you; and I will praise your name forever and ever.
[PSA.145.3] Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
[PSA.145.4] One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
[PSA.145.5] I will speak of the glorious majesty of your honor, and of your wondrous works.
[PSA.145.6] And they will speak of the might of your awesome acts; and I will declare your greatness.
[PSA.145.7] They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness.
[PSA.145.8] Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.
[PSA.145.9] Jehovah is good to all; and his tender mercies are over all his works.
[PSA.145.10] All your works will give thanks to you, O Jehovah; and your saints will bless you.
[PSA.145.11] They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power;
[PSA.145.12] To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
[PSA.145.13] Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.
[PSA.145.14] Jehovah upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that are bowed down.
[PSA.145.15] The eyes of all wait for you; and you give them their food in due season.
[PSA.145.16] You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
[PSA.145.17] Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
[PSA.145.18] Jehovah is near to all that call on him, to all that call on him in truth.
[PSA.145.19] He will fulfill the desire of those that fear him; he also will hear their cry and will save them.
[PSA.145.20] Jehovah preserves all those that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.
[PSA.145.21] My mouth will speak the praise of Jehovah; and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
[PSA.146.1] Praise Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, my soul.
[PSA.146.2] While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being.
[PSA.146.3] Do not put trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
[PSA.146.4] His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
[PSA.146.5] Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
[PSA.146.6] Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;
[PSA.146.7] Who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Jehovah frees the prisoners;
[PSA.146.8] Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down; Jehovah loves the righteous;
[PSA.146.9] Jehovah watches over the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
[PSA.146.10] Jehovah will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.147.1] Praise Jehovah; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.
[PSA.147.2] Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
[PSA.147.3] He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
[PSA.147.4] He counts the number of the stars; he calls them all by name.
[PSA.147.5] Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; his understanding is infinite.
[PSA.147.6] Jehovah lifts up the meek: he throws the wicked down to the ground.
[PSA.147.7] Sing to Jehovah with thanksgiving; sing praises on the harp to our God,
[PSA.147.8] who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
[PSA.147.9] He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens which cry.
[PSA.147.10] He delights not in the strength of the horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
[PSA.147.11] Jehovah takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his lovingkindness.
[PSA.147.12] Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion.
[PSA.147.13] For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
[PSA.147.14] He makes peace in your borders; he fills you with the finest of the wheat.
[PSA.147.15] He sends forth his commandment upon earth; his word runs very swiftly.
[PSA.147.16] He gives snow like wool; he scatters the frost like ashes.
[PSA.147.17] He casts forth his ice like morsels; who can stand before his cold?
[PSA.147.18] He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
[PSA.147.19] He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
[PSA.147.20] He has not dealt so with any nation; and as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.148.1] Praise Jehovah. Praise Jehovah from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
[PSA.148.2] Praise him, all his angels: praise him, all his hosts.
[PSA.148.3] Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all you stars of light.
[PSA.148.4] Praise him, heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens.
[PSA.148.5] Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for he commanded, and they were created.
[PSA.148.6] He has also established them forever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass away.
[PSA.148.7] Praise Jehovah from the earth, you sea monsters, and all deeps;
[PSA.148.8] Fire and hail, snow and vapor; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
[PSA.148.9] Mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars;
[PSA.148.10] Beasts and all cattle; creeping things and flying birds;
[PSA.148.11] Kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth;
[PSA.148.12] Both young men and virgins; old men and children:
[PSA.148.13] Let them praise the name of Jehovah; for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
[PSA.148.14] And he has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.149.1] Praise Jehovah. Sing to Jehovah a new song, and his praise in the assembly of the saints.
[PSA.149.2] Let Israel rejoice in him that made them: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
[PSA.149.3] Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him with timbrel and harp.
[PSA.149.4] For Jehovah takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
[PSA.149.5] Let the saints exult in glory: let them sing for joy upon their beds.
[PSA.149.6] Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand,
[PSA.149.7] To execute vengeance upon the nations, and punishments upon the peoples;
[PSA.149.8] To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
[PSA.149.9] To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise Jehovah.
[PSA.150.1] Praise Jehovah. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in his mighty heavens.
[PSA.150.2] Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him according to his excellent greatness.
[PSA.150.3] Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: Praise him with the psaltery and harp.
[PSA.150.4] Praise him with the tambourine and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.
[PSA.150.5] Praise him with loud cymbals: Praise him with high-sounding cymbals.
[PSA.150.6] Let everything that has breath praise Jehovah. Praise Jehovah.
[PRO.1.1] The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
[PRO.1.2] To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;
[PRO.1.3] To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;
[PRO.1.4] To give prudence to the simple, To the young person knowledge and discretion:
[PRO.1.5] That the wise person may hear, and increase in learning; And that the person of understanding may attain to sound counsels:
[PRO.1.6] To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their riddles.
[PRO.1.7] The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
[PRO.1.8] My child, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the teaching of your mother:
[PRO.1.9] For they shall be a garland of grace for your head, And chains about your neck.
[PRO.1.10] My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
[PRO.1.11] If they say, Come with us, Let us lay in wait for blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
[PRO.1.12] Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those who go down into the pit;
[PRO.1.13] We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;
[PRO.1.14] You shall cast your lot among us; We will all have one purse:
[PRO.1.15] My child, do not walk in the way with them; Refrain your foot from their path:
[PRO.1.16] For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
[PRO.1.17] For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:
[PRO.1.18] And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk secretly for their own lives.
[PRO.1.19] So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
[PRO.1.20] Wisdom cries aloud in the street; She utters her voice in the public squares;
[PRO.1.21] She calls at the head of noisy streets; At the entrances of the gates, In the city, she utters her words:
[PRO.1.22] How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
[PRO.1.23] Turn at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make known my words to you.
[PRO.1.24] Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has regarded;
[PRO.1.25] But you have set at nothing all my counsel, And would have none of my reproof:
[PRO.1.26] I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;
[PRO.1.27] When your fear comes as a storm, And your calamity comes on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come on you.
[PRO.1.28] Then shall they call on me, but I will not answer; They shall seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
[PRO.1.29] For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
[PRO.1.30] They would have none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
[PRO.1.31] Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
[PRO.1.32] For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
[PRO.1.33] But whoever hearkens to me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.
[PRO.2.1] My child, if you will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with you;
[PRO.2.2] So as to incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
[PRO.2.3] Yes, if you cry after discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
[PRO.2.4] If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
[PRO.2.5] Then you will understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
[PRO.2.6] For Jehovah gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding:
[PRO.2.7] He lays up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
[PRO.2.8] That he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
[PRO.2.9] Then you will understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yes, every good path.
[PRO.2.10] For wisdom will enter into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
[PRO.2.11] Discretion will watch over you; understanding will keep you:
[PRO.2.12] To deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;
[PRO.2.13] Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
[PRO.2.14] Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;
[PRO.2.15] Who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
[PRO.2.16] To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner that flatters with her words;
[PRO.2.17] That forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:
[PRO.2.18] For her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;
[PRO.2.19] None that go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
[PRO.2.20] That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
[PRO.2.21] For the upright will dwell in the land, and the perfect will remain in it.
[PRO.2.22] But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
[PRO.3.1] My son, do not forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:
[PRO.3.2] For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.
[PRO.3.3] Do not let kindness and truth forsake you: bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart:
[PRO.3.4] So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
[PRO.3.5] Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding:
[PRO.3.6] In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.
[PRO.3.7] Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
[PRO.3.8] It will be health to your flesh, and refreshment to your bones.
[PRO.3.9] Honor Jehovah with your substance, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:
[PRO.3.10] So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
[PRO.3.11] My son, do not despise the discipline of Jehovah; neither be weary of his reproof:
[PRO.3.12] For whom Jehovah loves he reproves; even as a father the son in whom he delights.
[PRO.3.13] Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.
[PRO.3.14] For the gain of it is better than the gain of silver, and the profit of it than fine gold.
[PRO.3.15] She is more precious than rubies: and none of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
[PRO.3.16] Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
[PRO.3.17] Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
[PRO.3.18] She is a tree of life to those that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retains her.
[PRO.3.19] Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
[PRO.3.20] By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
[PRO.3.21] My son, let them not depart from your eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:
[PRO.3.22] So they will be life to your soul, and grace to your neck.
[PRO.3.23] Then you will walk in your way securely, and your foot will not stumble.
[PRO.3.24] When you lie down, you will not be afraid: yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
[PRO.3.25] Do not be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:
[PRO.3.26] For Jehovah will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
[PRO.3.27] Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
[PRO.3.28] Do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it with you.
[PRO.3.29] Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.
[PRO.3.30] Do not strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
[PRO.3.31] Do not envy the man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways.
[PRO.3.32] For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his friendship is with the upright.
[PRO.3.33] The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
[PRO.3.34] Surely he scorns the scorners, but he gives grace to the lowly.
[PRO.3.35] The wise will inherit glory; but shame will be the promotion of fools.
[PRO.4.1] Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding:
[PRO.4.2] For I give you good doctrine; do not forsake my law.
[PRO.4.3] For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
[PRO.4.4] And he taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words; keep my commandments, and live;
[PRO.4.5] Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
[PRO.4.6] Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will keep you.
[PRO.4.7] Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.
[PRO.4.8] Exalt her, and she will promote you; she will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
[PRO.4.9] She will give to your head a wreath of grace; a crown of glory she will deliver to you.
[PRO.4.10] Hear, my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life will be many.
[PRO.4.11] I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
[PRO.4.12] When you go, your steps will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble.
[PRO.4.13] Take firm hold of instruction; do not let her go: keep her; for she is your life.
[PRO.4.14] Do not enter into the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.
[PRO.4.15] Avoid it, do not pass by it; turn from it, and pass on.
[PRO.4.16] For they do not sleep, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
[PRO.4.17] For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
[PRO.4.18] But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
[PRO.4.19] The way of the wicked is as darkness: they do not know at what they stumble.
[PRO.4.20] My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
[PRO.4.21] Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.
[PRO.4.22] For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
[PRO.4.23] Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
[PRO.4.24] Put away from you a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.
[PRO.4.25] Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight ahead.
[PRO.4.26] Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
[PRO.4.27] Do not turn to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil.
[PRO.5.1] My son, attend to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding:
[PRO.5.2] That you may preserve discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.
[PRO.5.3] For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
[PRO.5.4] But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
[PRO.5.5] Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol;
[PRO.5.6] So that she finds not the level path of life: her ways are unstable, and she knows it not.
[PRO.5.7] Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
[PRO.5.8] Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house;
[PRO.5.9] Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel;
[PRO.5.10] Lest strangers be filled with your strength, and your labors be in the house of a foreigner,
[PRO.5.11] And you mourn at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
[PRO.5.12] And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
[PRO.5.13] Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
[PRO.5.14] I was well-nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
[PRO.5.15] Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.
[PRO.5.16] Should your springs be dispersed abroad, and streams of water in the streets?
[PRO.5.17] Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.
[PRO.5.18] Let your fountain be blessed; and rejoice in the wife of your youth.
[PRO.5.19] As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be you ravished always with her love.
[PRO.5.20] For why should you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
[PRO.5.21] For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; and he makes level all his paths.
[PRO.5.22] His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
[PRO.5.23] He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
[PRO.6.1] My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands with a stranger,
[PRO.6.2] You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.
[PRO.6.3] Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor; go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
[PRO.6.4] Do not give sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids;
[PRO.6.5] Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
[PRO.6.6] Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
[PRO.6.7] Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
[PRO.6.8] Provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
[PRO.6.9] How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?
[PRO.6.10] Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
[PRO.6.11] So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
[PRO.6.12] A worthless person, a man of iniquity, walks with a perverse mouth;
[PRO.6.13] He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he makes signs with his fingers;
[PRO.6.14] In whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.
[PRO.6.15] Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
[PRO.6.16] There are six things which Jehovah hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
[PRO.6.17] Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
[PRO.6.18] A heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
[PRO.6.19] A false witness that pours out lies, and he that sows discord among brothers.
[PRO.6.20] My son, keep the commandment of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:
[PRO.6.21] Bind them continually upon your heart; tie them about your neck.
[PRO.6.22] When you walk, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall watch over you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.
[PRO.6.23] For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
[PRO.6.24] To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the foreign woman's tongue.
[PRO.6.25] Do not desire her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
[PRO.6.26] For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; and the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
[PRO.6.27] Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
[PRO.6.28] Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
[PRO.6.29] So he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.
[PRO.6.30] Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
[PRO.6.31] But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
[PRO.6.32] He that commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.
[PRO.6.33] Wounds and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
[PRO.6.34] For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
[PRO.6.35] He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
[PRO.7.1] My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments within you.
[PRO.7.2] Keep my commandments and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
[PRO.7.3] Bind them upon your fingers; write them upon the tablet of your heart.
[PRO.7.4] Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:
[PRO.7.5] That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner that flatters with her words.
[PRO.7.6] For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
[PRO.7.7] And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
[PRO.7.8] Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
[PRO.7.9] In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
[PRO.7.10] And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a prostitute, and subtle of heart.
[PRO.7.11] (She is clamorous and willful; her feet do not stay in her house:
[PRO.7.12] Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lies in wait at every corner.)
[PRO.7.13] So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said to him:
[PRO.7.14] Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; this day have I paid my vows.
[PRO.7.15] Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
[PRO.7.16] I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
[PRO.7.17] I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
[PRO.7.18] Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.
[PRO.7.19] For the man is not at home; he has gone a long journey:
[PRO.7.20] He has taken a bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.
[PRO.7.21] With her much fair speech she causes him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forces him along.
[PRO.7.22] He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
[PRO.7.23] Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and doesn't know that it is for his life.
[PRO.7.24] Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
[PRO.7.25] Let not your heart decline to her ways; do not go astray in her paths.
[PRO.7.26] For she has cast down many wounded: yes, all her slain are a mighty host.
[PRO.7.27] Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
[PRO.8.1] Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding put forth her voice?
[PRO.8.2] On the top of high hills by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
[PRO.8.3] Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she cries aloud:
[PRO.8.4] To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men.
[PRO.8.5] O simple ones, understand prudence; and, you fools, be of an understanding heart.
[PRO.8.6] Hear, for I will speak excellent things; and the opening of my lips will be right things.
[PRO.8.7] For my mouth will utter truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
[PRO.8.8] All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
[PRO.8.9] They are all plain to him that understands, and right to those that find knowledge.
[PRO.8.10] Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
[PRO.8.11] For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
[PRO.8.12] I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling, and find out knowledge and discretion.
[PRO.8.13] The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth, I hate.
[PRO.8.14] Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.
[PRO.8.15] By me kings reign, and rulers decree justice.
[PRO.8.16] By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
[PRO.8.17] I love those that love me; and those that seek me diligently will find me.
[PRO.8.18] Riches and honor are with me; enduring wealth and righteousness.
[PRO.8.19] My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
[PRO.8.20] I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
[PRO.8.21] That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
[PRO.8.22] Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
[PRO.8.23] I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
[PRO.8.24] When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.
[PRO.8.25] Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth;
[PRO.8.26] While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
[PRO.8.27] When he established the heavens, I was there: when he set a circle upon the face of the deep;
[PRO.8.28] When he made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong,
[PRO.8.29] When he gave to the sea its limit, that the waters should not transgress his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;
[PRO.8.30] Then I was by him, as a master workman; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him,
[PRO.8.31] Rejoicing in his habitable earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.
[PRO.8.32] Now therefore, my sons, listen to me; for blessed are those that keep my ways.
[PRO.8.33] Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it.
[PRO.8.34] Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
[PRO.8.35] For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Jehovah.
[PRO.8.36] But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all those that hate me love death.
[PRO.9.1] Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars:
[PRO.9.2] She has killed her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table:
[PRO.9.3] She has sent out her maids; she calls from the highest places of the city:
[PRO.9.4] Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that is void of understanding, she says to him:
[PRO.9.5] Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
[PRO.9.6] Leave off, you simple ones, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.
[PRO.9.7] He that corrects a scoffer gets to himself abuse; and he that reproves a wicked man gets himself a blemish.
[PRO.9.8] Do not reprove a scoffer, unless he hates you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
[PRO.9.9] Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
[PRO.9.10] The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
[PRO.9.11] For by me your days will be multiplied, and the years of your life will be increased.
[PRO.9.12] If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; and if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
[PRO.9.13] The foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple, and knows nothing.
[PRO.9.14] And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
[PRO.9.15] To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways:
[PRO.9.16] Whoever is simple, let him turn in here; and as for him that is void of understanding, she says to him,
[PRO.9.17] Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
[PRO.9.18] But he does not know that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
[PRO.10.1] The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
[PRO.10.2] Treasures gained by wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivers from death.
[PRO.10.3] Jehovah will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish; but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
[PRO.10.4] He becomes poor who works with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
[PRO.10.5] He that gathers in summer is a wise son; but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
[PRO.10.6] Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
[PRO.10.7] The memory of the righteous is blessed; but the name of the wicked will rot.
[PRO.10.8] The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
[PRO.10.9] He that walks uprightly walks surely; but he that perverts his ways shall be known.
[PRO.10.10] He that winks with the eye causes sorrow; but a prating fool shall fall.
[PRO.10.11] The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
[PRO.10.12] Hatred stirs up strife; but love covers all sins.
[PRO.10.13] In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
[PRO.10.14] Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
[PRO.10.15] The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
[PRO.10.16] The labor of the righteous tends to life; the increase of the wicked, to sin.
[PRO.10.17] He is in the way of life that heeds correction; but he that forsakes reproof causes others to err.
[PRO.10.18] He that hides hatred is of lying lips; and he that utters a slander is a fool.
[PRO.10.19] In the multitude of words there wants not sin; but he that refrains his lips does wisely.
[PRO.10.20] The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
[PRO.10.21] The lips of the righteous feed many; but the foolish die for lack of understanding.
[PRO.10.22] The blessing of Jehovah, it makes rich; and he adds no sorrow with it.
[PRO.10.23] It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; and so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
[PRO.10.24] The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; and the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
[PRO.10.25] When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more; but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
[PRO.10.26] As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
[PRO.10.27] The fear of Jehovah prolongs days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
[PRO.10.28] The hope of the righteous shall be gladness; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
[PRO.10.29] The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; but it is destruction to the workers of iniquity.
[PRO.10.30] The righteous shall never be removed; but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
[PRO.10.31] The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom; but the perverse tongue shall be cut off.
[PRO.10.32] The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverseness.
[PRO.11.1] A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
[PRO.11.2] When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom.
[PRO.11.3] The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
[PRO.11.4] Riches do not profit in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivers from death.
[PRO.11.5] The righteousness of the blameless shall direct his way; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
[PRO.11.6] The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; but the treacherous shall be taken in their own scheming.
[PRO.11.7] When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of iniquity perishes.
[PRO.11.8] The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead.
[PRO.11.9] With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor; but through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.
[PRO.11.10] When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
[PRO.11.11] By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
[PRO.11.12] He that despises his neighbor is void of wisdom; but a man of understanding holds his peace.
[PRO.11.13] He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.
[PRO.11.14] Where no wise guidance is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
[PRO.11.15] He that is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it; but he that hates suretyship is secure.
[PRO.11.16] A gracious woman retains honor; and violent men retain riches.
[PRO.11.17] The merciful man does good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.
[PRO.11.18] The wicked earns deceptive wages; but he that sows righteousness has a sure reward.
[PRO.11.19] He that is steadfast in righteousness attains to life; and he that pursues evil does it to his own death.
[PRO.11.20] They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; but such as are perfect in their way are his delight.
[PRO.11.21] Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not go unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
[PRO.11.22] As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman that is without discretion.
[PRO.11.23] The desire of the righteous is only good; but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
[PRO.11.24] There is that scatters, and increases yet more; and there is that withholds more than is necessary, but it tends only to want.
[PRO.11.25] The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that waters shall be watered also himself.
[PRO.11.26] He that withholds grain, the people shall curse him; but blessing shall be on the head of him that sells it.
[PRO.11.27] He that diligently seeks good seeks favor; but he that searches after evil, it shall come to him.
[PRO.11.28] He that trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
[PRO.11.29] He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind; and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
[PRO.11.30] The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise wins souls.
[PRO.11.31] Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!
[PRO.12.1] Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
[PRO.12.2] A good man obtains favor from Jehovah, but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.
[PRO.12.3] A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
[PRO.12.4] A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is like rottenness in his bones.
[PRO.12.5] The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
[PRO.12.6] The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
[PRO.12.7] The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
[PRO.12.8] A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
[PRO.12.9] Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
[PRO.12.10] A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
[PRO.12.11] He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits is void of understanding.
[PRO.12.12] The wicked desires the net of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
[PRO.12.13] In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
[PRO.12.14] A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.
[PRO.12.15] The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.
[PRO.12.16] A fool's anger is known at once, but a prudent man conceals shame.
[PRO.12.17] He who utters truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.
[PRO.12.18] There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is healing.
[PRO.12.19] The lips of truth shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
[PRO.12.20] Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but to the counselors of peace is joy.
[PRO.12.21] There shall no evil happen to the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
[PRO.12.22] Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah, but those who deal truly are his delight.
[PRO.12.23] A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
[PRO.12.24] The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under forced labor.
[PRO.12.25] Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.
[PRO.12.26] The righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
[PRO.12.27] The slothful man roasts not what he took in hunting, but the precious substance of men is to the diligent.
[PRO.12.28] In the way of righteousness is life, and in its path there is no death.
[PRO.13.1] A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
[PRO.13.2] A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
[PRO.13.3] He that guards his mouth keeps his life, but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
[PRO.13.4] The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
[PRO.13.5] A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.
[PRO.13.6] Righteousness guards him that is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
[PRO.13.7] There is that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is that makes himself poor, yet has great wealth.
[PRO.13.8] The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no rebuke.
[PRO.13.9] The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
[PRO.13.10] By pride comes only contention, but with the well-advised is wisdom.
[PRO.13.11] Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he that gathers by labor shall increase.
[PRO.13.12] Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
[PRO.13.13] Whoever despises the word brings destruction upon himself, but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
[PRO.13.14] The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
[PRO.13.15] Good understanding gives favor, but the way of the transgressors is hard.
[PRO.13.16] Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.
[PRO.13.17] A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful ambassador is health.
[PRO.13.18] Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction, but he that regards reproof shall be honored.
[PRO.13.19] The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
[PRO.13.20] He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.
[PRO.13.21] Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
[PRO.13.22] A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
[PRO.13.23] Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that is destroyed for lack of justice.
[PRO.13.24] He that spares his rod hates his son, but he that loves him disciplines him diligently.
[PRO.13.25] The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall want.
[PRO.14.1] Every wise woman builds her house; But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
[PRO.14.2] He that walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
[PRO.14.3] In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise will preserve them.
[PRO.14.4] Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
[PRO.14.5] A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness pours out lies.
[PRO.14.6] A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not; But knowledge is easy to him that has understanding.
[PRO.14.7] Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
[PRO.14.8] The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
[PRO.14.9] Fools make a mock at guilt; But among the upright there is good will.
[PRO.14.10] The heart knows its own bitterness; And a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
[PRO.14.11] The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
[PRO.14.12] There is a way which seems right to a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
[PRO.14.13] Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of joy is heaviness.
[PRO.14.14] The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
[PRO.14.15] The simple believes every word; But the prudent considers his steps.
[PRO.14.16] A wise man fears, and departs from evil; But the fool rages, and is confident.
[PRO.14.17] He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
[PRO.14.18] The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
[PRO.14.19] The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
[PRO.14.20] The poor is hated even by his own neighbor; But the rich has many friends.
[PRO.14.21] He that despises his neighbor sins; But he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
[PRO.14.22] Do they not go astray that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
[PRO.14.23] In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
[PRO.14.24] The crown of the wise is their riches; But the folly of fools is only folly.
[PRO.14.25] A true witness delivers souls; But he that utters lies causes deceit.
[PRO.14.26] In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.
[PRO.14.27] The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
[PRO.14.28] In the multitude of people is the king's glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
[PRO.14.29] He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
[PRO.14.30] A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.
[PRO.14.31] He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker; But he that has mercy on the needy honors him.
[PRO.14.32] The wicked is thrust down in his evildoing; But the righteous has a refuge in his death.
[PRO.14.33] Wisdom rests quietly in the heart of one that has understanding; But that which is in the inward part of fools is made known.
[PRO.14.34] Righteousness exalts a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.
[PRO.14.35] The king's favor is toward a servant that deals wisely; But his wrath will be against him that causes shame.
[PRO.15.1] A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
[PRO.15.2] The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.
[PRO.15.3] The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, watching the evil and the good.
[PRO.15.4] A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
[PRO.15.5] A fool despises his father's correction, but he who heeds reproof is prudent.
[PRO.15.6] In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
[PRO.15.7] The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not do so.
[PRO.15.8] The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
[PRO.15.9] The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
[PRO.15.10] There is severe correction for him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof will die.
[PRO.15.11] Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah—how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
[PRO.15.12] A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, neither will he go to the wise.
[PRO.15.13] A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
[PRO.15.14] The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
[PRO.15.15] All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
[PRO.15.16] Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great treasure and trouble with it.
[PRO.15.17] Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fattened ox with hatred.
[PRO.15.18] A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger calms strife.
[PRO.15.19] The way of the slothful is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.
[PRO.15.20] A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
[PRO.15.21] Folly is joy to him who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding makes straight his walking.
[PRO.15.22] Where there is no counsel, plans go wrong, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
[PRO.15.23] A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!
[PRO.15.24] The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
[PRO.15.25] Jehovah will root up the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widow.
[PRO.15.26] Evil plans are an abomination to Jehovah, but pleasant words are pure.
[PRO.15.27] He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
[PRO.15.28] The heart of the righteous studies to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
[PRO.15.29] Jehovah is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
[PRO.15.30] The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.
[PRO.15.31] The ear that listens to the reproof of life will abide among the wise.
[PRO.15.32] He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who heeds reproof gets understanding.
[PRO.15.33] The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.
[PRO.16.1] The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
[PRO.16.2] All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weighs the spirits.
[PRO.16.3] Commit your works to Jehovah, And your plans shall be established.
[PRO.16.4] Jehovah has made everything for its own purpose; Yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
[PRO.16.5] Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
[PRO.16.6] By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
[PRO.16.7] When a man's ways please Jehovah, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
[PRO.16.8] Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
[PRO.16.9] A man's heart devises his way; But Jehovah directs his steps.
[PRO.16.10] A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth will not transgress in judgment.
[PRO.16.11] A just balance and scales belong to Jehovah; All the weights of the bag are his work.
[PRO.16.12] It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.
[PRO.16.13] Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaks right.
[PRO.16.14] The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
[PRO.16.15] In the light of the king's face is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
[PRO.16.16] How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
[PRO.16.17] The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keeps his way preserves his soul.
[PRO.16.18] Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
[PRO.16.19] Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
[PRO.16.20] He that gives heed to the word shall find good; And whoever trusts in Jehovah, happy is he.
[PRO.16.21] The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
[PRO.16.22] Understanding is a fountain of life to him that has it; But the correction of fools is their folly.
[PRO.16.23] The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, And adds learning to his lips.
[PRO.16.24] Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
[PRO.16.25] There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way to death.
[PRO.16.26] The appetite of the laborer labors for him; For his mouth urges him on.
[PRO.16.27] A worthless man digs up evil; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
[PRO.16.28] A perverse man scatters strife; And a whisperer separates close friends.
[PRO.16.29] A man of violence entices his neighbor, And leads him in a way that is not good.
[PRO.16.30] He that shuts his eyes, it is to devise perverse things; He that compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
[PRO.16.31] The gray head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
[PRO.16.32] He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that rules his spirit, than he that takes a city.
[PRO.16.33] The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing of it is of Jehovah.
[PRO.17.1] Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
[PRO.17.2] A wise servant will have rule over a son that causes shame, and will have part of the inheritance among the brothers.
[PRO.17.3] The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah tests the hearts.
[PRO.17.4] An evildoer pays attention to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue.
[PRO.17.5] Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity will not be unpunished.
[PRO.17.6] Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
[PRO.17.7] Excellent speech does not befit a fool; much less do lying lips a prince.
[PRO.17.8] A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; wherever it turns, it prospers.
[PRO.17.9] He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates close friends.
[PRO.17.10] A rebuke enters deeper into one that has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
[PRO.17.11] An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
[PRO.17.12] Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
[PRO.17.13] Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
[PRO.17.14] The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
[PRO.17.15] He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
[PRO.17.16] Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he has no sense?
[PRO.17.17] A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
[PRO.17.18] A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
[PRO.17.19] He loves transgression that loves strife: he that raises high his gate seeks destruction.
[PRO.17.20] He that has a perverse heart finds no good; and he that has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
[PRO.17.21] He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow; and the father of a fool has no joy.
[PRO.17.22] A cheerful heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
[PRO.17.23] A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
[PRO.17.24] Wisdom is before the face of one that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
[PRO.17.25] A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
[PRO.17.26] Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
[PRO.17.27] He that spares his words has knowledge; and he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
[PRO.17.28] Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise; when he closes his lips, he is esteemed as having understanding.
[PRO.18.1] He that separates himself seeks his own desire, and rages against all wise judgment.
[PRO.18.2] A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
[PRO.18.3] When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes reproach.
[PRO.18.4] The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters; the wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
[PRO.18.5] To respect the person of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
[PRO.18.6] A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth calls for blows.
[PRO.18.7] A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
[PRO.18.8] The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.
[PRO.18.9] He also who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.
[PRO.18.10] The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it, and is safe.
[PRO.18.11] The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
[PRO.18.12] Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor goes humility.
[PRO.18.13] He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.
[PRO.18.14] The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear?
[PRO.18.15] The heart of the prudent gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
[PRO.18.16] A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
[PRO.18.17] He who pleads his cause first seems just; but his neighbor comes and searches him out.
[PRO.18.18] The lot causes contentions to cease and parts between the mighty.
[PRO.18.19] A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and such contentions are like the bars of a castle.
[PRO.18.20] A man's belly will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips will he be satisfied.
[PRO.18.21] Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who love it will eat its fruit.
[PRO.18.22] Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor of Jehovah.
[PRO.18.23] The poor uses entreaties, but the rich answers roughly.
[PRO.18.24] A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
[PRO.19.1] Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
[PRO.19.2] Also, it is not good for a person to be without knowledge; and he who hurries with his feet sins.
[PRO.19.3] The foolishness of a man subverts his way; and his heart rages against Jehovah.
[PRO.19.4] Wealth adds many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.
[PRO.19.5] A false witness will not go unpunished; and he who speaks lies will not escape.
[PRO.19.6] Many will entreat the favor of a ruler; and every person is a friend to him who gives gifts.
[PRO.19.7] All the brethren of the poor person hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.
[PRO.19.8] He who gets wisdom loves his own soul: he who keeps understanding will find good.
[PRO.19.9] A false witness will not go unpunished; and he who speaks lies will perish.
[PRO.19.10] Delicate living is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to rule over princes.
[PRO.19.11] The discretion of a person makes him slow to anger; and it is his glory to overlook a transgression.
[PRO.19.12] The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion; but his favor is like dew on the grass.
[PRO.19.13] A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
[PRO.19.14] House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
[PRO.19.15] Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and the idle soul will suffer hunger.
[PRO.19.16] He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul; but he who is careless of his ways will die.
[PRO.19.17] He who has pity on the poor lends to Jehovah, and he will repay him again.
[PRO.19.18] Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not set your heart on his destruction.
[PRO.19.19] A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; for if you deliver him, you must do it again.
[PRO.19.20] Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
[PRO.19.21] There are many plans in a person's heart; but the counsel of Jehovah, that will stand.
[PRO.19.22] The desire of a person is his kindness; and a poor man is better than a liar.
[PRO.19.23] The fear of Jehovah tends to life; and he who has it will abide satisfied; he will not be visited with evil.
[PRO.19.24] The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it back to his mouth again.
[PRO.19.25] Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
[PRO.19.26] He who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.
[PRO.19.27] Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to err from the words of knowledge.
[PRO.19.28] A worthless witness mocks at justice; and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
[PRO.19.29] Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.
[PRO.20.1] Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
[PRO.20.2] The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
[PRO.20.3] It is an honor for a man to cease from strife; but every fool will be meddling.
[PRO.20.4] The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
[PRO.20.5] Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
[PRO.20.6] Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who can find?
[PRO.20.7] The righteous man walks in his integrity: blessed are his children after him.
[PRO.20.8] A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
[PRO.20.9] Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
[PRO.20.10] Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
[PRO.20.11] Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
[PRO.20.12] The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah has made even both of them.
[PRO.20.13] Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
[PRO.20.14] It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
[PRO.20.15] There is gold, and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
[PRO.20.16] Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.
[PRO.20.17] Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
[PRO.20.18] Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
[PRO.20.19] He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with him who flatters with his lips.
[PRO.20.20] Whoso curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
[PRO.20.21] An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
[PRO.20.22] Say not, I will repay evil; but wait on Jehovah, and he will save you.
[PRO.20.23] Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
[PRO.20.24] A man's steps are of Jehovah; how then can man understand his way?
[PRO.20.25] It is a snare to a man to say rashly, It is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
[PRO.20.26] A wise king winnows the wicked, and brings the threshing-wheel over them.
[PRO.20.27] The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the innermost parts of the being.
[PRO.20.28] Kindness and truth preserve the king; and his throne is upheld by kindness.
[PRO.20.29] The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
[PRO.20.30] Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; and strokes reach the innermost parts of the being.
[PRO.21.1] The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turns it wherever He will.
[PRO.21.2] Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the hearts.
[PRO.21.3] To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
[PRO.21.4] A high look, and a proud heart, even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
[PRO.21.5] The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; but every one who is hasty only to poverty.
[PRO.21.6] The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro; they seek death.
[PRO.21.7] The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice.
[PRO.21.8] The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked; but as for the pure, his work is right.
[PRO.21.9] It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
[PRO.21.10] The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
[PRO.21.11] When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
[PRO.21.12] The righteous considers the house of the wicked, how the wicked are overthrown to ruin.
[PRO.21.13] Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
[PRO.21.14] A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
[PRO.21.15] It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
[PRO.21.16] The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
[PRO.21.17] He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
[PRO.21.18] The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; and the treacherous comes in the place of the upright.
[PRO.21.19] It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
[PRO.21.20] There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
[PRO.21.21] He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
[PRO.21.22] A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.
[PRO.21.23] Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
[PRO.21.24] The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
[PRO.21.25] The desire of the lazy kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.
[PRO.21.26] He covets greedily all the day long; but the righteous gives and withholds not.
[PRO.21.27] The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!
[PRO.21.28] A false witness shall perish; but the man who hears shall speak continually.
[PRO.21.29] A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
[PRO.21.30] There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.
[PRO.21.31] The horse is prepared against the day of battle; but victory is of Jehovah.
[PRO.22.1] A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
[PRO.22.2] The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
[PRO.22.3] A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[PRO.22.4] The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honor, and life.
[PRO.22.5] Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he who keeps his soul will be far from them.
[PRO.22.6] Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
[PRO.22.7] The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
[PRO.22.8] He who sows iniquity will reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath will fail.
[PRO.22.9] He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
[PRO.22.10] Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; yes, strife and reproach will cease.
[PRO.22.11] He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
[PRO.22.12] The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
[PRO.22.13] The sluggard says, There is a lion outside; I will be slain in the streets.
[PRO.22.14] The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is abhorred by Jehovah will fall there.
[PRO.22.15] Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
[PRO.22.16] He who oppresses the poor to increase his gain, and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to want.
[PRO.22.17] Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
[PRO.22.18] For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if they are established together upon your lips.
[PRO.22.19] That your trust may be in Jehovah, I have made known to you this day, even to you.
[PRO.22.20] Have I not written to you excellent things of counsels and knowledge,
[PRO.22.21] to make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may carry back words of truth to those who send you?
[PRO.22.22] Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
[PRO.22.23] For Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.
[PRO.22.24] Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger; and with a wrathful man you will not go,
[PRO.22.25] lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.
[PRO.22.26] Do not be among those who strike hands, or among those who are guarantors for debts.
[PRO.22.27] If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
[PRO.22.28] Do not remove the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
[PRO.22.29] Do you see a man diligent in his business? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
[PRO.23.1] When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
[PRO.23.2] And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
[PRO.23.3] Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
[PRO.23.4] Do not weary yourself to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.
[PRO.23.5] Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the sky.
[PRO.23.6] Do not eat the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire his delicacies:
[PRO.23.7] For as he thinks within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
[PRO.23.8] The morsel which you have eaten will you vomit up, and lose your sweet words.
[PRO.23.9] Do not speak in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
[PRO.23.10] Do not remove the ancient landmark; and do not enter into the fields of the fatherless:
[PRO.23.11] For their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you.
[PRO.23.12] Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
[PRO.23.13] Do not withhold discipline from the child; if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
[PRO.23.14] You shall strike him with the rod, and will deliver his soul from Sheol.
[PRO.23.15] My son, if your heart be wise, my heart will rejoice, even mine:
[PRO.23.16] Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak right things.
[PRO.23.17] Do not let your heart envy sinners; but live in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
[PRO.23.18] For surely there is a reward; and your hope will not be cut off.
[PRO.23.19] Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
[PRO.23.20] Be not among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
[PRO.23.21] For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty; and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
[PRO.23.22] Listen to your father that begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
[PRO.23.23] Buy the truth, and do not sell it; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
[PRO.23.24] The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; and he that raises a wise child will have joy in him.
[PRO.23.25] Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her that bore you rejoice.
[PRO.23.26] My son, give me your heart; and let your eyes observe my ways.
[PRO.23.27] For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
[PRO.23.28] Yes, she lies in wait as a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
[PRO.23.29] Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has complaining? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?
[PRO.23.30] Those who tarry long at the wine; those who go to seek mixed wine.
[PRO.23.31] Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly:
[PRO.23.32] At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.
[PRO.23.33] Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.
[PRO.23.34] Yes, you will be as he that lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast.
[PRO.23.35] They have struck me, you will say, and I was not hurt; they have beaten me, and I did not feel it: when will I awake? I will seek it yet again.
[PRO.24.1] Do not be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.
[PRO.24.2] For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
[PRO.24.3] Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
[PRO.24.4] And by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
[PRO.24.5] A wise man is strong; yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.
[PRO.24.6] For by wise guidance you will wage your war; and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
[PRO.24.7] Wisdom is too high for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate.
[PRO.24.8] He that devises to do evil, men will call him a mischievous person.
[PRO.24.9] The thought of foolishness is sin; and the scoffer is an abomination to men.
[PRO.24.10] If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
[PRO.24.11] Deliver those that are carried away to death, and hold back those that stagger to the slaughter.
[PRO.24.12] If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he that weighs the hearts consider it? And he that keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his work?
[PRO.24.13] My son, eat honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste:
[PRO.24.14] So shall you know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then shall there be a reward, and your hope shall not be cut off.
[PRO.24.15] Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting-place:
[PRO.24.16] For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
[PRO.24.17] Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
[PRO.24.18] Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
[PRO.24.19] Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious at the wicked:
[PRO.24.20] For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
[PRO.24.21] My son, fear Jehovah and the king; and do not mix with them that are given to change:
[PRO.24.22] For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the destruction of them both?
[PRO.24.23] These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
[PRO.24.24] He that says to the wicked, You are righteous; peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him:
[PRO.24.25] But to those that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
[PRO.24.26] He kisses the lips who gives a right answer.
[PRO.24.27] Prepare your work outside, and make it ready for you in the field; and afterward build your house.
[PRO.24.28] Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.
[PRO.24.29] Do not say, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
[PRO.24.30] I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
[PRO.24.31] And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, the face of it was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
[PRO.24.32] Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:
[PRO.24.33] Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;
[PRO.24.34] So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
[PRO.25.1] These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
[PRO.25.2] It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
[PRO.25.3] As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable.
[PRO.25.4] Take away the dross from the silver, and there comes forth a vessel for the refiner:
[PRO.25.5] Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
[PRO.25.6] Do not put yourself forward in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men:
[PRO.25.7] For it is better that it is said to you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.
[PRO.25.8] Do not rush out to strive, unless perhaps you do something in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
[PRO.25.9] Debate your cause with your neighbor himself, and do not disclose the secret of another;
[PRO.25.10] Lest he that hears it reproaches you, and your infamy does not turn away.
[PRO.25.11] A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
[PRO.25.12] As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprimand upon an obedient ear.
[PRO.25.13] As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those that send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
[PRO.25.14] As clouds and wind without rain, so is he that boasts himself of a false gift.
[PRO.25.15] By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.
[PRO.25.16] Have you found honey? Eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you are filled with it, and vomit it up.
[PRO.25.17] Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
[PRO.25.18] A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
[PRO.25.19] Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
[PRO.25.20] As one that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, so is he that sings songs to a heavy heart.
[PRO.25.21] If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
[PRO.25.22] For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah will reward you.
[PRO.25.23] The north wind brings forth rain; so does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
[PRO.25.24] It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
[PRO.25.25] As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
[PRO.25.26] As a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
[PRO.25.27] It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
[PRO.25.28] He that has no control over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
[PRO.26.1] As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.
[PRO.26.2] As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse that is causeless does not come.
[PRO.26.3] A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
[PRO.26.4] Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
[PRO.26.5] Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
[PRO.26.6] He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet, and drinks damage.
[PRO.26.7] The legs of the lame hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
[PRO.26.8] As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
[PRO.26.9] As a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
[PRO.26.10] As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool and he who hires them that pass by.
[PRO.26.11] As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
[PRO.26.12] Do you see a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope for a fool than for him.
[PRO.26.13] The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
[PRO.26.14] As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed.
[PRO.26.15] The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it again to his mouth.
[PRO.26.16] The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
[PRO.26.17] He who passes by, and meddles with strife that does not belong to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
[PRO.26.18] As a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
[PRO.26.19] so is the man that deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not in sport?
[PRO.26.20] For lack of wood the fire goes out; and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.
[PRO.26.21] As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
[PRO.26.22] The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.
[PRO.26.23] Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
[PRO.26.24] He who hates disguises it with his lips; but he lays up deceit within himself:
[PRO.26.25] when he speaks fair, do not believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart:
[PRO.26.26] though his hatred covers itself with guile, his wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
[PRO.26.27] Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
[PRO.26.28] A lying tongue hates those it has wounded; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
[PRO.27.1] Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
[PRO.27.2] Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
[PRO.27.3] A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty; but a fool's anger is heavier than both of them.
[PRO.27.4] Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
[PRO.27.5] Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
[PRO.27.6] Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
[PRO.27.7] The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
[PRO.27.8] As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
[PRO.27.9] Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a man's friend that comes from wise counsel.
[PRO.27.10] Do not forsake your friend, and your father's friend; and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity: better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
[PRO.27.11] Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
[PRO.27.12] A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[PRO.27.13] Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold it in pledge when it is for a foreign woman.
[PRO.27.14] He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
[PRO.27.15] A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;
[PRO.27.16] He that would restrain her restrains the wind; and his right hand encounters oil.
[PRO.27.17] Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
[PRO.27.18] Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit; and he that cares for his master shall be honored.
[PRO.27.19] As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
[PRO.27.20] Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and the eyes of man are never satisfied.
[PRO.27.21] The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; and a man is tried by his praise.
[PRO.27.22] Though you should grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
[PRO.27.23] Be diligently aware of the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds;
[PRO.27.24] For riches are not forever; and does the crown endure to all generations?
[PRO.27.25] The hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
[PRO.27.26] The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field;
[PRO.27.27] And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and maintenance for your maidens.
[PRO.28.1] The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
[PRO.28.2] For the transgression of a land many are its rulers; but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state will be prolonged.
[PRO.28.3] A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
[PRO.28.4] Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.
[PRO.28.5] Evil men do not understand justice; but those who seek Jehovah understand all things.
[PRO.28.6] Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in ways, though he be rich.
[PRO.28.7] Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he that is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
[PRO.28.8] He that increases his wealth by interest and unjust gain gathers it for one who will pity the poor.
[PRO.28.9] He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
[PRO.28.10] Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit; but the blameless shall inherit good.
[PRO.28.11] The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding searches him out.
[PRO.28.12] When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
[PRO.28.13] He that covers his sins shall not prosper; but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
[PRO.28.14] Happy is the man that fears always; but he that hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
[PRO.28.15] As a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
[PRO.28.16] The prince that lacks understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hates unjust gain shall prolong his days.
[PRO.28.17] A man that is loaded with the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no one uphold him.
[PRO.28.18] Whoever walks uprightly shall be delivered; but he that is perverse in ways shall fall suddenly.
[PRO.28.19] He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread; but he that follows after vain things shall have poverty in plenty.
[PRO.28.20] A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that makes haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.
[PRO.28.21] To show partiality is not good; because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
[PRO.28.22] He that has an evil eye hastens after riches, and knows not that want shall come upon him.
[PRO.28.23] He that rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he that flatters with the tongue.
[PRO.28.24] Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
[PRO.28.25] He that is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife; but he that puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
[PRO.28.26] He that trusts in his own heart is a fool; but whoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
[PRO.28.27] He that gives to the poor shall not lack; but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
[PRO.28.28] When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
[PRO.29.1] He that being often reproved hardens his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
[PRO.29.2] When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
[PRO.29.3] Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father; But he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.
[PRO.29.4] The king by justice establishes the land; But he that exacts gifts overthrows it.
[PRO.29.5] A man that flatters his neighbor Spreads a net for his steps.
[PRO.29.6] In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous sings and rejoices.
[PRO.29.7] The righteous takes knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked has no understanding to know it.
[PRO.29.8] Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
[PRO.29.9] If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
[PRO.29.10] The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.
[PRO.29.11] A fool utters all his anger; But a wise man holds it back and keeps it within.
[PRO.29.12] If a ruler listens to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.
[PRO.29.13] The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah gives light to the eyes of both.
[PRO.29.14] The king that faithfully judges the poor, His throne shall be established forever.
[PRO.29.15] The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
[PRO.29.16] When the wicked are increased, transgression increases; But the righteous shall look upon their fall.
[PRO.29.17] Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul.
[PRO.29.18] Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keeps the law, happy is he.
[PRO.29.19] A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understands, he will not respond.
[PRO.29.20] Do you see a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
[PRO.29.21] He that delicately brings up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.
[PRO.29.22] An angry man stirs up strife, And a wrathful man abounds in transgression.
[PRO.29.23] A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
[PRO.29.24] Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul; He hears the adjuration and utters nothing.
[PRO.29.25] The fear of man brings a snare; But whoever puts his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.
[PRO.29.26] Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment comes from Jehovah.
[PRO.29.27] An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
[PRO.30.1] The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle: the man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:
[PRO.30.2] Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man;
[PRO.30.3] And I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.
[PRO.30.4] Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
[PRO.30.5] Every word of God is tested: He is a shield to those that take refuge in him.
[PRO.30.6] Do not add to his words, or else he will reprove you, and you will be found a liar.
[PRO.30.7] Two things have I asked of you; deny me them not before I die:
[PRO.30.8] Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me:
[PRO.30.9] Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use profanely the name of my God.
[PRO.30.10] Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are held guilty.
[PRO.30.11] There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
[PRO.30.12] There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
[PRO.30.13] There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
[PRO.30.14] There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
[PRO.30.15] The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four that do not say, That's enough:
[PRO.30.16] Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that does not say, That's enough.
[PRO.30.17] The eye that mocks at a father, and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young eagles will eat it.
[PRO.30.18] There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I do not understand:
[PRO.30.19] The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
[PRO.30.20] So is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
[PRO.30.21] For three things the earth does tremble, and for four, which it cannot bear:
[PRO.30.22] For a servant when he is a king; and a fool when he is filled with food;
[PRO.30.23] For an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
[PRO.30.24] There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
[PRO.30.25] The ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
[PRO.30.26] The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
[PRO.30.27] The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
[PRO.30.28] The lizard you can seize with your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.
[PRO.30.29] There are three things which are stately in their march, yes, four which are stately in going:
[PRO.30.30] The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, and does not turn away for any;
[PRO.30.31] The greyhound; the he-goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.
[PRO.30.32] If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth.
[PRO.30.33] For the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
[PRO.31.1] The words of King Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.
[PRO.31.2] What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
[PRO.31.3] Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
[PRO.31.4] It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to desire strong drink;
[PRO.31.5] Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
[PRO.31.6] Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul:
[PRO.31.7] Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
[PRO.31.8] Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.
[PRO.31.9] Open your mouth, judge righteously, and administer justice to the poor and needy.
[PRO.31.10] A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
[PRO.31.11] The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he shall have no lack of gain.
[PRO.31.12] She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.
[PRO.31.13] She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.
[PRO.31.14] She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.
[PRO.31.15] She rises also while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and their task to her maidens.
[PRO.31.16] She considers a field, and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
[PRO.31.17] She girds her loins with strength, and makes strong her arms.
[PRO.31.18] She perceives that her merchandise is profitable; her lamp does not go out by night.
[PRO.31.19] She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
[PRO.31.20] She stretches out her hand to the poor; yes, she reaches forth her hands to the needy.
[PRO.31.21] She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
[PRO.31.22] She makes for herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
[PRO.31.23] Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
[PRO.31.24] She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchants.
[PRO.31.25] Strength and dignity are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
[PRO.31.26] She opens her mouth with wisdom; and the law of kindness is on her tongue.
[PRO.31.27] She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.
[PRO.31.28] Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
[PRO.31.29] Many daughters have done valorously, but you excel them all.
[PRO.31.30] Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Jehovah, she shall be praised.
[PRO.31.31] Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her works praise her in the gates.
[ECC.1.1] The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
[ECC.1.2] Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
[ECC.1.3] What does man gain from all his labor which he does under the sun?
[ECC.1.4] A generation goes, and a generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
[ECC.1.5] The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.
[ECC.1.6] The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north; it turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its circuits.
[ECC.1.7] All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.
[ECC.1.8] All things are full of labor; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
[ECC.1.9] That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
[ECC.1.10] Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already in the ages which were before us.
[ECC.1.11] There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
[ECC.1.12] I the Teacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
[ECC.1.13] And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore task that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised with.
[ECC.1.14] I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
[ECC.1.15] That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is lacking cannot be counted.
[ECC.1.16] I spoke with my heart, saying, Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
[ECC.1.17] And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.
[ECC.1.18] For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
[ECC.2.1] I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity.
[ECC.2.2] I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What does it achieve?
[ECC.2.3] I searched in my heart how to stimulate my body with wine, my heart still guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their life.
[ECC.2.4] I made me great works; I built houses; I planted vineyards for myself;
[ECC.2.5] I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
[ECC.2.6] I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were grown;
[ECC.2.7] I bought menservants and maidservants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
[ECC.2.8] I gathered for myself also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
[ECC.2.9] So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
[ECC.2.10] And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion from all my labor.
[ECC.2.11] Then I considered all my works that my hands had done, and the labor that I had exerted to do them: and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
[ECC.2.12] And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that comes after the king? Even that which has been done long ago.
[ECC.2.13] Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
[ECC.2.14] The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
[ECC.2.15] Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
[ECC.2.16] For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no lasting remembrance; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? As the fool!
[ECC.2.17] So I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me: for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
[ECC.2.18] And I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man that will come after me.
[ECC.2.19] And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet will he have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
[ECC.2.20] Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
[ECC.2.21] For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet to a man that has not labored therein shall he leave it as his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
[ECC.2.22] For what has man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he labors under the sun?
[ECC.2.23] For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
[ECC.2.24] There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
[ECC.2.25] For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
[ECC.2.26] For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
[ECC.3.1] For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
[ECC.3.2] a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
[ECC.3.3] a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
[ECC.3.4] a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
[ECC.3.5] a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
[ECC.3.6] a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
[ECC.3.7] a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
[ECC.3.8] a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
[ECC.3.9] What profit has the worker in that wherein he labors?
[ECC.3.10] I have seen the task which God has given to the children of men to be exercised in it.
[ECC.3.11] He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
[ECC.3.12] I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
[ECC.3.13] And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
[ECC.3.14] I know that, whatsoever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
[ECC.3.15] That which is has been long ago; and that which is to be has long ago been: and God seeks again that which is passed away.
[ECC.3.16] And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
[ECC.3.17] I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
[ECC.3.18] I said in my heart, this is because of the sons of men, that God may test them, and that they may see that they themselves are but as beasts.
[ECC.3.19] For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage above the beasts: for all is vanity.
[ECC.3.20] All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all return to dust.
[ECC.3.21] Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
[ECC.3.22] Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
[ECC.4.1] Then I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
[ECC.4.2] Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still alive.
[ECC.4.3] Yes, better than both of them is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
[ECC.4.4] Then I saw all labor and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
[ECC.4.5] The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
[ECC.4.6] Better is a handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
[ECC.4.7] Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
[ECC.4.8] There is one alone, and he has not a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, he says, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yes, it is a sore travail.
[ECC.4.9] Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
[ECC.4.10] For if they fall, one will lift up his companion; but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up.
[ECC.4.11] Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?
[ECC.4.12] And if a man prevails against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
[ECC.4.13] Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who does not know how to receive admonition any more.
[ECC.4.14] For out of prison he came forth to reign; although he was born poor in his kingdom.
[ECC.4.15] I considered all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, who stood up in his place.
[ECC.4.16] There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was; yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
[ECC.5.1] Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; for to draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
[ECC.5.2] Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth: therefore let your words be few.
[ECC.5.3] For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
[ECC.5.4] When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it; for He has no pleasure in fools: fulfill what you vow.
[ECC.5.5] It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not fulfill.
[ECC.5.6] Do not allow your mouth to lead your flesh into sin; neither say before the messenger, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
[ECC.5.7] For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear God.
[ECC.5.8] If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter: for a high official is watched by a higher one; and there are higher ones over them.
[ECC.5.9] Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
[ECC.5.10] He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; nor he who loves wealth with increase: this also is vanity.
[ECC.5.11] When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to their owner, except to look at them with his eyes?
[ECC.5.12] The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
[ECC.5.13] There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owner to his hurt:
[ECC.5.14] and those riches perish by misfortune; and if he has a son, there is nothing in his hand.
[ECC.5.15] As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he return as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
[ECC.5.16] And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he that labors for the wind?
[ECC.5.17] All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and sickness and wrath.
[ECC.5.18] Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him: for this is his portion.
[ECC.5.19] Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
[ECC.5.20] For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
[ECC.6.1] There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
[ECC.6.2] a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
[ECC.6.3] If a man begets a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
[ECC.6.4] for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;
[ECC.6.5] moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it; this has rest rather than the other:
[ECC.6.6] yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet not see good, do not all go to one place?
[ECC.6.7] All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
[ECC.6.8] For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? or what has the poor man, who knows how to walk before the living?
[ECC.6.9] Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
[ECC.6.10] Whatsoever has been, its name was given long ago, and it is known that it is man: neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.
[ECC.6.11] Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
[ECC.6.12] For who knows what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
[ECC.7.1] A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death, than the day of birth.
[ECC.7.2] It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all people, and the living will lay it to heart.
[ECC.7.3] Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.
[ECC.7.4] The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
[ECC.7.5] It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a person to hear the song of fools.
[ECC.7.6] For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
[ECC.7.7] Surely extortion makes the wise person foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
[ECC.7.8] Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
[ECC.7.9] Do not be hasty in your spirit to be provoked to anger; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
[ECC.7.10] Do not say, Why were the former days better than these? for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.
[ECC.7.11] Wisdom is good with an inheritance; yes, it is a profit to those who see the sun.
[ECC.7.12] For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellence of knowledge is, that wisdom preserves the life of those who have it.
[ECC.7.13] Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
[ECC.7.14] In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made one alongside the other, to the end that people should not find out anything that will come after them.
[ECC.7.15] All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a just person that perishes in their righteousness, and there is a wicked person that prolongs their life in their evil-doing.
[ECC.7.16] Do not be overly righteous, or make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?
[ECC.7.17] Do not be overly wicked, neither be foolish: why should you die before your time?
[ECC.7.18] It is good that you should take hold of this; yes, also do not withdraw your hand from that: for those who fear God will come forth from all of them.
[ECC.7.19] Wisdom is a strength to the wise more than ten rulers who are in a city.
[ECC.7.20] Surely there is not a righteous person on earth, that does good, and does not sin.
[ECC.7.21] Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
[ECC.7.22] for often your own heart knows that you likewise have cursed others.
[ECC.7.23] All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
[ECC.7.24] That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?
[ECC.7.25] I turned around my heart to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
[ECC.7.26] And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoever pleases God will escape from her; but the sinner will be taken by her.
[ECC.7.27] Behold, I have found this, says the Preacher, counting one by one to find out the account;
[ECC.7.28] which my soul still seeks, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
[ECC.7.29] Behold, this only have I found: that God made humans upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
[ECC.8.1] Who is like the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
[ECC.8.2] I counsel you, Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
[ECC.8.3] Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.
[ECC.8.4] For the king's word is supreme; and who can say to him, What are you doing?
[ECC.8.5] Whoever keeps the commandment will know no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment:
[ECC.8.6] for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
[ECC.8.7] for he does not know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
[ECC.8.8] There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither has he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither will wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
[ECC.8.9] All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man has power over another to his hurt.
[ECC.8.10] So I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and those who had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city where they had done these things: this also is vanity.
[ECC.8.11] Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
[ECC.8.12] Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his days, yet surely I know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before him:
[ECC.8.13] but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he does not fear God.
[ECC.8.14] There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
[ECC.8.15] Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will abide with him in his labor, all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
[ECC.8.16] When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),
[ECC.8.17] then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he will not find it; yes more, though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he will not be able to find it.
[ECC.9.1] For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; no man knows whether it is love or hatred; all is before them.
[ECC.9.2] All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears an oath.
[ECC.9.3] This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
[ECC.9.4] For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
[ECC.9.5] For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
[ECC.9.6] Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
[ECC.9.7] Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
[ECC.9.8] Let your garments be always white; and do not let your head lack ointment.
[ECC.9.9] Live joyfully with the woman whom you love all the days of your vain life which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.
[ECC.9.10] Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you go.
[ECC.9.11] I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.
[ECC.9.12] For man also does not know his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
[ECC.9.13] I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me:
[ECC.9.14] There was a little city, and few men inside it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
[ECC.9.15] Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
[ECC.9.16] Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
[ECC.9.17] The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that rules among fools.
[ECC.9.18] Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
[ECC.10.1] Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a stinking smell: so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
[ECC.10.2] A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
[ECC.10.3] Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
[ECC.10.4] If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for gentleness allays great offenses.
[ECC.10.5] There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceeds from the ruler:
[ECC.10.6] folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
[ECC.10.7] I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.
[ECC.10.8] He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
[ECC.10.9] He that quarries stones shall be hurt by them; and he that splits wood is endangered by it.
[ECC.10.10] If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
[ECC.10.11] If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then the charmer is profitless.
[ECC.10.12] The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
[ECC.10.13] The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
[ECC.10.14] A fool also multiplies words: yet man knows not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
[ECC.10.15] The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he knows not how to go to the city.
[ECC.10.16] Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
[ECC.10.17] Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
[ECC.10.18] By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
[ECC.10.19] A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes glad the life; and money answers all things.
[ECC.10.20] Do not curse the king, no, not in your thought; and do not curse the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.
[ECC.11.1] Cast your bread upon the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
[ECC.11.2] Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you do not know what evil shall be on the earth.
[ECC.11.3] If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
[ECC.11.4] He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
[ECC.11.5] As you do not know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so you do not know the work of God who does all.
[ECC.11.6] In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
[ECC.11.7] Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
[ECC.11.8] Yes, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
[ECC.11.9] Rejoice, young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
[ECC.11.10] Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
[ECC.12.1] Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
[ECC.12.2] before the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain;
[ECC.12.3] in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows are darkened,
[ECC.12.4] and the doors shall be shut in the streets; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;
[ECC.12.5] yes, they shall be afraid of what is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets;
[ECC.12.6] before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
[ECC.12.7] and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
[ECC.12.8] Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.
[ECC.12.9] And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
[ECC.12.10] The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.
[ECC.12.11] The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
[ECC.12.12] And further, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
[ECC.12.13] This is the end of the matter; all has been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
[ECC.12.14] For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
[SOS.1.1] The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
[SOS.1.2] Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
[SOS.1.3] Your oils have a pleasing fragrance; your name is as oil poured out; therefore the maidens love you.
[SOS.1.4] Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in you; we will remember your love more than wine: rightly do they love you.
[SOS.1.5] I am black, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
[SOS.1.6] Do not gaze at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards; but I have not kept my own vineyard.
[SOS.1.7] Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you feed your flock, where you make it rest at noon: for why should I be as one straying beside the flocks of your companions?
[SOS.1.8] If you do not know, O you fairest among women, go your way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
[SOS.1.9] I have compared you, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
[SOS.1.10] Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
[SOS.1.11] We will make ornaments of gold for you, with studs of silver.
[SOS.1.12] While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
[SOS.1.13] My beloved is to me as a bundle of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
[SOS.1.14] My beloved is to me as a cluster of henna-flowers in the vineyards of En-gedi.
[SOS.1.15] Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; your eyes are as doves.
[SOS.1.16] Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our couch is green.
[SOS.1.17] The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters are firs.
[SOS.2.1] I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
[SOS.2.2] As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
[SOS.2.3] As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
[SOS.2.4] He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
[SOS.2.5] Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am sick with love.
[SOS.2.6] His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
[SOS.2.7] I implore you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, that you do not stir up, nor awaken love, until it please.
[SOS.2.8] The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
[SOS.2.9] My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall; he looks in at the windows; he is glancing through the lattice.
[SOS.2.10] My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
[SOS.2.11] For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone;
[SOS.2.12] The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
[SOS.2.13] The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
[SOS.2.14] O my dove, that are in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the steep place, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your face is lovely.
[SOS.2.15] Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.
[SOS.2.16] My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies.
[SOS.2.17] Until the day cools, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.
[SOS.3.1] By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.
[SOS.3.2] I said, I will rise now, and go about the city, in the streets and in the broadways; I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.
[SOS.3.3] The watchmen who go about the city found me: To whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves?
[SOS.3.4] It was but a little that I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who conceived me.
[SOS.3.5] I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awaken love, until it pleases.
[SOS.3.6] Who is this that comes up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
[SOS.3.7] Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
[SOS.3.8] They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: every man has his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night.
[SOS.3.9] King Solomon made himself a palanquin of the wood of Lebanon.
[SOS.3.10] He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, its middle being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
[SOS.3.11] Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him in the day of his wedding, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
[SOS.4.1] Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
[SOS.4.2] Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and none is bereaved among them.
[SOS.4.3] Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
[SOS.4.4] Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, whereupon hang a thousand shields, all the shields of the mighty men.
[SOS.4.5] Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.
[SOS.4.6] Until the day breathes, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
[SOS.4.7] You are all beautiful, my love, and there is no spot in you.
[SOS.4.8] Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
[SOS.4.9] You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
[SOS.4.10] How fair is your love, my sister, my bride! how much better is your love than wine! and the smell of your ointments than all spices!
[SOS.4.11] Your lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
[SOS.4.12] A closed garden is my sister, my bride; a closed spring, a sealed fountain.
[SOS.4.13] Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,
[SOS.4.14] spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
[SOS.4.15] A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.
[SOS.4.16] Awake, north wind; and come, south; blow upon my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.
[SOS.5.1] I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
[SOS.5.2] I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.
[SOS.5.3] I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I make them dirty?
[SOS.5.4] My beloved put in his hand by the latch of the door, and my heart was thrilled for him.
[SOS.5.5] I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt.
[SOS.5.6] I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had turned away, and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
[SOS.5.7] The watchmen that go about the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.
[SOS.5.8] I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick from love.
[SOS.5.9] What is your beloved more than another beloved, you fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you charge us so?
[SOS.5.10] My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.
[SOS.5.11] His head is as the most fine gold; his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
[SOS.5.12] His eyes are like doves beside the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
[SOS.5.13] His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs: his lips are lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
[SOS.5.14] His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl: his body is as ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
[SOS.5.15] His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his appearance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
[SOS.5.16] His mouth is most sweet: indeed, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
[SOS.6.1] Where has your beloved gone, O you most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
[SOS.6.2] My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
[SOS.6.3] I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine; he feeds among the lilies.
[SOS.6.4] You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
[SOS.6.5] Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.
[SOS.6.6] Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing; all of which bear twins, and none is bereaved among them.
[SOS.6.7] Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
[SOS.6.8] There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
[SOS.6.9] My dove, my perfect one, is unique; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
[SOS.6.10] Who is she that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?
[SOS.6.11] I went down into the garden of nuts, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
[SOS.6.12] Before I was aware, my soul set me among the chariots of my noble people.
[SOS.6.13] Return, return, O Shulammite; return, return, that we may gaze at you. Why will you gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of two armies?
[SOS.7.1] How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.
[SOS.7.2] Your navel is like a round goblet, that never lacks mixed wine. Your waist is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
[SOS.7.3] Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe.
[SOS.7.4] Your neck is like an ivory tower; your eyes like the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
[SOS.7.5] Your head upon you is like Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple; the king is held captive in its tresses.
[SOS.7.6] How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!
[SOS.7.7] This your stature is like to a palm-tree, and your breasts to its clusters.
[SOS.7.8] I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of its branches; let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples,
[SOS.7.9] and your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, moving gently over the lips of those who are asleep.
[SOS.7.10] I am my beloved's; and his desire is toward me.
[SOS.7.11] Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
[SOS.7.12] Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see whether the vine has budded, and its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in bloom: there I will give my love.
[SOS.7.13] The mandrakes give forth fragrance; and at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
[SOS.8.1] Oh that you were as my brother, that nursed at the breasts of my mother! When I should find you outside, I would kiss you; indeed, none would despise me.
[SOS.8.2] I would lead you and bring you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would cause you to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
[SOS.8.3] His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
[SOS.8.4] I urge you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you do not stir up, nor awaken love, until it please.
[SOS.8.5] Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you: there your mother conceived you; there she was in labor and gave birth to you.
[SOS.8.6] Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm: for love is as strong as death; jealousy is as cruel as the grave: its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Jehovah.
[SOS.8.7] Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be despised.
[SOS.8.8] We have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
[SOS.8.9] If she is a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver: and if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
[SOS.8.10] I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof: then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
[SOS.8.11] Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
[SOS.8.12] My own vineyard, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, shall have the thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
[SOS.8.13] You that dwell in the gardens, the companions listen for your voice: cause me to hear it.
[SOS.8.14] Make haste, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young deer upon the mountains of spices.
[ISA.1.1] The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
[ISA.1.2] Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
[ISA.1.3] The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not consider.
[ISA.1.4] Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that deal corruptly: they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.
[ISA.1.5] Why will you be still stricken, that you revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
[ISA.1.6] From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been pressed out, neither bound up, neither softened with oil.
[ISA.1.7] Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
[ISA.1.8] And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
[ISA.1.9] Unless Jehovah of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have become like Gomorrah.
[ISA.1.10] Hear the word of Jehovah, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
[ISA.1.11] What is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
[ISA.1.12] When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
[ISA.1.13] Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn meeting.
[ISA.1.14] Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they are a trouble to me; I am weary of bearing them.
[ISA.1.15] And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
[ISA.1.16] Wash yourselves, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
[ISA.1.17] learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
[ISA.1.18] Come now, and let us reason together, says Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
[ISA.1.19] If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land:
[ISA.1.20] but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken it.
[ISA.1.21] How the faithful city has become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
[ISA.1.22] Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
[ISA.1.23] Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
[ISA.1.24] Therefore the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, says: Ah, I will ease me of my adversaries, and avenge me of my enemies;
[ISA.1.25] and I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your alloy;
[ISA.1.26] and I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.
[ISA.1.27] Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
[ISA.1.28] But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.
[ISA.1.29] For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
[ISA.1.30] For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
[ISA.1.31] And the strong shall be as tinder, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
[ISA.2.1] The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
[ISA.2.2] And it will happen in the last days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house will be established on the top of the mountains, and will be exalted above the hills; and all nations will flow to it.
[ISA.2.3] And many peoples will go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion will go forth instruction, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
[ISA.2.4] And he will judge among the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
[ISA.2.5] O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
[ISA.2.6] For you have forsaken your people the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
[ISA.2.7] And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
[ISA.2.8] Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
[ISA.2.9] And the man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled: therefore forgive them not.
[ISA.2.10] Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.
[ISA.2.11] The lofty looks of man will be humbled, and the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Jehovah alone will be exalted in that day.
[ISA.2.12] For there will be a day of Jehovah of hosts, upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it will be brought low;
[ISA.2.13] and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
[ISA.2.14] and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
[ISA.2.15] and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,
[ISA.2.16] and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant imagery.
[ISA.2.17] And the loftiness of man will be bowed down, and the arrogance of men will be brought low; and Jehovah alone will be exalted in that day.
[ISA.2.18] And the idols will utterly pass away.
[ISA.2.19] And men will go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
[ISA.2.20] In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which have been made for him to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
[ISA.2.21] to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
[ISA.2.22] Stop regarding man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?
[ISA.3.1] For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
[ISA.3.2] the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;
[ISA.3.3] the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the skilled craftsman, and the expert enchanter.
[ISA.3.4] And I will give children to be their leaders, and capricious ones will rule over them.
[ISA.3.5] And the people will be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; the child will behave himself proudly against the elder, and the base against the honorable.
[ISA.3.6] When a man will take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, You have clothing, be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand;
[ISA.3.7] in that day will he lift up his voice, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: you will not make me ruler of the people.
[ISA.3.8] For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their speech and their actions are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
[ISA.3.9] The look of their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe to their soul! For they have done evil to themselves.
[ISA.3.10] Say to the righteous, that it will be well with him; for they will eat the fruit of their actions.
[ISA.3.11] Woe to the wicked! It will be ill with him; for what his hands have done will be done to him.
[ISA.3.12] As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.
[ISA.3.13] Jehovah stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.
[ISA.3.14] Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: It is you who have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
[ISA.3.15] What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
[ISA.3.16] Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
[ISA.3.17] therefore Jehovah will strike with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
[ISA.3.18] In that day Jehovah will take away the beauty of their anklets, and the headbands, and the crescent ornaments;
[ISA.3.19] the earrings, and the bracelets, and the veils;
[ISA.3.20] the headdresses, and the armlets, and the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the amulets;
[ISA.3.21] the rings, and the nose jewels;
[ISA.3.22] the festival robes, and the mantles, and the cloaks, and the purses;
[ISA.3.23] the hand mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the veils.
[ISA.3.24] And it will come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there will be rottenness; and instead of a belt, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a robe, a binding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.
[ISA.3.25] Your men will fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.
[ISA.3.26] And her gates will lament and mourn; and she will be desolate and sit upon the ground.
[ISA.4.1] And seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothes: only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach.
[ISA.4.2] In that day will the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land excellent and splendid for those who have escaped of Israel.
[ISA.4.3] And it will come to pass, that those who are left in Zion, and remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, even every one who is written among the living in Jerusalem:
[ISA.4.4] when Jehovah will have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and will have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
[ISA.4.5] And Jehovah will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for over all the glory will be spread a covering.
[ISA.4.6] And there will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
[ISA.5.1] Let me sing for my beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
[ISA.5.2] and he dug it, and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in its midst, and also made a winepress there. And he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
[ISA.5.3] And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I ask you, between me and my vineyard.
[ISA.5.4] What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
[ISA.5.5] And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.
[ISA.5.6] And I will lay it waste: it will not be pruned nor hoed; but there will come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.
[ISA.5.7] For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but there was oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
[ISA.5.8] Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
[ISA.5.9] In my ears Jehovah of hosts says, Of a truth many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, without inhabitant.
[ISA.5.10] For ten acres of vineyard will yield one bath, and a homer of seed will yield but an ephah.
[ISA.5.11] Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, till wine inflames them!
[ISA.5.12] And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they do not regard the work of Jehovah, neither do they consider the operation of his hands.
[ISA.5.13] Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge, and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
[ISA.5.14] Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
[ISA.5.15] And man is humbled, and each man is brought low, and the eyes of the lofty are brought low;
[ISA.5.16] but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
[ISA.5.17] Then will the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones will wanderers eat.
[ISA.5.18] Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
[ISA.5.19] who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
[ISA.5.20] Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
[ISA.5.21] Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
[ISA.5.22] Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
[ISA.5.23] who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
[ISA.5.24] Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom will go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.5.25] Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them, and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
[ISA.5.26] And he will lift up a signal to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and behold, they will come with speed swiftly.
[ISA.5.27] None will be weary nor stumble among them; none will slumber nor sleep; neither will the belt of their loins be loosed, nor the strap of their sandals be broken:
[ISA.5.28] whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs will be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
[ISA.5.29] Their roaring will be like a lioness, they will roar like young lions; yes, they will roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there will be none to deliver.
[ISA.5.30] And they will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened in its clouds.
[ISA.6.1] In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
[ISA.6.2] Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
[ISA.6.3] And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
[ISA.6.4] And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that called, and the house was filled with smoke.
[ISA.6.5] Then I said, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
[ISA.6.6] Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
[ISA.6.7] and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.
[ISA.6.8] And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here I am; send me.
[ISA.6.9] And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear indeed, but do not understand; and see indeed, but do not perceive.
[ISA.6.10] Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
[ISA.6.11] Then I said, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until cities are waste without inhabitant, and houses without people, and the land becomes utterly waste,
[ISA.6.12] and Jehovah has removed men far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
[ISA.6.13] And if there is yet a tenth in it, it also will in turn be consumed: as an oak, and as the terebinth, whose stock remains, when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock.
[ISA.7.1] And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not prevail against it.
[ISA.7.2] When it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim, his heart trembled, and the hearts of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
[ISA.7.3] Then said Jehovah to Isaiah, Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the fuller's field;
[ISA.7.4] and say to him, Take care, and be calm; do not fear, nor let your heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
[ISA.7.5] Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have counseled evil against you, saying,
[ISA.7.6] Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach in it for us, and set up a king in its midst, the son of Tabeel;
[ISA.7.7] thus says the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
[ISA.7.8] For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years shall Ephraim be broken, so that it is not a people;
[ISA.7.9] and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.
[ISA.7.10] And Jehovah spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
[ISA.7.11] Ask for a sign of Jehovah your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
[ISA.7.12] But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I test Jehovah.
[ISA.7.13] And he said, Hear now, house of David. Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?
[ISA.7.14] Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
[ISA.7.15] Curds and honey shall he eat, when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
[ISA.7.16] For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken of both her kings.
[ISA.7.17] Jehovah will bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah, even the king of Assyria.
[ISA.7.18] And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
[ISA.7.19] And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the clefts of the rocks, and upon all thorn hedges, and upon all pastures.
[ISA.7.20] In that day will the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, in the parts beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
[ISA.7.21] And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
[ISA.7.22] and it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat curds; for everyone that is left in the midst of the land shall eat curds and honey.
[ISA.7.23] And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver coins, shall even be for briers and thorns.
[ISA.7.24] With arrows and with bow shall they come there; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
[ISA.7.25] And all the hills that were dug with the hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.
[ISA.8.1] And Jehovah said to me, Take a great tablet, and write on it with a man's pen, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
[ISA.8.2] and I will take to myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
[ISA.8.3] And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said Jehovah to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
[ISA.8.4] For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.
[ISA.8.5] And Jehovah spoke to me yet again, saying,
[ISA.8.6] Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
[ISA.8.7] now therefore, behold, the Lord will bring upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;
[ISA.8.8] and it shall sweep on into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
[ISA.8.9] Make an uproar, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.
[ISA.8.10] Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
[ISA.8.11] For Jehovah spoke this to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
[ISA.8.12] Do not call conspiracy all that this people shall call a conspiracy; and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread thereof.
[ISA.8.13] Jehovah of hosts, him shall you sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
[ISA.8.14] And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[ISA.8.15] And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
[ISA.8.16] Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
[ISA.8.17] And I will wait for Jehovah, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
[ISA.8.18] Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion.
[ISA.8.19] And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits and to the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? On behalf of the living should they seek to the dead?
[ISA.8.20] To the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
[ISA.8.21] And they shall pass through it, greatly distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and turn their faces upward:
[ISA.8.22] and they shall look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.
[ISA.9.1] But there will be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time has he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
[ISA.9.2] The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that lived in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.
[ISA.9.3] You have multiplied the nation, you have increased their joy: they joy before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
[ISA.9.4] For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
[ISA.9.5] For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, will be for burning, for fuel of fire.
[ISA.9.6] For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; and the government will be upon his shoulder: and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
[ISA.9.7] Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
[ISA.9.8] The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted upon Israel.
[ISA.9.9] And all the people will know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in arrogance of heart,
[ISA.9.10] The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone: the sycamores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.
[ISA.9.11] Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,
[ISA.9.12] the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
[ISA.9.13] Yet the people have not turned to him that struck them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.
[ISA.9.14] Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
[ISA.9.15] The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
[ISA.9.16] For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
[ISA.9.17] Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks foolishness. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
[ISA.9.18] For wickedness burns as the fire; it devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they mount up in a column of smoke.
[ISA.9.19] Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spares his brother.
[ISA.9.20] And one will snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied: they will eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
[ISA.9.21] Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together will be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
[ISA.10.1] Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness;
[ISA.10.2] to turn aside the needy from justice, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
[ISA.10.3] And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? To whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory?
[ISA.10.4] They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
[ISA.10.5] Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation.
[ISA.10.6] I will send them against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give them a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
[ISA.10.7] However, they do not mean it so, neither does their heart think so; but it is in their heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
[ISA.10.8] For they say, Are not my princes all of them kings?
[ISA.10.9] Is not Calno like Carchemish? is not Hamath like Arpad? is not Samaria like Damascus?
[ISA.10.10] As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
[ISA.10.11] shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
[ISA.10.12] Therefore it shall come to pass, that when Jehovah has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
[ISA.10.13] For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down those who sit on thrones:
[ISA.10.14] and my hand has found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that are forsaken, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or that opened the mouth, or chirped.
[ISA.10.15] Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? It is as if the rod should shake them who lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up him who is not wood.
[ISA.10.16] Therefore will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
[ISA.10.17] And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
[ISA.10.18] And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a sick man wastes away.
[ISA.10.19] And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
[ISA.10.20] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they who have escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
[ISA.10.21] A remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
[ISA.10.22] For though your people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return: a destruction determined, overflowing with righteousness.
[ISA.10.23] For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.
[ISA.10.24] Therefore thus says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, O my people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strikes you with the rod, and lifts up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
[ISA.10.25] For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you shall be accomplished, and my anger in their destruction.
[ISA.10.26] And Jehovah of hosts will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
[ISA.10.27] And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness.
[ISA.10.28] He has come to Aiath, he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he lays up his baggage;
[ISA.10.29] they are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul has fled.
[ISA.10.30] Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Hear, O Laishah! poor Anathoth!
[ISA.10.31] Madmenah is a fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
[ISA.10.32] This very day will he halt at Nob: he shakes his hand at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
[ISA.10.33] Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.
[ISA.10.34] And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
[ISA.11.1] And a shoot will come forth from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
[ISA.11.2] And the spirit of Jehovah will rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah.
[ISA.11.3] And he will delight in the fear of Jehovah, and he will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear;
[ISA.11.4] but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth; and he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
[ISA.11.5] And righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
[ISA.11.6] And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child will lead them.
[ISA.11.7] And the cow and the bear will feed; their young ones will lie down together; and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
[ISA.11.8] And the nursing child will play on the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on the adder's den.
[ISA.11.9] They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
[ISA.11.10] And in that day there will be a root of Jesse, who will stand as a signal for the peoples; to him will the nations seek; and his resting place will be glorious.
[ISA.11.11] And it will happen in that day that Jehovah will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that will remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
[ISA.11.12] And he will lift up a signal for the nations, and will gather the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
[ISA.11.13] The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off: Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim.
[ISA.11.14] And they will fly down upon the shoulders of the Philistines on the west; together will they despoil the children of the east: they will lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the Ammonites will obey them.
[ISA.11.15] And Jehovah will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with a mighty wind will he wave his hand over the River, and will strike it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dry-shod.
[ISA.11.16] And there will be a highway for the remnant of his people, that will remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came out of the land of Egypt.
[ISA.12.1] And in that day you will say, I will give thanks to you, O Jehovah; for though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away and you comfort me.
[ISA.12.2] Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
[ISA.12.3] Therefore with joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
[ISA.12.4] And in that day you will say, Give thanks to Jehovah, call upon his name, declare his doings among the peoples, make mention that his name is exalted.
[ISA.12.5] Sing to Jehovah; for he has done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
[ISA.12.6] Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.13.1] The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
[ISA.13.2] Set up a signal on the bare mountain, lift up the voice to them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
[ISA.13.3] I have commanded my consecrated ones, yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
[ISA.13.4] The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! The noise of an uproar of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the army for battle.
[ISA.13.5] They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Jehovah, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
[ISA.13.6] Wail, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty will it come.
[ISA.13.7] Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every human heart will melt:
[ISA.13.8] and they will be dismayed; pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; they will be in pain as a woman in labor: they will look in amazement one at another; their faces will be ablaze.
[ISA.13.9] Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it.
[ISA.13.10] For the stars of heaven and its constellations will not give their light; the sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
[ISA.13.11] And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
[ISA.13.12] I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a human than the pure gold of Ophir.
[ISA.13.13] Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
[ISA.13.14] And it will come to pass, that as the hunted gazelle, and as sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and each will flee to their own land.
[ISA.13.15] Every one that is found will be thrust through; and every one that is taken will fall by the sword.
[ISA.13.16] Their infants also will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives ravished.
[ISA.13.17] Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not regard silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
[ISA.13.18] And their bows will dash the young men in pieces; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not spare children.
[ISA.13.19] And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
[ISA.13.20] It will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation: neither will the Arabian pitch tent there; neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.
[ISA.13.21] But wild animals of the desert will lie there; and their houses will be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will dance there.
[ISA.13.22] And wolves will howl in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
[ISA.14.1] For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the stranger will join himself with them, and they will cleave to the house of Jacob.
[ISA.14.2] And the peoples will take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel will possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they will take them captive, whose captives they were, and they will rule over their oppressors.
[ISA.14.3] And it will happen in the day that Jehovah will give you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard service wherewith you were made to serve,
[ISA.14.4] that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
[ISA.14.5] Jehovah has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers;
[ISA.14.6] that struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
[ISA.14.7] The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
[ISA.14.8] Yes, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid low, no hewer has come up against us.
[ISA.14.9] Sheol from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming; it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
[ISA.14.10] They all will answer and say to you, Have you also become weak as we? Have you become like us?
[ISA.14.11] Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and worms cover you.
[ISA.14.12] How have you fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground, that laid low the nations!
[ISA.14.13] And you said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
[ISA.14.14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.
[ISA.14.15] Yet you will be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.
[ISA.14.16] They that see you will gaze at you, they will consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;
[ISA.14.17] that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that did not let loose his prisoners to their home?
[ISA.14.18] All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.
[ISA.14.19] But you are cast forth away from your sepulcher like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under foot.
[ISA.14.20] You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people; the seed of evildoers will not be named forever.
[ISA.14.21] Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.
[ISA.14.22] And I will rise up against them, says Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son, says Jehovah.
[ISA.14.23] I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says Jehovah of hosts.
[ISA.14.24] Jehovah of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so will it happen; and as I have purposed, so will it stand:
[ISA.14.25] that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then will his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.
[ISA.14.26] This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
[ISA.14.27] For Jehovah of hosts has purposed, and who will nullify it? and his hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
[ISA.14.28] In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
[ISA.14.29] Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken: for out of the serpent's root will come forth an adder, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
[ISA.14.30] And the first-born of the poor will feed, and the needy will lie down in safety: and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be slain.
[ISA.14.31] Howl, O gate; cry, O city; you are melted away, O Philistia, all of you: for there comes a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
[ISA.14.32] What then will one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
[ISA.15.1] The burden of Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
[ISA.15.2] They have gone up to Baith and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo, and over Medeba. On all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
[ISA.15.3] In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops and in their broad places every one wails, weeping abundantly.
[ISA.15.4] And Heshbon cries out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even to Jahaz: therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul trembles within him.
[ISA.15.5] My heart cries out for Moab; her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah; for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
[ISA.15.6] For the waters of Nimrim are desolate; for the grass has withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
[ISA.15.7] Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, they carry away over the brook of the willows.
[ISA.15.8] For the cry has gone round about the borders of Moab; the wailing thereof to Eglaim, and the wailing thereof to Beer-elim.
[ISA.15.9] For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more upon Dimon, a lion upon him that escapes of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
[ISA.16.1] Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.
[ISA.16.2] For it will be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
[ISA.16.3] Give counsel, execute justice; make your shade as the night in the middle of the noonday; hide the outcasts; do not betray the fugitive.
[ISA.16.4] Let my outcasts dwell with you; Moab, be a hiding-place for them from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is at an end, destruction ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
[ISA.16.5] A throne will be established in loving-kindness, and one will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
[ISA.16.6] We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath; his boastings are nothing.
[ISA.16.7] Therefore will Moab wail for Moab, every one will wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth you will mourn, utterly stricken.
[ISA.16.8] For the fields of Heshbon have languished, and the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness; its shoots were spread abroad, they passed over the sea.
[ISA.16.9] Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon your summer fruits and upon your harvest the battle shout has fallen.
[ISA.16.10] And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there will be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their vintage shout to cease.
[ISA.16.11] Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir-heres.
[ISA.16.12] And it will be, when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself upon the high place, and comes to his sanctuary to pray, that he will not prevail.
[ISA.16.13] This is the word that Jehovah spoke concerning Moab in the past.
[ISA.16.14] But now Jehovah has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hired worker, and the glory of Moab will be brought to contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble.
[ISA.17.1] The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.
[ISA.17.2] The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be for flocks, which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.
[ISA.17.3] The fortress will cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they will be as the glory of the children of Israel, says Jehovah of hosts.
[ISA.17.4] It will come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob will thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean.
[ISA.17.5] It will be as when the harvestman gathers the standing grain, and his arm reaps the ears; yes, it will be as when one gleans ears in the valley of Rephaim.
[ISA.17.6] Yet gleanings will be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, says Jehovah, the God of Israel.
[ISA.17.7] In that day will man look to his Maker, and his eyes will have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.17.8] He will not look to the altars, the work of his hands; neither will he respect that which his fingers have made, either the Asherim or the sun-images.
[ISA.17.9] In that day will his strong cities be as the forsaken places in the forest, and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.
[ISA.17.10] For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your strength; therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set it with foreign slips.
[ISA.17.11] In the day of your planting you hedge it in, and in the morning you make your seed blossom; but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
[ISA.17.12] Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
[ISA.17.13] The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
[ISA.17.14] At evening, behold, terror; before the morning they are no more. This is the portion of those who despoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
[ISA.18.1] Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
[ISA.18.2] that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people feared far and wide, a nation strong and conquering, whose land the rivers divide!
[ISA.18.3] All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when a signal is lifted up on the mountains, you shall look; and when the trumpet is blown, you shall listen.
[ISA.18.4] For Jehovah said to me, I will be still, and I will look on in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
[ISA.18.5] For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he will take away and cut down.
[ISA.18.6] They shall be left together to the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter on them.
[ISA.18.7] In that time shall a present be brought to Jehovah of hosts from a people tall and smooth, even from a people feared far and wide, a nation strong and conquering, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, Mount Zion.
[ISA.19.1] The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rides upon a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
[ISA.19.2] And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will fight each one against his brother, and each one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
[ISA.19.3] And the spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; and I will destroy its counsel; and they will seek idols, and the charmers, and those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.
[ISA.19.4] And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king will rule over them, says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
[ISA.19.5] And the waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
[ISA.19.6] And the rivers will become foul; the streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags will wither away.
[ISA.19.7] The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
[ISA.19.8] And the fishermen will lament, and all those who cast fish-hooks into the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets upon the waters will languish.
[ISA.19.9] Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.
[ISA.19.10] And the pillars of Egypt will be broken in pieces; all those who labor for hire will be grieved in soul.
[ISA.19.11] The princes of Zoan are utter fools; the counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish; how do you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
[ISA.19.12] Where then are your wise men? and let them tell you now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts has purposed concerning Egypt.
[ISA.19.13] The princes of Zoan have become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the cornerstone of her tribes.
[ISA.19.14] Jehovah has mingled a spirit of perverseness in its midst; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
[ISA.19.15] Neither will there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
[ISA.19.16] In that day will the Egyptians be like women; and they will tremble and be in fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shakes over them.
[ISA.19.17] And the land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; every one to whom mention is made thereof will be afraid, because of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts, which he purposes against it.
[ISA.19.18] In that day will there be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one will be called The city of destruction.
[ISA.19.19] In that day will there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border of it to Jehovah.
[ISA.19.20] And it will be for a sign and for a witness to Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Jehovah because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior, and a defender, and he will deliver them.
[ISA.19.21] And Jehovah will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Jehovah in that day; yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to Jehovah, and will perform it.
[ISA.19.22] And Jehovah will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they will return to Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them.
[ISA.19.23] In that day will there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
[ISA.19.24] In that day will Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
[ISA.19.25] because Jehovah of hosts has blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.
[ISA.20.1] In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it;
[ISA.20.2] at that time Jehovah spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loosen the sackcloth from your body, and take your shoes off your feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
[ISA.20.3] And Jehovah said, As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,
[ISA.20.4] so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
[ISA.20.5] And they will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
[ISA.20.6] And the inhabitant of this coastland will say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
[ISA.21.1] The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
[ISA.21.2] A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; besiege, Media; all the sighing of it have I made to cease.
[ISA.21.3] Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pains have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
[ISA.21.4] My heart flutters, horror has affrighted me; the twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me.
[ISA.21.5] They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, you princes, anoint the shield.
[ISA.21.6] For thus has the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he sees:
[ISA.21.7] and when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently with much heed.
[ISA.21.8] And he cried as a lion: O Lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower in the daytime, and I am set in my watch whole nights;
[ISA.21.9] and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken to the ground.
[ISA.21.10] O you my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you.
[ISA.21.11] The burden of Dumah. One calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
[ISA.21.12] The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if you will inquire, inquire; return, come.
[ISA.21.13] The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, O you caravans of Dedanites.
[ISA.21.14] Bring water to him that is thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema; meet him that flees with his bread.
[ISA.21.15] For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
[ISA.21.16] For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
[ISA.21.17] and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, has spoken it.
[ISA.22.1] The burden of the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have all gone up to the housetops?
[ISA.22.2] You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
[ISA.22.3] All your rulers fled together, they are bound by the archers; all that are found in you are bound together; they fled far away.
[ISA.22.4] Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
[ISA.22.5] For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.
[ISA.22.6] And Elam bore the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
[ISA.22.7] And it came to pass, that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
[ISA.22.8] And he took away the covering of Judah; and you did look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
[ISA.22.9] And you saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
[ISA.22.10] And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and broke down the houses to fortify the wall.
[ISA.22.11] You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but you have not looked to him that has done this, neither have you had respect for him that fashioned it long ago.
[ISA.22.12] And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to wearing sackcloth:
[ISA.22.13] and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
[ISA.22.14] And Jehovah of hosts revealed in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be atoned for you till you die, says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
[ISA.22.15] Thus says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
[ISA.22.16] What are you doing here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed yourself out here a tomb, who hews himself out a tomb on high, and who cuts himself a habitation in the rock?
[ISA.22.17] Behold, Jehovah will hurl you away violently, O strong man; yes, he will wrap you up closely.
[ISA.22.18] He will surely wind you round and round, and toss you like a ball into a large country; there shall you die, and there shall be the chariots of your glory, you shame of your lord's house.
[ISA.22.19] And I will thrust you from your office; and from your station shall you be pulled down.
[ISA.22.20] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
[ISA.22.21] and I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your belt, and I will commit your government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
[ISA.22.22] And the key of the house of David will I lay on his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
[ISA.22.23] And I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house.
[ISA.22.24] And they shall hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, every small vessel, from the cups even to all the pitchers.
[ISA.22.25] In that day, says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was on it shall be cut off; for Jehovah has spoken it.
[ISA.23.1] The burden of Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
[ISA.23.2] Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
[ISA.23.3] And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of nations.
[ISA.23.4] Be ashamed, Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.
[ISA.23.5] When the report comes to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
[ISA.23.6] Pass over to Tarshish; wail, you inhabitants of the coast.
[ISA.23.7] Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days, whose feet carried her afar off to sojourn?
[ISA.23.8] Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
[ISA.23.9] Jehovah of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
[ISA.23.10] Pass through your land as the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.
[ISA.23.11] He has stretched out his hand over the sea, he has shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah has given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy its strongholds.
[ISA.23.12] And he said, You shall no more rejoice, you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon: arise, pass over to Kittim; even there you shall have no rest.
[ISA.23.13] Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness; they set up their towers; they raised up the palaces thereof; he made it a ruin.
[ISA.23.14] Wail, you ships of Tarshish; for your stronghold is laid waste.
[ISA.23.15] And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years it shall be to Tyre as in the song of the harlot.
[ISA.23.16] Take a harp, go about the city, you harlot that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
[ISA.23.17] And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her hire, and shall play the harlot with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
[ISA.23.18] And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
[ISA.24.1] Behold, Jehovah makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters the inhabitants of it.
[ISA.24.2] And it will be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
[ISA.24.3] The earth will be utterly emptied, and utterly laid waste; for Jehovah has spoken this word.
[ISA.24.4] The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the proud people of the earth do languish.
[ISA.24.5] The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
[ISA.24.6] Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell on it are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
[ISA.24.7] The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
[ISA.24.8] The mirth of timbrels ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases.
[ISA.24.9] They will not drink wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.
[ISA.24.10] The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
[ISA.24.11] There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
[ISA.24.12] In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
[ISA.24.13] For thus will it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
[ISA.24.14] These will lift up their voice, they will shout; for the majesty of Jehovah they cry aloud from the sea.
[ISA.24.15] Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
[ISA.24.16] From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe to me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
[ISA.24.17] Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
[ISA.24.18] And it will come to pass, that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
[ISA.24.19] The earth is utterly broken, the earth is torn apart, the earth is shaken violently.
[ISA.24.20] The earth will reel to and fro like a drunkard, and will be moved to and fro like a hut; and the transgression of it will be heavy upon it, and it will fall, and not rise again.
[ISA.24.21] And it will come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will punish the host of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
[ISA.24.22] And they will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days will they be visited.
[ISA.24.23] Then the moon will be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.
[ISA.25.1] O Jehovah, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.
[ISA.25.2] For you have made of a city a heap; of a fortified city, a ruin: a palace of foreigners to be no city; it will never be built.
[ISA.25.3] Therefore a strong people will glorify you; a city of terrible nations will fear you.
[ISA.25.4] For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
[ISA.25.5] As the heat in a dry place, you will bring down the noise of foreigners; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones will be brought low.
[ISA.25.6] And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make to all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
[ISA.25.7] And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that is cast over all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations.
[ISA.25.8] He has swallowed up death forever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah has spoken it.
[ISA.25.9] And it will be said in that day, Look, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
[ISA.25.10] For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest, and Moab will be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
[ISA.25.11] And he will spread forth his hands in their midst, as he that swims spreads forth his hands to swim; but Jehovah will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands.
[ISA.25.12] And the fortress of the high fort of your walls has he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
[ISA.26.1] In that day will this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
[ISA.26.2] Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.
[ISA.26.3] You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you; because he trusts in you.
[ISA.26.4] Trust in Jehovah forever; for in Jehovah, even Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
[ISA.26.5] For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city: he lays it low, he lays it low even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust.
[ISA.26.6] The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
[ISA.26.7] The way of the just is uprightness: you who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
[ISA.26.8] Yes, in the way of your judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial name, is the desire of our soul.
[ISA.26.9] With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
[ISA.26.10] Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see the majesty of Jehovah.
[ISA.26.11] Jehovah, your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see: but they will see your zeal for the people, and be ashamed; yes, fire will devour your adversaries.
[ISA.26.12] Jehovah, you will ordain peace for us; for you have also worked all our works for us.
[ISA.26.13] O Jehovah our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us; but by you only will we make mention of your name.
[ISA.26.14] They are dead, they will not live; they are deceased, they will not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.
[ISA.26.15] You have increased the nation, O Jehovah, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land.
[ISA.26.16] Jehovah, in trouble have they visited you; they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
[ISA.26.17] Like as a woman with child, who draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain and cries out in her pangs; so we have been before you, O Jehovah.
[ISA.26.18] We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
[ISA.26.19] Your dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
[ISA.26.20] Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
[ISA.26.21] For, behold, Jehovah comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
[ISA.27.1] In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
[ISA.27.2] In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing of it.
[ISA.27.3] I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
[ISA.27.4] Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march through them, I would burn them together.
[ISA.27.5] Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yes, let him make peace with me.
[ISA.27.6] In days to come Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and bud; and they will fill the face of the world with fruit.
[ISA.27.7] Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by them?
[ISA.27.8] In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them; he has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
[ISA.27.9] Therefore by this will the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: in making all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, the Asherim and the sun-images will not stand up.
[ISA.27.10] For the fortified city is solitary, a dwelling deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there the calf will feed, and there will he lie down, and consume its branches.
[ISA.27.11] When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; the women will come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he who made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
[ISA.27.12] It will happen in that day, that Jehovah will beat off his fruit from the flowing stream of the River to the brook of Egypt; and you will be gathered one by one, you children of Israel.
[ISA.27.13] It will happen in that day, that a great trumpet will be blown; and they will come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they will worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
[ISA.28.1] Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
[ISA.28.2] Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one; like a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, like a flood of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast down to the earth with the hand.
[ISA.28.3] The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot.
[ISA.28.4] And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first-ripe fig before the summer; which when he who looks at it sees, while it is yet in his hand, he eats it up.
[ISA.28.5] In that day will Jehovah of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people;
[ISA.28.6] and for a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
[ISA.28.7] But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
[ISA.28.8] For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
[ISA.28.9] Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? those who are weaned from the milk, and removed from the breasts?
[ISA.28.10] For it is command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little.
[ISA.28.11] Indeed with stammering lips and with a strange tongue will he speak to this people;
[ISA.28.12] to whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
[ISA.28.13] Therefore the word of Jehovah will be to them command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
[ISA.28.14] Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, you scoffers, that rule this people who are in Jerusalem:
[ISA.28.15] Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge will pass through, it will not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves.
[ISA.28.16] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation: he who believes will not be in haste.
[ISA.28.17] And I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line; and the hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
[ISA.28.18] And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; when the overflowing scourge will pass through, then you will be trodden down by it.
[ISA.28.19] As often as it passes through, it will take you; for morning by morning it will pass through, by day and by night: and it will be nothing but terror to understand the message.
[ISA.28.20] For the bed is shorter than one can stretch himself on; and the covering narrower than he can wrap himself in.
[ISA.28.21] For Jehovah will rise up as in Mount Perazim, he will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his alien act.
[ISA.28.22] Now therefore do not be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, upon the whole earth.
[ISA.28.23] Give ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech.
[ISA.28.24] Does the plowman plow continually to sow? does he continually open and break the clods of his ground?
[ISA.28.25] When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter caraway, and sow cumin, and cast in wheat in rows, and barley in its appointed place, and spelt in its border?
[ISA.28.26] For his God instructs him aright, and teaches him.
[ISA.28.27] For caraway is not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon cumin; but caraway is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod.
[ISA.28.28] Grain for bread must be ground; but he will not always be threshing it; and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he does not grind it.
[ISA.28.29] This also comes forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
[ISA.29.1] Woe to Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add you year to year; let the feasts come round:
[ISA.29.2] then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be to me as Ariel.
[ISA.29.3] And I will encamp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against you.
[ISA.29.4] And you will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground, and your speech will be low out of the dust; and your voice will be as one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.
[ISA.29.5] But the multitude of your foes will be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passes away: yes, it will be in an instant suddenly.
[ISA.29.6] She will be visited by Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
[ISA.29.7] And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, will be as a dream, a vision of the night.
[ISA.29.8] And it will be as when a hungry man dreams, and, look, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and he drinks; but he awakes, and look, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so will the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against Mount Zion.
[ISA.29.9] Stay yourselves, and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
[ISA.29.10] For Jehovah has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
[ISA.29.11] And all visions have become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I cannot, for it is sealed:
[ISA.29.12] and the book is delivered to someone who is not learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I am not learned.
[ISA.29.13] And the Lord said, Since this people draw near me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, and their reverence of me is a commandment of men which has been taught them;
[ISA.29.14] therefore, look, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the discernment of their discerning men will be hid.
[ISA.29.15] Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?
[ISA.29.16] You turn things upside down! Will the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of its maker, He did not make me; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He has no understanding?
[ISA.29.17] Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be esteemed as a forest?
[ISA.29.18] And in that day the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
[ISA.29.19] And the meek will increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.29.20] For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who watch for iniquity are cut off;
[ISA.29.21] that make a man an offender in a cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.
[ISA.29.22] Therefore thus says Jehovah, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob will not now be ashamed, neither will his face now grow pale.
[ISA.29.23] But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they will sanctify my name; yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
[ISA.29.24] They also that err in spirit will come to understanding, and those that murmur will learn doctrine.
[ISA.30.1] Woe to the rebellious children, says Jehovah, that take counsel, but not from me; and that make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin;
[ISA.30.2] that set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
[ISA.30.3] Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
[ISA.30.4] For their princes are at Zoan, and their ambassadors are come to Hanes.
[ISA.30.5] They shall all be ashamed because of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
[ISA.30.6] The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they shall carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the backs of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
[ISA.30.7] For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sits still.
[ISA.30.8] Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
[ISA.30.9] For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;
[ISA.30.10] that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,
[ISA.30.11] get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
[ISA.30.12] Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it;
[ISA.30.13] therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly in an instant.
[ISA.30.14] And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces of it a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the cistern.
[ISA.30.15] For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and you were not willing,
[ISA.30.16] but you said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall you flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
[ISA.30.17] One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall you flee: till you are left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as a flag on a hill.
[ISA.30.18] And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.
[ISA.30.19] For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more; he will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear, he will answer you.
[ISA.30.20] And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be hidden any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers;
[ISA.30.21] and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it; when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.
[ISA.30.22] And you shall defile the overlaying of your graven images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold; you shall cast them away as an unclean thing; you shall say to it, Get away.
[ISA.30.23] And he will give the rain for your seed, with which you shall sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plentiful: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures;
[ISA.30.24] the oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
[ISA.30.25] And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
[ISA.30.26] Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.
[ISA.30.27] Behold, the name of Jehovah comes from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;
[ISA.30.28] and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causes to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.
[ISA.30.29] You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.
[ISA.30.30] And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descending of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
[ISA.30.31] For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he strike him.
[ISA.30.32] And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with the sound of tambourines and harps; and in battles of shaking will he fight with them.
[ISA.30.33] For a burning place has long been prepared; yes, for the king it is made ready; he has made it deep and large: the pile of it is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.
[ISA.31.1] Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek Jehovah!
[ISA.31.2] Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
[ISA.31.3] Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; and when Jehovah stretches out his hand, both he who helps will stumble, and he who is helped will fall, and they all will perish together.
[ISA.31.4] For thus says Jehovah to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them, so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon Mount Zion, and upon its hill.
[ISA.31.5] As birds flying, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and preserve it.
[ISA.31.6] Turn to him from whom you have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
[ISA.31.7] For in that day every man will cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made for you for a sin.
[ISA.31.8] And the Assyrian will fall by the sword, not of man, and the sword, not of mankind, will devour him; and he will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.
[ISA.31.9] And his rock will pass away by reason of fear, and his princes will be afraid of the ensign, says Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
[ISA.32.1] Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
[ISA.32.2] And a man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covering from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
[ISA.32.3] And the eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
[ISA.32.4] And the heart of the hasty will understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
[ISA.32.5] The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel said to be generous.
[ISA.32.6] For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, and to speak error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
[ISA.32.7] The instruments also of the scoundrel are evil; he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
[ISA.32.8] But the noble devises noble things; and in noble things he will continue.
[ISA.32.9] Rise up, you women at ease, and hear my voice; you careless daughters, give ear to my speech.
[ISA.32.10] For days beyond a year you will be troubled, you careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the harvest shall not come.
[ISA.32.11] Tremble, you women that are at ease; be troubled, you careless ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
[ISA.32.12] They will beat upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
[ISA.32.13] Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
[ISA.32.14] For the palace will be forsaken; the populous city will be deserted; the hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
[ISA.32.15] until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is counted for a forest.
[ISA.32.16] Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will abide in the fruitful field.
[ISA.32.17] And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
[ISA.32.18] And my people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
[ISA.32.19] But it will hail in the downfall of the forest; and the city will be utterly laid low.
[ISA.32.20] Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
[ISA.33.1] Woe to you that destroy, and you were not destroyed; and deal treacherously, and they did not deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.
[ISA.33.2] O Jehovah, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
[ISA.33.3] At the noise of the tumult the peoples have fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations are scattered.
[ISA.33.4] And your spoil will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers: as locusts leap will men leap upon it.
[ISA.33.5] Jehovah is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
[ISA.33.6] And there will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is your treasure.
[ISA.33.7] Behold, their valiant ones cry outside; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
[ISA.33.8] The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man.
[ISA.33.9] The land mourns and languishes: Lebanon is confounded and withers away: Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
[ISA.33.10] Now will I arise, says Jehovah; now will I lift myself up; now will I be exalted.
[ISA.33.11] You will conceive chaff, you will bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that will devour you.
[ISA.33.12] And the peoples will be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
[ISA.33.13] Hear, you that are far off, what I have done; and, you that are near, acknowledge my might.
[ISA.33.14] The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
[ISA.33.15] He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil:
[ISA.33.16] He will dwell on high; his place of defense will be the munitions of rocks; his bread will be given him; his waters will be sure.
[ISA.33.17] Your eyes will see the king in his beauty: they will behold a land that reaches afar.
[ISA.33.18] Your heart will muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute? where is he that counted the towers?
[ISA.33.19] You will not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you cannot comprehend, of a strange tongue that you cannot understand.
[ISA.33.20] Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes will see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that will not be removed, its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
[ISA.33.21] But there Jehovah will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein will go no galley with oars, neither will any gallant ship pass thereby.
[ISA.33.22] For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.
[ISA.33.23] Your cords have become loose; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
[ISA.33.24] And the inhabitant will not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
[ISA.34.1] Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, you peoples: let the earth hear, and the fullness of it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.
[ISA.34.2] For Jehovah has indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he has utterly destroyed them, he has delivered them to the slaughter.
[ISA.34.3] Their slain also will be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies will come up; and the mountains will be melted with their blood.
[ISA.34.4] And all the host of heaven will be dissolved, and the heavens will be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host will fade away, as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as a fading leaf from the fig-tree.
[ISA.34.5] For my sword will be bathed in heaven: behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, to judgment.
[ISA.34.6] The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for Jehovah has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
[ISA.34.7] And the wild oxen will come down with them, and the young bulls with the mighty bulls; and their land will be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
[ISA.34.8] For Jehovah has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
[ISA.34.9] And its streams will be turned into pitch, and its dust into brimstone, and its land will become burning pitch.
[ISA.34.10] It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will go up forever: from generation to generation it will lie waste; none will pass through it forever and ever.
[ISA.34.11] But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it; and the owl and the raven will dwell in it: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
[ISA.34.12] They will call its nobles to the kingdom, but none will be there; and all its princes will be nothing.
[ISA.34.13] And thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses: and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.
[ISA.34.14] And the wild beasts of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow; yes, the night creature will settle there, and will find for herself a place of rest.
[ISA.34.15] There the dart-snake will make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; yes, there the vultures will be gathered, each one with her mate.
[ISA.34.16] Seek you out of the book of Jehovah, and read: not one of these will be missing, none will lack her mate; for my mouth, it has commanded, and his Spirit, it has gathered them.
[ISA.34.17] And he has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them by line: they will possess it forever; from generation to generation they will dwell in it.
[ISA.35.1] The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; and the desert will rejoice and blossom as the rose.
[ISA.35.2] It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God.
[ISA.35.3] Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
[ISA.35.4] Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, do not be afraid: behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
[ISA.35.5] Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
[ISA.35.6] Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
[ISA.35.7] And the burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water: in the habitation of jackals, where they lay, there will be grass with reeds and rushes.
[ISA.35.8] And a highway will be there, and a way, and it will be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean will not pass over it, but it will be for those: the travelers, though fools, will not err.
[ISA.35.9] No lion will be there; nor will any ravenous beast go up on it; they will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.
[ISA.35.10] And the ransomed of Jehovah will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be upon their heads: they will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
[ISA.36.1] Now it happened in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
[ISA.36.2] And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
[ISA.36.3] Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, went out to him.
[ISA.36.4] And Rabshakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, The great king, the king of Assyria, says, What confidence is this in which you trust?
[ISA.36.5] I say, your counsel and strength for war are but vain words: now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
[ISA.36.6] Behold, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
[ISA.36.7] But if you say to me, We trust in Jehovah our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?
[ISA.36.8] Now therefore, give pledges, I urge you, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders upon them.
[ISA.36.9] How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
[ISA.36.10] And have I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
[ISA.36.11] Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, Speak, please, to your servants in Aramaic; for we understand it: and do not speak to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
[ISA.36.12] But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own filth and drink their own urine with you?
[ISA.36.13] Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
[ISA.36.14] The king says, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.
[ISA.36.15] Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us: this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
[ISA.36.16] Do not listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me; and eat every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink everyone the waters of his own cistern;
[ISA.36.17] until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
[ISA.36.18] Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered their land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
[ISA.36.19] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
[ISA.36.20] Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
[ISA.36.21] But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, Do not answer him.
[ISA.36.22] Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
[ISA.37.1] And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.
[ISA.37.2] And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
[ISA.37.3] And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of disgrace; for the children have come to birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
[ISA.37.4] It may be Jehovah your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah your God has heard: therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
[ISA.37.5] So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
[ISA.37.6] And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says Jehovah, Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
[ISA.37.7] Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
[ISA.37.8] So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had left Lachish.
[ISA.37.9] And he heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come out to fight against you. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
[ISA.37.10] Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
[ISA.37.11] Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shall you be delivered?
[ISA.37.12] Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
[ISA.37.13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?
[ISA.37.14] And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up to the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
[ISA.37.15] And Hezekiah prayed to Jehovah, saying,
[ISA.37.16] O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, who sit upon the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
[ISA.37.17] Incline your ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open your eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
[ISA.37.18] Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their land,
[ISA.37.19] and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
[ISA.37.20] Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Jehovah, even you only.
[ISA.37.21] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
[ISA.37.22] this is the word which Jehovah has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
[ISA.37.23] Whom have you defied and blasphemed? And against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.37.24] By your servants have you defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
[ISA.37.25] I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
[ISA.37.26] Have you not heard long ago, how I have done it, and of ancient times, that I have formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that you should be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
[ISA.37.27] Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field before it has grown up.
[ISA.37.28] But I know your sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against me.
[ISA.37.29] Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up to my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
[ISA.37.30] And this shall be the sign to you: you shall eat this year that which grows of itself; and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.
[ISA.37.31] And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
[ISA.37.32] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion they that shall escape: the zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
[ISA.37.33] Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shields, nor cast up a mound against it.
[ISA.37.34] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Jehovah.
[ISA.37.35] For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
[ISA.37.36] And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
[ISA.37.37] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
[ISA.37.38] And it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
[ISA.38.1] In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Jehovah, Set your house in order; for you will die, and not live.
[ISA.38.2] Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,
[ISA.38.3] and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept greatly.
[ISA.38.4] Then the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,
[ISA.38.5] Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says Jehovah, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years.
[ISA.38.6] And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city.
[ISA.38.7] And this shall be the sign to you from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he has spoken:
[ISA.38.8] behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to go backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps, by which steps it had gone down.
[ISA.38.9] The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered from his sickness:
[ISA.38.10] I said, In the prime of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
[ISA.38.11] I said, I shall not see Jehovah, even Jehovah, in the land of the living: I shall look on man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
[ISA.38.12] My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up my life like a weaver; he will cut me off from the loom: from day to night you will make an end of me.
[ISA.38.13] I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaks all my bones: from day to night you will make an end of me.
[ISA.38.14] Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; my eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be my surety.
[ISA.38.15] What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
[ISA.38.16] O Lord, by these things men live; and wholly therein is the life of my spirit: so recover me, and make me live.
[ISA.38.17] Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness: but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
[ISA.38.18] For Sheol cannot praise you, death cannot celebrate you: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth.
[ISA.38.19] The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth.
[ISA.38.20] Jehovah is ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
[ISA.38.21] Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster on the boil, and he shall recover.
[ISA.38.22] Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of Jehovah?
[ISA.39.1] At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
[ISA.39.2] Hezekiah was glad about them, and showed them the house of his treasure, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.
[ISA.39.3] Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say? and from where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, They have come to me from a far country, even from Babylon.
[ISA.39.4] Then he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, They have seen all that is in my house: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.
[ISA.39.5] Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts:
[ISA.39.6] Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon: nothing will be left, says Jehovah.
[ISA.39.7] And of your sons that will issue from you, whom you will father, they will take away; and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
[ISA.39.8] Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which you have spoken. He said moreover, For there will be peace and truth in my days.
[ISA.40.1] Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.
[ISA.40.2] Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.
[ISA.40.3] The voice of one that cries, Prepare in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
[ISA.40.4] Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
[ISA.40.5] And the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken it.
[ISA.40.6] A voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field.
[ISA.40.7] The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of Jehovah blows upon it; surely the people is grass.
[ISA.40.8] The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
[ISA.40.9] Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, that brings good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, that brings good news; lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
[ISA.40.10] Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
[ISA.40.11] He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that have their young.
[ISA.40.12] Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
[ISA.40.13] Who has directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counselor has taught him?
[ISA.40.14] With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
[ISA.40.15] Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing.
[ISA.40.16] Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
[ISA.40.17] All the nations are as nothing before him; they are counted by him as less than nothing, and vanity.
[ISA.40.18] To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to him?
[ISA.40.19] The graven image, a workman melts it, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.
[ISA.40.20] He that is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks to himself a skillful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
[ISA.40.21] Have you not known? have you not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
[ISA.40.22] It is he that sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in;
[ISA.40.23] that brings princes to nothing; that makes the judges of the earth as vanity.
[ISA.40.24] Yes, they have not been planted; yes, they have not been sown; yes, their stem has not taken root in the earth: moreover he blows upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.
[ISA.40.25] To whom then will you liken me, that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One.
[ISA.40.26] Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, that brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
[ISA.40.27] Why say you, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, my way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?
[ISA.40.28] Have you not known? have you not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
[ISA.40.29] He gives power to the faint; and to him that has no might he increases strength.
[ISA.40.30] Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;
[ISA.40.31] but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
[ISA.41.1] Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together for judgment.
[ISA.41.2] Who has raised up one from the east, whom he calls in righteousness to his foot? He gives nations before him, and makes him rule over kings; he gives them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
[ISA.41.3] He pursues them, and passes on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
[ISA.41.4] Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.
[ISA.41.5] The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.
[ISA.41.6] They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.
[ISA.41.7] So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
[ISA.41.8] But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
[ISA.41.9] you whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the corners of it, and said to you, You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;
[ISA.41.10] fear not, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
[ISA.41.11] Behold, all they that are incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with you shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
[ISA.41.12] You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even them that contend with you: they that war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing.
[ISA.41.13] For I, Jehovah your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Fear not; I will help you.
[ISA.41.14] Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says Jehovah, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.41.15] Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.
[ISA.41.16] You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and you shall rejoice in Jehovah, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.41.17] The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst; I Jehovah will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
[ISA.41.18] I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
[ISA.41.19] I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together;
[ISA.41.20] that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
[ISA.41.21] Produce your cause, says Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.
[ISA.41.22] Let them bring them forth, and declare to us what shall happen: declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.
[ISA.41.23] Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; yes, do good, or do harm, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
[ISA.41.24] Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing; an abomination is he that chooses you.
[ISA.41.25] I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun he shall call on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
[ISA.41.26] Who has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is right? Yes, there is none that declares, yes, there is none that shows, yes, there is none that hears your words.
[ISA.41.27] I am the first to say to Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings.
[ISA.41.28] And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
[ISA.41.29] Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing; their molten images are wind and confusion.
[ISA.42.1] Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
[ISA.42.2] He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
[ISA.42.3] A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.
[ISA.42.4] He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he has set justice in the earth; and the isles will wait for his law.
[ISA.42.5] Thus says God Jehovah, he who created the heavens, and stretched them out; he who spread forth the earth and that which comes out of it; he who gives breath to its people upon it, and spirit to those who walk in it.
[ISA.42.6] I, Jehovah, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations;
[ISA.42.7] to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
[ISA.42.8] I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
[ISA.42.9] Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
[ISA.42.10] Sing to Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the isles, and the inhabitants of them.
[ISA.42.11] Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
[ISA.42.12] Let them give glory to Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.
[ISA.42.13] Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yes, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
[ISA.42.14] I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
[ISA.42.15] I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
[ISA.42.16] I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know; in paths that they do not know will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
[ISA.42.17] They will be turned back, they will be greatly put to shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, You are our gods.
[ISA.42.18] Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
[ISA.42.19] Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he who is at peace with me, and blind as Jehovah's servant?
[ISA.42.20] You see many things, but you do not observe; his ears are open, but he does not hear.
[ISA.42.21] It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
[ISA.42.22] But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison-houses: they are for a prey, and no one delivers; for a spoil, and no one says, Restore.
[ISA.42.23] Who is there among you that will give ear to this? who will listen and hear for the time to come?
[ISA.42.24] Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not Jehovah, he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient to his law?
[ISA.42.25] Therefore he poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of war; and it set him on fire all around, yet he did not know; and it burned him, yet he did not lay it to heart.
[ISA.43.1] But now thus says Jehovah who created you, O Jacob, and he who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
[ISA.43.2] When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, neither will the flame scorch you.
[ISA.43.3] For I am Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
[ISA.43.4] Since you are precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved you; therefore will I give men in your place, and peoples instead of your life.
[ISA.43.5] Do not be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your descendants from the east, and gather you from the west;
[ISA.43.6] I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not hold back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
[ISA.43.7] everyone who is called by my name, whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.
[ISA.43.8] Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
[ISA.43.9] Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is true.
[ISA.43.10] You are my witnesses, says Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.
[ISA.43.11] I, even I, am Jehovah; and beside me there is no savior.
[ISA.43.12] I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says Jehovah, and I am God.
[ISA.43.13] Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is none who can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can turn it back?
[ISA.43.14] Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, and the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
[ISA.43.15] I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
[ISA.43.16] Thus says Jehovah, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
[ISA.43.17] who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power (they lie down together, they will not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):
[ISA.43.18] Do not remember the former things, neither consider the things of old.
[ISA.43.19] Behold, I will do a new thing; now it will spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
[ISA.43.20] The beasts of the field will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
[ISA.43.21] the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise.
[ISA.43.22] Yet you have not called upon me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel.
[ISA.43.23] You have not brought me the sheep of your burnt-offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with incense.
[ISA.43.24] You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities.
[ISA.43.25] I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
[ISA.43.26] Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set forth your case, that you may be justified.
[ISA.43.27] Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
[ISA.43.28] Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reproach.
[ISA.44.1] Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen:
[ISA.44.2] Thus says Jehovah that made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
[ISA.44.3] For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your seed, and my blessing upon your offspring:
[ISA.44.4] and they will spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
[ISA.44.5] One will say, I am Jehovah's; and another will call himself by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand, for Jehovah, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
[ISA.44.6] Thus says Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
[ISA.44.7] And who, as I, will call, and will declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? And the things that are coming, and that will happen, let them declare.
[ISA.44.8] Fear not, neither be afraid: have I not declared to you of old, and showed it? And you are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? indeed, there is no Rock; I do not know any.
[ISA.44.9] Those who make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delightful things shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
[ISA.44.10] Who has formed a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
[ISA.44.11] Behold, all his fellows will be put to shame; and the workmen, they are mere men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they will fear, they will be put to shame together.
[ISA.44.12] The smith makes an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm; yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
[ISA.44.13] The carpenter stretches out a line; he marks it out with a pencil; he shapes it with planes, and he marks it out with the compasses, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in the house.
[ISA.44.14] He hews down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and makes some of the trees of the forest strong: he plants a fir, and the rain nourishes it.
[ISA.44.15] Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread: yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a graven image, and falls down to it.
[ISA.44.16] He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
[ISA.44.17] And the rest of it he makes into a god, into his graven image: he falls down to it and worships, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me; for you are my god.
[ISA.44.18] They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
[ISA.44.19] And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on its coals; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and will I make the rest of it into an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
[ISA.44.20] He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
[ISA.44.21] Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
[ISA.44.22] I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.
[ISA.44.23] Sing, O heavens, for Jehovah has done it; shout, you lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it: for Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
[ISA.44.24] Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am Jehovah, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?);
[ISA.44.25] who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
[ISA.44.26] who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, She will be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They will be built, and I will raise up their waste places;
[ISA.44.27] who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers;
[ISA.44.28] who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She will be built; and of the temple, Your foundation will be laid.
[ISA.45.1] Thus says Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
[ISA.45.2] I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut apart the bars of iron;
[ISA.45.3] and I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Jehovah, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
[ISA.45.4] For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name; I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
[ISA.45.5] I am Jehovah, and there is no other; besides me there is no God. I have girded you, though you have not known me;
[ISA.45.6] that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Jehovah, and there is no other.
[ISA.45.7] I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, who does all these things.
[ISA.45.8] Distill, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, that it may be fruitful in salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up together; I, Jehovah, have created it.
[ISA.45.9] Woe to him that strives with his Maker! A potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that shapes it, What are you making? or your work, He has no hands?
[ISA.45.10] Woe to him that says to a father, What do you father? or to a woman, With what are you in labor?
[ISA.45.11] Thus says Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command me.
[ISA.45.12] I have made the earth, and created humanity upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
[ISA.45.13] I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his paths; he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, says Jehovah of hosts.
[ISA.45.14] Thus says Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours: they shall go after you; in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down to you, they shall make supplication to you, saying, Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there is no other God.
[ISA.45.15] Truly you are a God that hides yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
[ISA.45.16] They shall be put to shame, yes, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.
[ISA.45.17] But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
[ISA.45.18] For thus says Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and did not create it a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is no other.
[ISA.45.19] I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
[ISA.45.20] Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that have escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry about the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god that cannot save.
[ISA.45.21] Declare and bring it forth; yes, let them take counsel together: who has shown this from ancient time? who has declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is no other besides me.
[ISA.45.22] Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
[ISA.45.23] By myself I have sworn, the word has gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
[ISA.45.24] Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be put to shame.
[ISA.45.25] In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
[ISA.46.1] Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their images are on the animals, and on the cattle: the things you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary animal.
[ISA.46.2] They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
[ISA.46.3] Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried by me from the birth, that have been carried from the womb;
[ISA.46.4] and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you; I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
[ISA.46.5] To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
[ISA.46.6] Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.
[ISA.46.7] They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands; it does not move from its place: yes, someone may cry to it, yet it cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
[ISA.46.8] Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, you transgressors.
[ISA.46.9] Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
[ISA.46.10] declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
[ISA.46.11] calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have planned, I will also do it.
[ISA.46.12] Listen to me, you stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness:
[ISA.46.13] I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
[ISA.47.1] Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you will no more be called tender and delicate.
[ISA.47.2] Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove your veil, strip off the skirt, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
[ISA.47.3] Your nakedness will be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen: I will take vengeance, and will spare no man.
[ISA.47.4] Our Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.47.5] Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you will no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
[ISA.47.6] I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy; upon the aged you have very heavily laid your yoke.
[ISA.47.7] And you said, I will be a mistress forever; so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.
[ISA.47.8] Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, I am, and there is no one else besides me; I will not sit as a widow, neither will I know the loss of children:
[ISA.47.9] But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: in their full measure they will come upon you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
[ISA.47.10] For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, None sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one else besides me.
[ISA.47.11] Therefore will evil come upon you; you will not know the dawning of it: and mischief will fall upon you; you will not be able to put it away: and desolation will come upon you suddenly, which you will not know.
[ISA.47.12] Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if perhaps you will be able to profit, if you may prevail.
[ISA.47.13] You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that will come upon you.
[ISA.47.14] Behold, they will be as stubble; the fire will burn them; they will not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it will not be a coal to warm by, nor a fire to sit before.
[ISA.47.15] Thus will the things be to you in which you have labored: those who have trafficked with you from your youth will wander each one to his quarter; there will be none to save you.
[ISA.48.1] Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
[ISA.48.2] (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts is his name):
[ISA.48.3] I have declared the former things from of old; yes, they went forth out of my mouth, and I made them known: suddenly I did them, and they happened.
[ISA.48.4] Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
[ISA.48.5] therefore I have declared it to you from of old; before it happened I made you hear it; lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them.
[ISA.48.6] You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? I have made you hear new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.
[ISA.48.7] They are created now, and not from of old; and before this day you heard them not; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them.
[ISA.48.8] Indeed, you heard not; indeed, you knew not; indeed, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
[ISA.48.9] For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I cut you not off.
[ISA.48.10] Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
[ISA.48.11] For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for why should my name be profaned? And my glory will I not give to another.
[ISA.48.12] Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
[ISA.48.13] Indeed, my hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together.
[ISA.48.14] Assemble, all of you, and hear; who among them has declared these things? Jehovah has loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm will be on the Chaldeans.
[ISA.48.15] I, even I, have spoken; indeed, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
[ISA.48.16] Come near to me, hear this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there I am: and now the Lord Jehovah has sent me, and his Spirit.
[ISA.48.17] Thus says Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
[ISA.48.18] Oh that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:
[ISA.48.19] your seed also would have been as the sand, and the descendants of your body like its grains: their name would not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
[ISA.48.20] Go forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans; with a voice of singing declare, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth: say, Jehovah has redeemed his servant Jacob.
[ISA.48.21] And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he made the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he cleaved the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
[ISA.48.22] There is no peace, says Jehovah, to the wicked.
[ISA.49.1] Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Jehovah has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:
[ISA.49.2] and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:
[ISA.49.3] and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
[ISA.49.4] But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my reward with my God.
[ISA.49.5] And now says Jehovah that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God has become my strength);
[ISA.49.6] yes, he says, It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
[ISA.49.7] Thus says Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to the despised of man, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall bow down; because of Jehovah that is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
[ISA.49.8] Thus says Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
[ISA.49.9] saying to those that are bound, Go forth; to those that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
[ISA.49.10] They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he that has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.
[ISA.49.11] And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
[ISA.49.12] Look, these shall come from far; and look, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
[ISA.49.13] Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break forth into singing, mountains: for Jehovah has comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.
[ISA.49.14] But Zion said, Jehovah has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.
[ISA.49.15] Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
[ISA.49.16] Look, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
[ISA.49.17] Your children hurry; your destroyers and those that made you waste shall go forth from you.
[ISA.49.18] Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says Jehovah, you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride.
[ISA.49.19] For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now shall you be too tight for the inhabitants, and those that swallowed you up shall be far away.
[ISA.49.20] The children of your bereavement shall yet say in your ears, The place is too tight for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
[ISA.49.21] Then shall you say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, a captive, and wandering to and fro? and who has brought up these? Look, I was left alone; these, where were they?
[ISA.49.22] Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in the bosom, and your daughters shall be carried upon the shoulders.
[ISA.49.23] And kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Jehovah; and those that wait for me shall not be disappointed.
[ISA.49.24] Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?
[ISA.49.25] But thus says Jehovah, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contends with you, and I will save your children.
[ISA.49.26] And I will feed those that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
[ISA.50.1] Thus says Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
[ISA.50.2] Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
[ISA.50.3] I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
[ISA.50.4] The Lord Jehovah has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
[ISA.50.5] The Lord Jehovah has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
[ISA.50.6] I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
[ISA.50.7] For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
[ISA.50.8] He is near who justifies me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is my adversary? let him come near to me.
[ISA.50.9] Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
[ISA.50.10] Who is among you that fears Jehovah, that obeys the voice of his servant? he that walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
[ISA.50.11] Behold, all you that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.
[ISA.51.1] Listen to me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek Jehovah: look to the rock from where you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit from where you were dug.
[ISA.51.2] Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah that bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
[ISA.51.3] For Jehovah has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness will be found in them, thanksgiving, and the sound of melody.
[ISA.51.4] Listen to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law will proceed from me, and I will set my justice for a light of the peoples.
[ISA.51.5] My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the islands will wait for me, and on my arm will they trust.
[ISA.51.6] Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment; and they that dwell in it will die in the same way: but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
[ISA.51.7] Listen to me, you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; do not fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults.
[ISA.51.8] For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.
[ISA.51.9] Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not you that cut Rahab in pieces, that pierced the monster?
[ISA.51.10] Is it not you that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
[ISA.51.11] And the ransomed of Jehovah will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads: they will obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
[ISA.51.12] I, even I, am he that comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man that will die, and of the son of man that will be made as grass;
[ISA.51.13] and have forgotten Jehovah your Maker, that stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
[ISA.51.14] The captive exile will speedily be released; and he will not die and go down into the pit, neither will his bread fail.
[ISA.51.15] For I am Jehovah your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
[ISA.51.16] And I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, You are my people.
[ISA.51.17] Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; you have drunk the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
[ISA.51.18] There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any that takes her by the hand among all the sons that she has brought up.
[ISA.51.19] These two things have come to you; who will bemoan you? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how will I comfort you?
[ISA.51.20] Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net: they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of your God.
[ISA.51.21] Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
[ISA.51.22] Thus says your Lord Jehovah, and your God that pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you will no more drink it again:
[ISA.51.23] and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict you, that have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street, to those that go over.
[ISA.52.1] Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
[ISA.52.2] Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit on your throne, O Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
[ISA.52.3] For thus says Jehovah, You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.
[ISA.52.4] For thus says the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
[ISA.52.5] Now therefore, what do I here, says Jehovah, seeing that My people is taken away for nothing? they that rule over them do howl, says Jehovah, and My name continually all the day is blasphemed.
[ISA.52.6] Therefore My people shall know My name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am He who speaks: behold, it is I.
[ISA.52.7] How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good news, that publishes peace, that brings good news of good, that publishes salvation, that says to Zion, Your God reigns!
[ISA.52.8] The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah returns to Zion.
[ISA.52.9] Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.
[ISA.52.10] Jehovah has made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
[ISA.52.11] Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, you that bear the vessels of Jehovah.
[ISA.52.12] For you shall not go out in haste, nor will you go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
[ISA.52.13] Behold, My servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
[ISA.52.14] Just as many were astonished at you (His appearance was marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men),
[ISA.52.15] so shall He sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at Him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
[ISA.53.1] Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of Jehovah been revealed?
[ISA.53.2] For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
[ISA.53.3] He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we did not value him.
[ISA.53.4] Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we considered him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
[ISA.53.5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the punishment of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
[ISA.53.6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
[ISA.53.7] He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he did not open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he did not open his mouth.
[ISA.53.8] By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due?
[ISA.53.9] And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
[ISA.53.10] Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
[ISA.53.11] He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
[ISA.53.12] Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
[ISA.54.1] Sing, barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says Jehovah.
[ISA.54.2] Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; do not spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
[ISA.54.3] For you shall spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
[ISA.54.4] Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood you shall remember no more.
[ISA.54.5] For your Maker is your husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
[ISA.54.6] For Jehovah has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, says your God.
[ISA.54.7] For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
[ISA.54.8] In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on you, says Jehovah your Redeemer.
[ISA.54.9] For this is as the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
[ISA.54.10] For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving-kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, says Jehovah that has mercy on you.
[ISA.54.11] O you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires.
[ISA.54.12] And I will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your borders of precious stones.
[ISA.54.13] And all your children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of your children.
[ISA.54.14] In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
[ISA.54.15] Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever gathers together against you shall fall because of you.
[ISA.54.16] Behold, I have created the smith that blows the fire of coals, and brings forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
[ISA.54.17] No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is from me, says Jehovah.
[ISA.55.1] Ho, everyone that thirsts, come to the waters, and he that has no money; come, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
[ISA.55.2] Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
[ISA.55.3] Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
[ISA.55.4] Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
[ISA.55.5] Behold, you shall call a nation that you know not; and a nation that knew not you shall run to you, because of Jehovah your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.
[ISA.55.6] Seek Jehovah while he may be found; call upon him while he is near:
[ISA.55.7] let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
[ISA.55.8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Jehovah.
[ISA.55.9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
[ISA.55.10] For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven, and returns not there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
[ISA.55.11] so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing where I sent it.
[ISA.55.12] For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
[ISA.55.13] Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
[ISA.56.1] Thus says Jehovah, Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
[ISA.56.2] Blessed is the man that does this, and the son of man that holds it fast; that keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
[ISA.56.3] Neither let the foreigner, that has joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
[ISA.56.4] For thus says Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
[ISA.56.5] To them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that will not be cut off.
[ISA.56.6] Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister to him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, everyone that keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;
[ISA.56.7] Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted upon my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
[ISA.56.8] The Lord Jehovah, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own that are gathered.
[ISA.56.9] All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest.
[ISA.56.10] His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
[ISA.56.11] Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, everyone to his gain, from every quarter.
[ISA.56.12] Come you, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as this day, a day great beyond measure.
[ISA.57.1] The righteous dies, and no one takes it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
[ISA.57.2] He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walked in his uprightness.
[ISA.57.3] But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
[ISA.57.4] Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
[ISA.57.5] you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
[ISA.57.6] Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; even to them have you poured a drink offering, you have offered a meal offering. Should I be appeased for these things?
[ISA.57.7] Upon a high and lofty mountain have you set your bed; there also did you go up to offer sacrifice.
[ISA.57.8] Behind the doors and the posts have you set up your memorial; for you have uncovered yourself to another than me, and have gone up, you have enlarged your bed, and made a covenant with them; you loved their bed where you saw it.
[ISA.57.9] And you went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your messengers far off, and debased yourself even to Sheol.
[ISA.57.10] You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you did not say, It is in vain: you found a quickening of your strength; therefore you were not faint.
[ISA.57.11] Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you have lied, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Have not I held my peace even of old, and you do not fear me?
[ISA.57.12] I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.
[ISA.57.13] When you cry, let your gathering deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
[ISA.57.14] And he shall say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
[ISA.57.15] For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
[ISA.57.16] For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls whom I have made.
[ISA.57.17] For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid my face and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
[ISA.57.18] I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
[ISA.57.19] I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says Jehovah; and I will heal him.
[ISA.57.20] But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
[ISA.57.21] There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
[ISA.58.1] Cry aloud, do not hold back, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
[ISA.58.2] Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
[ISA.58.3] Why have we fasted, say they, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
[ISA.58.4] Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
[ISA.58.5] Is such the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
[ISA.58.6] Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
[ISA.58.7] Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
[ISA.58.8] Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your healing shall spring forth speedily; and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of Jehovah shall be your rear guard.
[ISA.58.9] Then shall you call, and Jehovah will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
[ISA.58.10] and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
[ISA.58.11] and Jehovah will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
[ISA.58.12] And they that shall be of you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
[ISA.58.13] If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of Jehovah, honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
[ISA.58.14] then shall you delight yourself in Jehovah; and I will make you ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken it.
[ISA.59.1] Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
[ISA.59.2] but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
[ISA.59.3] For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.
[ISA.59.4] None calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
[ISA.59.5] They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
[ISA.59.6] Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
[ISA.59.7] Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
[ISA.59.8] The way of peace they do not know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.
[ISA.59.9] Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
[ISA.59.10] We grope for the wall like the blind, yes, we grope as those that have no eyes: we stumble at noon as in the twilight; among them that are strong we are as dead men.
[ISA.59.11] We all roar like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
[ISA.59.12] For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
[ISA.59.13] transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
[ISA.59.14] And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
[ISA.59.15] Yes, truth is lacking; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
[ISA.59.16] And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.
[ISA.59.17] And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
[ISA.59.18] According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
[ISA.59.19] So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah drives.
[ISA.59.20] And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those that turn from transgression in Jacob, says Jehovah.
[ISA.59.21] And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your children, nor out of the mouth of your children's children, says Jehovah, from henceforth and forever.
[ISA.60.1] Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Jehovah has risen upon you.
[ISA.60.2] For, behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.
[ISA.60.3] And nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
[ISA.60.4] Lift up your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to you; your sons will come from far, and your daughters will be carried in the arms.
[ISA.60.5] Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.
[ISA.60.6] The multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba will come; they will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Jehovah.
[ISA.60.7] All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you; they will come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.
[ISA.60.8] Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
[ISA.60.9] Surely the isles will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
[ISA.60.10] And foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.
[ISA.60.11] Your gates also will be open continually; they will not be shut day or night; that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
[ISA.60.12] For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you will perish; yes, those nations will be utterly wasted.
[ISA.60.13] The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
[ISA.60.14] And the sons of those who afflicted you will come bending to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they will call you The city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.60.15] Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
[ISA.60.16] You will also suck the milk of the nations, and will suck the breast of kings; and you will know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
[ISA.60.17] For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and your exactors righteousness.
[ISA.60.18] Violence will no more be heard in your land, desolation nor destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
[ISA.60.19] The sun will no more be your light by day; neither for brightness will the moon give light to you: but Jehovah will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
[ISA.60.20] Your sun will no more go down, neither will your moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be ended.
[ISA.60.21] Your people also will all be righteous; they will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
[ISA.60.22] The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.
[ISA.61.1] The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on me, because Jehovah has anointed me to bring good tidings to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
[ISA.61.2] to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
[ISA.61.3] to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he might be glorified.
[ISA.61.4] And they will build the ancient ruins, they will raise up the former desolations, and they will repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
[ISA.61.5] And strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
[ISA.61.6] But you will be named the priests of Jehovah; men will call you the ministers of our God: you will eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you will boast yourselves.
[ISA.61.7] Instead of your shame you will have double; and instead of dishonor they will rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they will possess double; everlasting joy will be to them.
[ISA.61.8] For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
[ISA.61.9] And their seed will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah has blessed.
[ISA.61.10] I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
[ISA.61.11] For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
[ISA.62.1] For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
[ISA.62.2] And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah will name.
[ISA.62.3] You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
[ISA.62.4] You will no longer be termed Forsaken; neither will your land any more be termed Desolate: but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Jehovah delights in you, and your land will be married.
[ISA.62.5] For as a young man marries a virgin, so will your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
[ISA.62.6] I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never hold their peace day nor night: you that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take no rest,
[ISA.62.7] and give him no rest, till he establishes, and till he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
[ISA.62.8] Jehovah has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no longer give your grain to be food for your enemies; and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:
[ISA.62.9] but they that have gathered it will eat it, and praise Jehovah; and they that have brought it together will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
[ISA.62.10] Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
[ISA.62.11] Behold, Jehovah has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
[ISA.62.12] And they will call them The holy people, The redeemed of Jehovah: and you will be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
[ISA.63.1] Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
[ISA.63.2] Why is your apparel red, and your garments like him that treads in the winefat?
[ISA.63.3] I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
[ISA.63.4] For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
[ISA.63.5] And I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
[ISA.63.6] And I trod down the peoples in my anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
[ISA.63.7] I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah has given us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
[ISA.63.8] For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Savior.
[ISA.63.9] In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
[ISA.63.10] But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
[ISA.63.11] Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of them?
[ISA.63.12] That caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
[ISA.63.13] That led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?
[ISA.63.14] As the livestock that go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah caused them to rest; so did you lead your people, to make yourself a glorious name.
[ISA.63.15] Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where are your zeal and your mighty acts? the yearning of your heart and your compassions are restrained toward me.
[ISA.63.16] For you are our Father, though Abraham knows us not, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Jehovah, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
[ISA.63.17] O Jehovah, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
[ISA.63.18] Your holy people possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
[ISA.63.19] We have become as they over whom you never ruled, as they that were not called by your name.
[ISA.64.1] Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,
[ISA.64.2] as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
[ISA.64.3] When you did awesome things which we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
[ISA.64.4] For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
[ISA.64.5] You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways: behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in them have we continued long time; and shall we be saved?
[ISA.64.6] For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
[ISA.64.7] And there is none who calls upon your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
[ISA.64.8] But now, Jehovah, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
[ISA.64.9] Do not be very wroth, Jehovah, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, look, we beseech you, we are all your people.
[ISA.64.10] Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
[ISA.64.11] Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, has been burned with fire; and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
[ISA.64.12] Will you refrain yourself for these things, Jehovah? Will you hold your peace, and afflict us very grievously?
[ISA.65.1] I am sought by those that asked not for me; I am found by those that sought me not: I said, Here I am, here I am, to a nation that was not called by my name.
[ISA.65.2] I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
[ISA.65.3] a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on altars of brick;
[ISA.65.4] who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
[ISA.65.5] who say, Stand by yourself, do not come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
[ISA.65.6] Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom,
[ISA.65.7] your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says Jehovah, that have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
[ISA.65.8] Thus says Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
[ISA.65.9] And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
[ISA.65.10] And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
[ISA.65.11] But you that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine to Destiny;
[ISA.65.12] I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that wherein I did not delight.
[ISA.65.13] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed;
[ISA.65.14] behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.
[ISA.65.15] And you shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay you; and he will call his servants by another name:
[ISA.65.16] so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
[ISA.65.17] For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
[ISA.65.18] But be glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
[ISA.65.19] And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
[ISA.65.20] There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
[ISA.65.21] And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
[ISA.65.22] They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
[ISA.65.23] They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the offspring of the blessed of Jehovah, and their descendants with them.
[ISA.65.24] And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
[ISA.65.25] The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Jehovah.
[ISA.66.1] Thus says Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build for me? and what place shall be my rest?
[ISA.66.2] For all these things has my hand made, and so all these things came to be, says Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembles at my word.
[ISA.66.3] He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns frankincense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
[ISA.66.4] I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none answered; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did what was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
[ISA.66.5] Hear the word of Jehovah, you that tremble at his word: Your brothers that hate you, that cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.
[ISA.66.6] A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Jehovah that renders recompense to his enemies.
[ISA.66.7] Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
[ISA.66.8] Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
[ISA.66.9] Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? says your God.
[ISA.66.10] Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn over her;
[ISA.66.11] that you may nurse and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may drink deeply and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
[ISA.66.12] For thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you shall nurse; you shall be carried on the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.
[ISA.66.13] As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
[ISA.66.14] And you shall see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants, and he will have indignation against his enemies.
[ISA.66.15] For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
[ISA.66.16] For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
[ISA.66.17] They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says Jehovah.
[ISA.66.18] For I know their works and their thoughts: the time comes, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.
[ISA.66.19] And I will set a sign among them, and I will send them that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
[ISA.66.20] And they shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Jehovah, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.
[ISA.66.21] And of them also will I take for priests and for Levites, says Jehovah.
[ISA.66.22] For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.
[ISA.66.23] And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, says Jehovah.
[ISA.66.24] And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
[JER.1.1] The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
[JER.1.2] to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
[JER.1.3] It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
[JER.1.4] Now the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[JER.1.5] Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.
[JER.1.6] Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I do not know how to speak; for I am a child.
[JER.1.7] But Jehovah said to me, Do not say, I am a child; for to whomever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.
[JER.1.8] Do not be afraid of them; for I am with you to deliver you, says Jehovah.
[JER.1.9] Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth:
[JER.1.10] see, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
[JER.1.11] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
[JER.1.12] Then said Jehovah to me, You have seen well: for I watch over my word to perform it.
[JER.1.13] And the word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling caldron; and its face is from the north.
[JER.1.14] Then Jehovah said to me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
[JER.1.15] For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Jehovah; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
[JER.1.16] And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
[JER.1.17] You therefore gird up your waist, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: do not be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
[JER.1.18] For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
[JER.1.19] And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you, says Jehovah, to deliver you.
[JER.2.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[JER.2.2] Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
[JER.2.3] Israel was holiness to Jehovah, the first fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come upon them, says Jehovah.
[JER.2.4] Hear the word of Jehovah, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
[JER.2.5] Thus says Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?
[JER.2.6] Neither did they say, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
[JER.2.7] And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
[JER.2.8] The priests did not say, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law did not know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
[JER.2.9] Therefore I will yet contend with you, says Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.
[JER.2.10] For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.
[JER.2.11] Has a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
[JER.2.12] Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be very desolate, says Jehovah.
[JER.2.13] For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
[JER.2.14] Is Israel a servant? is he a home-born slave? why has he become a prey?
[JER.2.15] The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled: and they have made his land waste; his cities are burned, without inhabitant.
[JER.2.16] Also the children of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
[JER.2.17] Have you not brought this upon yourself, in that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, when he led you by the way?
[JER.2.18] And now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? and what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
[JER.2.19] Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
[JER.2.20] For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree you wandered, playing the harlot.
[JER.2.21] Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then have you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?
[JER.2.22] For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Jehovah.
[JER.2.23] How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
[JER.2.24] a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; in her time of mating, who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
[JER.2.25] Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is hopeless; no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
[JER.2.26] As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their rulers, and their priests, and their prophets;
[JER.2.27] who say to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
[JER.2.28] But where are your gods that you have made for yourself? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.
[JER.2.29] Why will you contend with me? you all have transgressed against me, says Jehovah.
[JER.2.30] In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
[JER.2.31] O generation, see the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why do my people say, We have broken loose; we will come no more to you?
[JER.2.32] Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
[JER.2.33] How well do you prepare your way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women you have taught your ways.
[JER.2.34] Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these things.
[JER.2.35] Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger has turned from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say, I have not sinned.
[JER.2.36] Why do you go about so much to change your way? you shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
[JER.2.37] From there also you shall go forth, with your hands upon your head: for Jehovah has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.
[JER.3.1] They say, If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man's, will he return to her again? Will not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says Jehovah.
[JER.3.2] Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see; where have you not been lain with? By the ways have you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your whoredoms and with your wickedness.
[JER.3.3] Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a harlot's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
[JER.3.4] Will you not from this time cry to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?
[JER.3.5] Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.
[JER.3.6] Moreover, Jehovah said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.
[JER.3.7] And I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me; but she did not return: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
[JER.3.8] And I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she also went and played the harlot.
[JER.3.9] And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
[JER.3.10] And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense, says Jehovah.
[JER.3.11] And Jehovah said to me, Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
[JER.3.12] Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, says Jehovah, I will not keep anger forever.
[JER.3.13] Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Jehovah your God, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Jehovah.
[JER.3.14] Return, O backsliding children, says Jehovah; for I am a master to you; and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
[JER.3.15] and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
[JER.3.16] And it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done anymore.
[JER.3.17] At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
[JER.3.18] In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
[JER.3.19] But I said, How I will put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from following me.
[JER.3.20] Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says Jehovah.
[JER.3.21] A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping and the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
[JER.3.22] Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we have come to you; for you are Jehovah our God.
[JER.3.23] Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.
[JER.3.24] But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
[JER.3.25] Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.
[JER.4.1] If you will return, O Israel, says Jehovah, if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed.
[JER.4.2] And you shall swear, As Jehovah lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him they shall glory.
[JER.4.3] For thus says Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
[JER.4.4] Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
[JER.4.5] Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow the trumpet in the land: cry aloud, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
[JER.4.6] Set up a standard toward Zion: retire, do not delay; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
[JER.4.7] A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he has set out, gone forth from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
[JER.4.8] For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
[JER.4.9] And it shall come to pass at that day, says Jehovah, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
[JER.4.10] Then I said, Ah, Jehovah God! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the life.
[JER.4.11] At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
[JER.4.12] a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
[JER.4.13] Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.
[JER.4.14] O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
[JER.4.15] For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:
[JER.4.16] make known to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
[JER.4.17] As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she has been rebellious against me, says Jehovah.
[JER.4.18] Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.
[JER.4.19] My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart groans within me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
[JER.4.20] Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste; suddenly are my tents destroyed, and my curtains in a moment.
[JER.4.21] How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
[JER.4.22] For my people are foolish, they do not know me; they are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
[JER.4.23] I beheld the earth, and, behold, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
[JER.4.24] I beheld the mountains, and, behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
[JER.4.25] I beheld, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
[JER.4.26] I beheld, and, behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, and before his fierce anger.
[JER.4.27] For thus says Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.
[JER.4.28] For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
[JER.4.29] Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
[JER.4.30] And you, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, in vain you make yourself fair; your lovers despise you, they seek your life.
[JER.4.31] For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gasps for breath, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul faints before the murderers.
[JER.5.1] Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places if you can find a man, if there is anyone who does justice, who seeks truth, and I will pardon her.
[JER.5.2] And though they say, As Jehovah lives, surely they swear falsely.
[JER.5.3] O Jehovah, do not your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
[JER.5.4] Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they do not know the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
[JER.5.5] I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
[JER.5.6] Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard will watch over their cities; everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
[JER.5.7] How shall I pardon you? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods; when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the houses of prostitutes.
[JER.5.8] They were like fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
[JER.5.9] Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[JER.5.10] Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but do not make a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah's.
[JER.5.11] For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says Jehovah.
[JER.5.12] They have denied Jehovah, and said, He is not; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
[JER.5.13] and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them.
[JER.5.14] Therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
[JER.5.15] Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, O house of Israel, says Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say.
[JER.5.16] Their quiver is an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men.
[JER.5.17] And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig-trees; they shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
[JER.5.18] But even in those days, says Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
[JER.5.19] And it will happen, when you say, Why has Jehovah our God done all these things to us? then you shall say to them, Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
[JER.5.20] Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
[JER.5.21] Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and do not see; who have ears, and do not hear:
[JER.5.22] Do you not fear me? says Jehovah: will you not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass; and though its waves toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail; though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
[JER.5.23] But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
[JER.5.24] Neither do they say in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
[JER.5.25] Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.
[JER.5.26] For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
[JER.5.27] As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and grown rich.
[JER.5.28] They have grown fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
[JER.5.29] Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[JER.5.30] A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land:
[JER.5.31] the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end of it?
[JER.6.1] Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth-haccherem; for evil looks down from the north, and great destruction.
[JER.6.2] The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
[JER.6.3] Shepherds with their flocks will come to her; they will pitch their tents against her round about; they will feed every one in his place.
[JER.6.4] Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
[JER.6.5] Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
[JER.6.6] For thus has Jehovah of hosts said, Cut down her trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished; she is full of oppression in the midst of her.
[JER.6.7] As a cistern keeps its waters fresh, so she keeps fresh her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
[JER.6.8] Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul become alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited.
[JER.6.9] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again your hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.
[JER.6.10] To whom will I speak and testify, that they may hear? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hear: look, the word of Jehovah is become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
[JER.6.11] Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife will be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
[JER.6.12] And their houses will be turned to others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, says Jehovah.
[JER.6.13] For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
[JER.6.14] They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[JER.6.15] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they will fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they will be cast down, says Jehovah.
[JER.6.16] Thus says Jehovah, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk in it.
[JER.6.17] And I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen.
[JER.6.18] Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.
[JER.6.19] Hear, earth: look, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
[JER.6.20] To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.
[JER.6.21] Therefore thus says Jehovah, Look, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together will stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend will perish.
[JER.6.22] Thus says Jehovah, Look, a people comes from the north country; and a great nation will be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
[JER.6.23] They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, every one set in battle array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.
[JER.6.24] We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
[JER.6.25] Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and terror are on every side.
[JER.6.26] Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make lamentation, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us.
[JER.6.27] I have made you a tester and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.
[JER.6.28] They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all deal corruptly.
[JER.6.29] The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.
[JER.6.30] Men will call them rejected silver, because Jehovah has rejected them.
[JER.7.1] The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
[JER.7.2] Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, all you of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah.
[JER.7.3] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
[JER.7.4] Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.
[JER.7.5] For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
[JER.7.6] if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
[JER.7.7] then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors, from of old even forevermore.
[JER.7.8] Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
[JER.7.9] Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
[JER.7.10] and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations?
[JER.7.11] Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Jehovah.
[JER.7.12] But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
[JER.7.13] And now, because you have done all these works, says Jehovah, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you answered not:
[JER.7.14] therefore will I do to the house which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your ancestors, as I have done to Shiloh.
[JER.7.15] And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your kindred, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
[JER.7.16] Therefore pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.
[JER.7.17] Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
[JER.7.18] The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
[JER.7.19] Do they provoke me to anger? says Jehovah; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
[JER.7.20] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it will burn, and will not be quenched.
[JER.7.21] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
[JER.7.22] For I did not speak to your ancestors, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:
[JER.7.23] but this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
[JER.7.24] But they did not listen nor incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
[JER.7.25] Since the day that your ancestors came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
[JER.7.26] yet they did not listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their ancestors.
[JER.7.27] And you will speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you will also call to them; but they will not answer you.
[JER.7.28] And you will say to them, This is the nation that did not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
[JER.7.29] Cut off your hair, Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
[JER.7.30] For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, says Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
[JER.7.31] And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
[JER.7.32] Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that it will no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter: for they will bury in Topheth, till there is no place to bury.
[JER.7.33] And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the animals of the earth; and none will frighten them away.
[JER.7.34] Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land will become a waste.
[JER.8.1] At that time, says Jehovah, they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;
[JER.8.2] and they will spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they will not be gathered, nor be buried; they will be for dung on the surface of the ground.
[JER.8.3] And death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places to which I have driven them, says Jehovah of hosts.
[JER.8.4] Moreover you shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah: Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?
[JER.8.5] Why then is this people of Jerusalem turned back by a perpetual turning away? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
[JER.8.6] I listened and heard, but they spoke not aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
[JER.8.7] Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the law of Jehovah.
[JER.8.8] How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
[JER.8.9] The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what wisdom is in them?
[JER.8.10] Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those that shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
[JER.8.11] And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[JER.8.12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Jehovah.
[JER.8.13] I will utterly consume them, says Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
[JER.8.14] Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
[JER.8.15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
[JER.8.16] The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those that dwell therein.
[JER.8.17] For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Jehovah.
[JER.8.18] Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
[JER.8.19] Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?
[JER.8.20] The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
[JER.8.21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.
[JER.8.22] Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
[JER.9.1] Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
[JER.9.2] Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
[JER.9.3] They bend their tongue, like their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says Jehovah.
[JER.9.4] Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
[JER.9.5] And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
[JER.9.6] Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Jehovah.
[JER.9.7] Therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will refine them, and try them; for how else shall I do, because of the daughter of my people?
[JER.9.8] Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
[JER.9.9] Shall I not visit them for these things? says Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[JER.9.10] For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the animals have gone; they are gone.
[JER.9.11] And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
[JER.9.12] Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
[JER.9.13] And Jehovah says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
[JER.9.14] but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
[JER.9.15] therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
[JER.9.16] I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
[JER.9.17] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
[JER.9.18] and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
[JER.9.19] For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion, How we are ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
[JER.9.20] Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.
[JER.9.21] For death has come up into our windows, it has entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
[JER.9.22] Speak, Thus says Jehovah, The dead bodies of men will fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather them.
[JER.9.23] Thus says Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
[JER.9.24] but let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am Jehovah who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Jehovah.
[JER.9.25] Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in their uncircumcision:
[JER.9.26] Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
[JER.10.1] Hear the word which Jehovah speaks to you, O house of Israel:
[JER.10.2] Thus says Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.
[JER.10.3] For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
[JER.10.4] They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
[JER.10.5] They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must be carried, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
[JER.10.6] There is none like you, O Jehovah; you are great, and your name is great in might.
[JER.10.7] Who should not fear you, O King of the nations? for it pertains to you; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.
[JER.10.8] But they are together brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
[JER.10.9] There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing: they are all the work of skillful men.
[JER.10.10] But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
[JER.10.11] Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
[JER.10.12] He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens.
[JER.10.13] When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
[JER.10.14] Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
[JER.10.15] They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
[JER.10.16] The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
[JER.10.17] Gather up your wares out of the land, you that abide in the siege.
[JER.10.18] For thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may find it so.
[JER.10.19] Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.
[JER.10.20] My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth my tent anymore, and to set up my curtains.
[JER.10.21] For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
[JER.10.22] The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
[JER.10.23] O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps.
[JER.10.24] O Jehovah, correct me, but with justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
[JER.10.25] Pour out your wrath upon the nations that know you not, and upon the families that call not on your name; for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
[JER.11.1] The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
[JER.11.2] Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the people of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
[JER.11.3] and say to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that does not hear the words of this covenant,
[JER.11.4] which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God;
[JER.11.5] that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then I answered and said, Amen, O Jehovah.
[JER.11.6] And Jehovah said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.
[JER.11.7] For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
[JER.11.8] Yet they did not obey, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the stubbornness of their evil heart: therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.
[JER.11.9] And Jehovah said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[JER.11.10] They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
[JER.11.11] Therefore thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them.
[JER.11.12] Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry to the gods to whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
[JER.11.13] For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.
[JER.11.14] Therefore do not pray for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
[JER.11.15] What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice.
[JER.11.16] Jehovah called your name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and its branches are broken.
[JER.11.17] For Jehovah of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal.
[JER.11.18] And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then you showed me their doings.
[JER.11.19] But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
[JER.11.20] But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
[JER.11.21] Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek your life, saying, You shall not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that you die not by our hand;
[JER.11.22] therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
[JER.11.23] and there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
[JER.12.1] Righteous are you, O Jehovah, when I argue with you; yet I would reason the case with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
[JER.12.2] You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
[JER.12.3] But you, O Jehovah, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
[JER.12.4] How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell in it, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
[JER.12.5] If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?
[JER.12.6] For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: do not believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
[JER.12.7] I have forsaken my house, I have cast off my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
[JER.12.8] My heritage is become to me as a lion in the forest: she has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
[JER.12.9] Is my heritage to me as a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.
[JER.12.10] Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion underfoot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
[JER.12.11] They have made it a desolation; it mourns to me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart.
[JER.12.12] Destroyers are come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.
[JER.12.13] They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
[JER.12.14] Thus says Jehovah against all my evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
[JER.12.15] And it shall happen, after I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
[JER.12.16] And it shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
[JER.12.17] But if they will not hear, then I will pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Jehovah.
[JER.13.1] Thus says Jehovah to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and do not put it in water.
[JER.13.2] So I bought a belt according to the word of Jehovah, and put it on my waist.
[JER.13.3] And the word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying,
[JER.13.4] Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
[JER.13.5] So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Jehovah commanded me.
[JER.13.6] And it came to pass after many days, that Jehovah said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.
[JER.13.7] Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was spoiled, it was profitable for nothing.
[JER.13.8] Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[JER.13.9] Thus says Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
[JER.13.10] This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
[JER.13.11] For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says Jehovah, that they might be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
[JER.13.12] Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every jar shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to you, Do we not know certainly that every jar shall be filled with wine?
[JER.13.13] Then you shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
[JER.13.14] And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Jehovah: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, that I should not destroy them.
[JER.13.15] Hear, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah has spoken.
[JER.13.16] Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
[JER.13.17] But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is taken captive.
[JER.13.18] Say to the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your head-dress has come down, even the crown of your glory.
[JER.13.19] The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
[JER.13.20] Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
[JER.13.21] What will you say when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
[JER.13.22] And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come upon me? For the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.
[JER.13.23] Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
[JER.13.24] Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.
[JER.13.25] This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Jehovah; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
[JER.13.26] Therefore will I also uncover your skirts upon your face, and your shame shall appear.
[JER.13.27] I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your harlotry, on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! you will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?
[JER.14.1] The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
[JER.14.2] Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they sit in black on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
[JER.14.3] And their nobles send their servants for water: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.
[JER.14.4] Because of the ground which is cracked, since there is no rain in the land, the farmers are put to shame, they cover their heads.
[JER.14.5] Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
[JER.14.6] And the wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
[JER.14.7] Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
[JER.14.8] O you hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a sojourner in the land, and as a traveler that turns aside to stay for a night?
[JER.14.9] Why should you be as a man surprised, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet you, O Jehovah, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us.
[JER.14.10] Thus says Jehovah to this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet: therefore Jehovah does not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
[JER.14.11] And Jehovah said to me, Do not pray for this people for their good.
[JER.14.12] When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
[JER.14.13] Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say to them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
[JER.14.14] Then Jehovah said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I did not send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
[JER.14.15] Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I did not send them, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: by sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
[JER.14.16] And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.
[JER.14.17] And you shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and do not let them cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
[JER.14.18] If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
[JER.14.19] Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
[JER.14.20] We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
[JER.14.21] Do not abhor us, for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, do not break your covenant with us.
[JER.14.22] Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? are not you he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
[JER.15.1] Then Jehovah said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
[JER.15.2] And it shall come to pass, when they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
[JER.15.3] And I will appoint over them four kinds, says Jehovah: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
[JER.15.4] And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
[JER.15.5] For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan you? or who will turn aside to ask of your welfare?
[JER.15.6] You have rejected me, says Jehovah, you are gone backward: therefore have I stretched out my hand against you, and destroyed you; I am weary with repenting.
[JER.15.7] And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they did not return from their ways.
[JER.15.8] Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly.
[JER.15.9] She that has borne seven languishes; she has given up the spirit; her sun is gone down while it was yet day; she has been put to shame and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, says Jehovah.
[JER.15.10] Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.
[JER.15.11] Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen you for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
[JER.15.12] Can one break iron, even iron from the north, and brass?
[JER.15.13] Your substance and your treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders.
[JER.15.14] And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land which you do not know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you.
[JER.15.15] O Jehovah, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; do not take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
[JER.15.16] Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.
[JER.15.17] I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
[JER.15.18] Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?
[JER.15.19] Therefore thus says Jehovah, If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.
[JER.15.20] And I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Jehovah.
[JER.15.21] And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.
[JER.16.1] The word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[JER.16.2] You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place.
[JER.16.3] For thus says Jehovah concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that fathered them in this land:
[JER.16.4] They shall die grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried: they shall be as dung on the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
[JER.16.5] For thus says Jehovah, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, nor bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Jehovah, even loving kindness and mercies.
[JER.16.6] Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
[JER.16.7] neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
[JER.16.8] And you shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
[JER.16.9] For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
[JER.16.10] And it shall come to pass, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall say to you, Why has Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God?
[JER.16.11] Then you shall say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
[JER.16.12] and you have done worse than your fathers; for behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me:
[JER.16.13] therefore will I cast you out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.
[JER.16.14] Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, As Jehovah lives, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
[JER.16.15] but, As Jehovah lives, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.
[JER.16.16] Behold, I will send for many fishers, says Jehovah, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
[JER.16.17] For my eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from my eyes.
[JER.16.18] And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
[JER.16.19] O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
[JER.16.20] Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?
[JER.16.21] Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.
[JER.17.1] The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;
[JER.17.2] while their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees on the high hills.
[JER.17.3] O my mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for spoil, and your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.
[JER.17.4] You shall, even of yourself, discontinue from your inheritance that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you do not know: for you have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.
[JER.17.5] Thus says Jehovah: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.
[JER.17.6] For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
[JER.17.7] Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.
[JER.17.8] For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
[JER.17.9] The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
[JER.17.10] I, Jehovah, search the heart, I try the kidneys, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
[JER.17.11] As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he that gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
[JER.17.12] A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
[JER.17.13] O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
[JER.17.14] Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
[JER.17.15] Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.
[JER.17.16] As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd to follow you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
[JER.17.17] Be not a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
[JER.17.18] Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
[JER.17.19] Thus said Jehovah to me: Go, and stand in the gate of the children of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
[JER.17.20] and say to them, Hear the word of Jehovah, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
[JER.17.21] Thus says Jehovah, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
[JER.17.22] neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, neither do any work: but hallow the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
[JER.17.23] But they did not listen, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
[JER.17.24] And it shall come to pass, if you diligently listen to me, says Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein;
[JER.17.25] then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.
[JER.17.26] And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and meal-offerings, and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving, to the house of Jehovah.
[JER.17.27] But if you will not listen to me to hallow the Sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
[JER.18.1] The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
[JER.18.2] Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
[JER.18.3] Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
[JER.18.4] And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
[JER.18.5] Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[JER.18.6] House of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter? says Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
[JER.18.7] At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
[JER.18.8] if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will change my mind of the evil that I thought to do to them.
[JER.18.9] And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
[JER.18.10] if they do evil in my sight, that they do not obey my voice, then I will regret the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
[JER.18.11] Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you: every one return now from his evil way, and amend your ways and your deeds.
[JER.18.12] But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will every one do the stubbornness of his evil heart.
[JER.18.13] Therefore thus says Jehovah: Ask now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a most horrible thing.
[JER.18.14] Shall the snow of Lebanon leave the rock of the field? or shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
[JER.18.15] For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false gods; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not built up;
[JER.18.16] to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes by it shall be astonished, and shake his head.
[JER.18.17] I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
[JER.18.18] Then they said, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.
[JER.18.19] Give attention to me, Jehovah, and listen to the voice of those that contend with me.
[JER.18.20] Shall evil be repaid for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
[JER.18.21] Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, and their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
[JER.18.22] Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.
[JER.18.23] Yet, Jehovah, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; do not forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.
[JER.19.1] Thus said Jehovah, Go, and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
[JER.19.2] and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate of Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you;
[JER.19.3] and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.
[JER.19.4] Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
[JER.19.5] and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I did not command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:
[JER.19.6] therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Topheth, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter.
[JER.19.7] And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the animals of the earth.
[JER.19.8] And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone that passes by it shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
[JER.19.9] And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat each one the flesh of his friend, in the siege and distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.
[JER.19.10] Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with you,
[JER.19.11] and shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.
[JER.19.12] Thus will I do to this place, says Jehovah, and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth:
[JER.19.13] and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings to other gods.
[JER.19.14] Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where Jehovah had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Jehovah's house, and said to all the people:
[JER.19.15] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their neck, that they might not hear my words.
[JER.20.1] Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Jehovah, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
[JER.20.2] Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.
[JER.20.3] And it happened on the next day, that Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, Jehovah has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
[JER.20.4] For thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.
[JER.20.5] Moreover I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its gains, and all its precious things, yes, all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies; and they shall make them a spoil, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
[JER.20.6] And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and you shall die there, and shall be buried there, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.
[JER.20.7] O Jehovah, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am become a laughing-stock all the day; every one mocks me.
[JER.20.8] For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.
[JER.20.9] And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding in, and I cannot.
[JER.20.10] For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; Peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
[JER.20.11] But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one and a terrible; therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
[JER.20.12] But, O Jehovah of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
[JER.20.13] Sing to Jehovah, praise Jehovah, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.
[JER.20.14] Cursed be the day in which I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
[JER.20.15] Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born to you; making him very glad.
[JER.20.16] And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;
[JER.20.17] because he did not kill me from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
[JER.20.18] Why did I come forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
[JER.21.1] The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
[JER.21.2] Inquire, I ask, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: perhaps Jehovah will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
[JER.21.3] Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:
[JER.21.4] Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
[JER.21.5] And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
[JER.21.6] And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
[JER.21.7] And afterward, says Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor have mercy.
[JER.21.8] To this people you shall say, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
[JER.21.9] He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out and falls to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.
[JER.21.10] For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, says Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
[JER.21.11] And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear the word of Jehovah:
[JER.21.12] O house of David, thus says Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is oppressed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
[JER.21.13] Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, says Jehovah; you who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
[JER.21.14] But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.
[JER.22.1] Thus says Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
[JER.22.2] and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people that enter in by these gates.
[JER.22.3] Thus says Jehovah: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
[JER.22.4] For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
[JER.22.5] But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.
[JER.22.6] For thus says Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, the head of Lebanon; yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.
[JER.22.7] And I will prepare destroyers against you, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
[JER.22.8] And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Jehovah done thus to this great city?
[JER.22.9] Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.
[JER.22.10] Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him that goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
[JER.22.11] For thus says Jehovah touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth out of this place: He shall not return there any more;
[JER.22.12] but in the place where they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more.
[JER.22.13] Woe to him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him not for his work;
[JER.22.14] that says, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
[JER.22.15] Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
[JER.22.16] He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? says Jehovah.
[JER.22.17] But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
[JER.22.18] Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
[JER.22.19] He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
[JER.22.20] Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers are destroyed.
[JER.22.21] I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you obeyed not my voice.
[JER.22.22] The wind shall feed all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shall you be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
[JER.22.23] O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in travail!
[JER.22.24] As I live, says Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck you from there;
[JER.22.25] and I will give you into the hand of them that seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[JER.22.26] And I will cast you out, and your mother that bore you, into another country, where you were not born; and there shall you die.
[JER.22.27] But to the land whereunto they desire to return, there shall they not return.
[JER.22.28] Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delights? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?
[JER.22.29] O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.
[JER.22.30] Thus says Jehovah, Write this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
[JER.23.1] Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Jehovah.
[JER.23.2] Therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit on you the evil of your actions, says Jehovah.
[JER.23.3] And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they will be fruitful and multiply.
[JER.23.4] And I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them: and they will fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither will any be lacking, says Jehovah.
[JER.23.5] Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
[JER.23.6] In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he will be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
[JER.23.7] Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that they will no more say, As Jehovah lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
[JER.23.8] but, As Jehovah lives, who brought up and led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them. And they will dwell in their own land.
[JER.23.9] Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.
[JER.23.10] For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. And their course is evil, and their might is not right.
[JER.23.11] For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, says Jehovah.
[JER.23.12] Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they will be driven on, and fall into it; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, says Jehovah.
[JER.23.13] And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
[JER.23.14] In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they have all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
[JER.23.15] Therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
[JER.23.16] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Listen not to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not from the mouth of Jehovah.
[JER.23.17] They say continually to those who despise me, Jehovah has said, You will have peace; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil will come upon you.
[JER.23.18] For who has stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who has marked my word, and heard it?
[JER.23.19] Behold, the storm of Jehovah, his wrath, has gone forth, yes, a whirling storm: it will fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
[JER.23.20] The anger of Jehovah will not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you will understand it perfectly.
[JER.23.21] I did not send these prophets, yet they ran: I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
[JER.23.22] But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their actions.
[JER.23.23] Am I a God at hand, says Jehovah, and not a God afar off?
[JER.23.24] Can any hide himself in secret places so that I will not see him? says Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says Jehovah.
[JER.23.25] I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
[JER.23.26] How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?
[JER.23.27] who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
[JER.23.28] The prophet that has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Jehovah.
[JER.23.29] Is not my word like fire? says Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
[JER.23.30] Therefore behold, I am against the prophets, says Jehovah, that steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
[JER.23.31] Behold, I am against the prophets, says Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He says.
[JER.23.32] Behold, I am against them that prophesy lying dreams, says Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I did not send them, nor commanded them; neither will they profit this people at all, says Jehovah.
[JER.23.33] And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, will ask you, saying, What is the burden of Jehovah? then will you say to them, What burden! I will cast you off, says Jehovah.
[JER.23.34] And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that will say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.
[JER.23.35] Thus will you say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What has Jehovah answered? and, What has Jehovah spoken?
[JER.23.36] And the burden of Jehovah you will mention no more: for every man's word will be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts our God.
[JER.23.37] Thus will you say to the prophet, What has Jehovah answered you? and, What has Jehovah spoken?
[JER.23.38] But if you say, The burden of Jehovah; therefore thus says Jehovah: Because you say this word, The burden of Jehovah, and I have sent to you, saying, You will not say, The burden of Jehovah;
[JER.23.39] therefore behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
[JER.23.40] and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which will not be forgotten.
[JER.24.1] Jehovah showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of Jehovah, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
[JER.24.2] One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
[JER.24.3] Then Jehovah said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
[JER.24.4] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[JER.24.5] Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
[JER.24.6] For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not root them up.
[JER.24.7] And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
[JER.24.8] And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus says Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
[JER.24.9] I will make them a horror, an evil thing, to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
[JER.24.10] And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their ancestors.
[JER.25.1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
[JER.25.2] which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:
[JER.25.3] From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of Jehovah has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.
[JER.25.4] And Jehovah has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear),
[JER.25.5] saying, Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah has given to you and to your fathers, forever and ever;
[JER.25.6] and do not go after other gods to serve them, nor to worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.
[JER.25.7] Yet you have not listened to me, says Jehovah; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
[JER.25.8] Therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts: Because you have not heard my words,
[JER.25.9] behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Jehovah, and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
[JER.25.10] Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
[JER.25.11] And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
[JER.25.12] And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are fulfilled, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.
[JER.25.13] And I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
[JER.25.14] For many nations and great kings shall make slaves of them also; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
[JER.25.15] For thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
[JER.25.16] And they shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
[JER.25.17] Then I took the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Jehovah had sent me:
[JER.25.18] Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;
[JER.25.19] Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
[JER.25.20] and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
[JER.25.21] Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;
[JER.25.22] and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea;
[JER.25.23] Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair cut;
[JER.25.24] and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people that dwell in the wilderness;
[JER.25.25] and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
[JER.25.26] and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
[JER.25.27] And you shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunk, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
[JER.25.28] And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall say to them: Thus says Jehovah of hosts: You shall surely drink.
[JER.25.29] For, look, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Jehovah of hosts.
[JER.25.30] Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and say to them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
[JER.25.31] A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah has a controversy with the nations; he will plead with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Jehovah.
[JER.25.32] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Look, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the farthest parts of the earth.
[JER.25.33] And the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the face of the ground.
[JER.25.34] Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and roll in ashes, you chief of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel.
[JER.25.35] And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the chief of the flock to escape.
[JER.25.36] A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the chief of the flock! For Jehovah lays waste their pasture.
[JER.25.37] And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
[JER.25.38] He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of his fierce anger.
[JER.26.1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Jehovah, saying,
[JER.26.2] Thus says Jehovah: Stand in the court of Jehovah's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not leave out a word.
[JER.26.3] It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent of the evil, which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.
[JER.26.4] And you shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
[JER.26.5] to listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you, even rising up early and sending them, but you have not listened;
[JER.26.6] then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
[JER.26.7] And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.
[JER.26.8] And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, You shall surely die.
[JER.26.9] Why have you prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.
[JER.26.10] When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of Jehovah; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah's house.
[JER.26.11] Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.
[JER.26.12] Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
[JER.26.13] Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
[JER.26.14] But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
[JER.26.15] Only know for a certainty that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of a truth Jehovah has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
[JER.26.16] Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.
[JER.26.17] Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
[JER.26.18] Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
[JER.26.19] Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah, and Jehovah repented of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus we would commit great evil against our own souls.
[JER.26.20] And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
[JER.26.21] And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.
[JER.26.22] And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;
[JER.26.23] and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
[JER.26.24] But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
[JER.27.1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
[JER.27.2] Thus says Jehovah to me: Make you bonds and bars, and put them upon your neck;
[JER.27.3] and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah;
[JER.27.4] and command them to their masters, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall you say to your masters:
[JER.27.5] I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
[JER.27.6] And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.
[JER.27.7] And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.
[JER.27.8] And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
[JER.27.9] But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:
[JER.27.10] for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
[JER.27.11] But the nation that brings their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serves him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, says Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell in it.
[JER.27.12] And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
[JER.27.13] Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
[JER.27.14] And do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.
[JER.27.15] For I have not sent them, says Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.
[JER.27.16] Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says Jehovah: Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.
[JER.27.17] Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?
[JER.27.18] But if they are prophets, and if the word of Jehovah is with them, let them now make supplication to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, do not go to Babylon.
[JER.27.19] For thus says Jehovah of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city,
[JER.27.20] which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
[JER.27.21] Yes, thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem:
[JER.27.22] They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, says Jehovah; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
[JER.28.1] And it happened in the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
[JER.28.2] Thus speaks Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[JER.28.3] Within two full years will I bring back into this place all the vessels of Jehovah's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:
[JER.28.4] and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon, says Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[JER.28.5] Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of Jehovah,
[JER.28.6] even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: Jehovah do so; Jehovah perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of Jehovah's house, and all them of the captivity, from Babylon to this place.
[JER.28.7] Nevertheless hear now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people:
[JER.28.8] The prophets that have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
[JER.28.9] The prophet that prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Jehovah has truly sent him.
[JER.28.10] Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.
[JER.28.11] And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
[JER.28.12] Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.28.13] Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus says Jehovah: You have broken the bars of wood; but you have made in their place bars of iron.
[JER.28.14] For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
[JER.28.15] Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.
[JER.28.16] Therefore thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will send you away from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have spoken rebellion against Jehovah.
[JER.28.17] So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
[JER.29.1] Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
[JER.29.2] (after Jeconiah the king, and the queen-mother, and the eunuchs, and the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem,)
[JER.29.3] by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), saying,
[JER.29.4] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon:
[JER.29.5] Build houses, and live in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
[JER.29.6] Take wives, and have sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may have sons and daughters; and multiply there, and do not decrease.
[JER.29.7] And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Jehovah for it; for in its peace you will have peace.
[JER.29.8] For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
[JER.29.9] For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says Jehovah.
[JER.29.10] For thus says Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
[JER.29.11] For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
[JER.29.12] And you will call on me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
[JER.29.13] And you will seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
[JER.29.14] And I will be found by you, says Jehovah, and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places wherever I have driven you, says Jehovah; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.
[JER.29.15] Because you have said, Jehovah has raised us up prophets in Babylon;
[JER.29.16] thus says Jehovah concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who live in this city, your brothers who have not gone forth with you into exile;
[JER.29.17] thus says Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
[JER.29.18] And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an object of cursing, and a horror, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them:
[JER.29.19] because they have not listened to my words, says Jehovah, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not listen, says Jehovah.
[JER.29.20] Hear therefore the word of Jehovah, all you of the exile, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
[JER.29.21] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he will slay them before your eyes;
[JER.29.22] and of them will be taken up a curse by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
[JER.29.23] because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am he who knows, and am a witness, says Jehovah.
[JER.29.24] And to Shemaiah the Nehelamite you will speak, saying,
[JER.29.25] Thus speaks Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
[JER.29.26] Jehovah has made you priest in the place of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man who is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and in shackles.
[JER.29.27] Now therefore why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,
[JER.29.28] forasmuch as he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build houses, and live in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit?
[JER.29.29] And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
[JER.29.30] Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.29.31] Send to all them of the exile, saying, Thus says Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;
[JER.29.32] therefore thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his descendants: he will not have a man to live among this people, neither will he see the good that I will do to my people, says Jehovah, because he has spoken rebellion against Jehovah.
[JER.30.1] The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
[JER.30.2] Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book.
[JER.30.3] For, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Jehovah; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their ancestors, and they shall possess it.
[JER.30.4] And these are the words that Jehovah spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
[JER.30.5] For thus says Jehovah: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
[JER.30.6] Ask now, and see whether a man travails with child: why do I see every man with his hands on his waist, as a woman in labor, and all faces are turned into paleness?
[JER.30.7] Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
[JER.30.8] And it shall come to pass in that day, says Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him;
[JER.30.9] but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
[JER.30.10] Therefore do not fear, O Jacob my servant, says Jehovah; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
[JER.30.11] For I am with you, says Jehovah, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
[JER.30.12] For thus says Jehovah, Your hurt is incurable, and your wound grievous.
[JER.30.13] There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.
[JER.30.14] All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.
[JER.30.15] Why do you cry because of your hurt? your sorrow is incurable for the greatness of your iniquity; because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.
[JER.30.16] Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and those who spoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey upon you will I give for a prey.
[JER.30.17] For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Jehovah; because they have called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
[JER.30.18] Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his homes; and the city shall be built upon its own hill, and the palace shall stand on its rightful place.
[JER.30.19] And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
[JER.30.20] Their children also shall be as formerly, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.
[JER.30.21] And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is this that has engaged his heart to approach to me? says Jehovah.
[JER.30.22] And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
[JER.30.23] Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, even his fury, is gone forth, a sweeping storm: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.
[JER.30.24] The fierce anger of Jehovah will not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it.
[JER.31.1] At that time, says Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
[JER.31.2] Thus says Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
[JER.31.3] Jehovah appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you.
[JER.31.4] Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again shall you be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
[JER.31.5] Again shall you plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit thereof.
[JER.31.6] For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.
[JER.31.7] For thus says Jehovah, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the chief of the nations: publish, praise, and say, O Jehovah, save your people, the remnant of Israel.
[JER.31.8] Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.
[JER.31.9] They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
[JER.31.10] Hear the word of Jehovah, O you nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
[JER.31.11] For Jehovah has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
[JER.31.12] And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
[JER.31.13] Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
[JER.31.14] And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Jehovah.
[JER.31.15] Thus says Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
[JER.31.16] Thus says Jehovah: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
[JER.31.17] And there is hope for your latter end, says Jehovah; and your children shall come again to their own border.
[JER.31.18] I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Jehovah my God.
[JER.31.19] Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I struck upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.
[JER.31.20] Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says Jehovah.
[JER.31.21] Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
[JER.31.22] How long will you go here and there, O you backsliding daughter? for Jehovah has created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall encompass a man.
[JER.31.23] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Jehovah bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.
[JER.31.24] And Judah and all its cities shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go forth with flocks.
[JER.31.25] For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.
[JER.31.26] Upon this I awoke, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet to me.
[JER.31.27] Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
[JER.31.28] And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them, to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Jehovah.
[JER.31.29] In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
[JER.31.30] But everyone shall die for his own sin: every man that eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
[JER.31.31] Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
[JER.31.32] not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Jehovah.
[JER.31.33] But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
[JER.31.34] And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
[JER.31.35] Thus says Jehovah, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:
[JER.31.36] If these ordinances depart from before me, says Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
[JER.31.37] Thus says Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says Jehovah.
[JER.31.38] Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel to the gate of the corner.
[JER.31.39] And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn round to Goah.
[JER.31.40] And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.
[JER.32.1] The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
[JER.32.2] Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the king of Judah's house.
[JER.32.3] For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;
[JER.32.4] and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes will behold his eyes;
[JER.32.5] and he will bring Zedekiah to Babylon, and there will he be until I visit him, says Jehovah: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you will not prosper?
[JER.32.6] And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[JER.32.7] Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
[JER.32.8] So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said to me, Buy my field, I pray you, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.
[JER.32.9] And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
[JER.32.10] And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
[JER.32.11] So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
[JER.32.12] and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard.
[JER.32.13] And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
[JER.32.14] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase, both that which is sealed, and this deed which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
[JER.32.15] For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards will yet again be bought in this land.
[JER.32.16] Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to Jehovah, saying,
[JER.32.17] Ah Lord Jehovah! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
[JER.32.18] who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;
[JER.32.19] great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
[JER.32.20] who have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, both in Israel and among men; and made a name for yourself, as at this day;
[JER.32.21] and brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
[JER.32.22] and gave them this land, which you swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
[JER.32.23] and they came in, and possessed it, but they obeyed not your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them.
[JER.32.24] Behold, the mounds, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, you see it.
[JER.32.25] And you have said to me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[JER.32.26] Then came the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.32.27] Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
[JER.32.28] Therefore thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take it:
[JER.32.29] and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, will come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
[JER.32.30] For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only evil before me from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Jehovah.
[JER.32.31] For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
[JER.32.32] because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[JER.32.33] And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction.
[JER.32.34] But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
[JER.32.35] And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
[JER.32.36] And now therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof you say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:
[JER.32.37] Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely;
[JER.32.38] and they will be my people, and I will be their God:
[JER.32.39] and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
[JER.32.40] and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
[JER.32.41] Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
[JER.32.42] For thus says Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them.
[JER.32.43] And fields will be bought in this land, whereof you say, It is desolate, without man or animal; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[JER.32.44] Men will buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Jehovah.
[JER.33.1] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
[JER.33.2] Thus says Jehovah who does it, Jehovah who forms it to establish it; Jehovah is his name:
[JER.33.3] Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things and difficult, which you do not know.
[JER.33.4] For thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down to make a defense against the mounds and against the sword;
[JER.33.5] while men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city:
[JER.33.6] Behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
[JER.33.7] And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
[JER.33.8] And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which they have sinned against me, and by which they have transgressed against me.
[JER.33.9] And this city will be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which will hear all the good that I do to them, and will fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the peace that I provide to it.
[JER.33.10] Thus says Jehovah: Yet again there will be heard in this place, about which you say, It is waste, without man and without animal, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without animal,
[JER.33.11] the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; and of those who bring sacrifices of thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Jehovah.
[JER.33.12] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Yet again there will be in this place, which is waste, without man and without animal, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
[JER.33.13] In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, will the flocks again pass under the hands of him who numbers them, says Jehovah.
[JER.33.14] Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.
[JER.33.15] In those days, and at that time, I will cause a righteous Branch to grow up to David; and he will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
[JER.33.16] In those days will Judah be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely; and this is the name by which she will be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
[JER.33.17] For thus says Jehovah: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel;
[JER.33.18] neither will the priests the Levites lack a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
[JER.33.19] And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.33.20] Thus says Jehovah: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season;
[JER.33.21] then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he will not have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
[JER.33.22] As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
[JER.33.23] And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.33.24] Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah chose, he has cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
[JER.33.25] Thus says Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night does not stand, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
[JER.33.26] then I will also cast away the descendants of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
[JER.34.1] The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all its cities, saying,
[JER.34.2] Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says Jehovah, Look, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire:
[JER.34.3] and you will not escape out of his hand, but will surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with you mouth to mouth, and you will go to Babylon.
[JER.34.4] Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus says Jehovah concerning you, You will not die by the sword;
[JER.34.5] you will die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so will they make a burning for you; and they will lament you, saying, Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says Jehovah.
[JER.34.6] Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
[JER.34.7] when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah: for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
[JER.34.8] The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
[JER.34.9] that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, that none should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.
[JER.34.10] And all the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:
[JER.34.11] but afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
[JER.34.12] Therefore the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
[JER.34.13] Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
[JER.34.14] At the end of seven years you will let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years; you will let him go free from you: but your fathers did not listen to me, neither inclined their ear.
[JER.34.15] And you had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
[JER.34.16] but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their will, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.
[JER.34.17] Therefore thus says Jehovah, You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
[JER.34.18] And I will give the men who have transgressed my covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts;
[JER.34.19] the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;
[JER.34.20] I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth.
[JER.34.21] Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, who have gone away from you.
[JER.34.22] Look, I will command, says Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they will fight against it, and capture it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
[JER.35.1] The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
[JER.35.2] Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
[JER.35.3] Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
[JER.35.4] and I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.
[JER.35.5] And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink wine.
[JER.35.6] But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever:
[JER.35.7] neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.
[JER.35.8] And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
[JER.35.9] nor to build houses for us to dwell in; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
[JER.35.10] but we have dwelled in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
[JER.35.11] But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.
[JER.35.12] Then came the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.35.13] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? says Jehovah.
[JER.35.14] The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; and you have not listened to me.
[JER.35.15] I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
[JER.35.16] Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to me;
[JER.35.17] therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not listened; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.
[JER.35.18] And to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he commanded you;
[JER.35.19] therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before me forever.
[JER.36.1] And it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
[JER.36.2] Take a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
[JER.36.3] It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster which I plan to do to them; that they may every man turn from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
[JER.36.4] Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken to him, on a scroll of a book.
[JER.36.5] And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:
[JER.36.6] therefore go, and read in the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the hearing of the people in Jehovah's house upon the fast day; and also you shall read them in the hearing of all Judah that come out of their cities.
[JER.36.7] It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will turn everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah has pronounced against this people.
[JER.36.8] And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah's house.
[JER.36.9] Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah.
[JER.36.10] Then Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entrance of the new gate of Jehovah's house, in the hearing of all the people.
[JER.36.11] When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah,
[JER.36.12] he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and behold, all the princes were sitting there, Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
[JER.36.13] Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the people's hearing.
[JER.36.14] Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the people's hearing, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.
[JER.36.15] And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our hearing. So Baruch read it in their hearing.
[JER.36.16] Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
[JER.36.17] And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, how did you write all these words at his mouth?
[JER.36.18] Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
[JER.36.19] Then the princes said to Baruch, Go, hide yourself, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are.
[JER.36.20] And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the king's hearing.
[JER.36.21] So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the king's hearing, and in the hearing of all the princes that stood beside the king.
[JER.36.22] Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
[JER.36.23] And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with the penknife, and threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
[JER.36.24] And they were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
[JER.36.25] Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the scroll; but he would not hear them.
[JER.36.26] And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.
[JER.36.27] Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.36.28] Take for yourself another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
[JER.36.29] And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, Thus says Jehovah: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and animal?
[JER.36.30] Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit on the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
[JER.36.31] And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they did not listen.
[JER.36.32] Then took Jeremiah another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added to them many similar words.
[JER.37.1] And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
[JER.37.2] But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the words of Jehovah, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
[JER.37.3] And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to Jehovah our God for us.
[JER.37.4] Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not yet put him in prison.
[JER.37.5] And Pharaoh's army had come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they left from Jerusalem.
[JER.37.6] Then the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.37.7] Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
[JER.37.8] And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall capture it, and burn it with fire.
[JER.37.9] Thus says Jehovah, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
[JER.37.10] For though you had struck all the army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
[JER.37.11] And it came to pass that when the army of the Chaldeans had broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
[JER.37.12] then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
[JER.37.13] And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
[JER.37.14] Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he did not listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the rulers.
[JER.37.15] And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
[JER.37.16] When Jeremiah had entered the dungeon, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
[JER.37.17] then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
[JER.37.18] Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, What have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
[JER.37.19] Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
[JER.37.20] And now hear, I ask you, O my lord the king: please let my supplication reach you, that you do not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
[JER.37.21] Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him a loaf of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
[JER.38.1] And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
[JER.38.2] Thus says Jehovah, He that stays in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goes out to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
[JER.38.3] Thus says Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it.
[JER.38.4] Then the officials said to the king, Let this man, we beg you, be put to death; for in this way he weakens the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but harm.
[JER.38.5] And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can do nothing against you.
[JER.38.6] Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the pit there was no water, but mud; and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
[JER.38.7] Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin,
[JER.38.8] Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
[JER.38.9] My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit; and he is likely to die of hunger in the place where he is; for there is no more bread in the city.
[JER.38.10] Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the pit, before he dies.
[JER.38.11] So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there old castoff clothes and old rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah.
[JER.38.12] And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put these old castoff clothes and rags under your armpits under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
[JER.38.13] So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the pit: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
[JER.38.14] Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from me.
[JER.38.15] Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.
[JER.38.16] So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men that seek your life.
[JER.38.17] Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will go forth to the king of Babylon's captains, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.
[JER.38.18] But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's captains, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.
[JER.38.19] And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have gone over to the Chaldeans, unless they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
[JER.38.20] But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
[JER.38.21] But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah has shown me:
[JER.38.22] Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's captains, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you: now that your feet are sunk in the mud, they have turned back.
[JER.38.23] And they shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
[JER.38.24] Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
[JER.38.25] But if the officials hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and say to you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:
[JER.38.26] Then you shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
[JER.38.27] Then came all the officials to Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
[JER.38.28] So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
[JER.39.1] In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
[JER.39.2] In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
[JER.39.3] All the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, chief officer, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
[JER.39.4] And it happened that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and he went out toward the Arabah.
[JER.39.5] But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he gave judgment on him.
[JER.39.6] Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah.
[JER.39.7] Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in chains, to carry him to Babylon.
[JER.39.8] And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
[JER.39.9] Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the people that remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the rest of the people that remained.
[JER.39.10] But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
[JER.39.11] Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
[JER.39.12] Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to you.
[JER.39.13] So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban, chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon;
[JER.39.14] they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home; so he lived among the people.
[JER.39.15] Now the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
[JER.39.16] Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for harm, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day.
[JER.39.17] But I will deliver you in that day, says Jehovah; and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.
[JER.39.18] For I will save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your life as a prize; because you have put your trust in me, says Jehovah.
[JER.40.1] The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, that were carried away captive to Babylon.
[JER.40.2] And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, Jehovah your God pronounced this evil on this place;
[JER.40.3] and Jehovah has brought it, and done according as he spoke: because you have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
[JER.40.4] And now, look, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well after you: but if it seems ill to you to come with me into Babylon, stop; look, all the land is before you: where it seems good and right to you to go, go there.
[JER.40.5] Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance and a present, and let him go.
[JER.40.6] Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and lived with him among the people that were left in the land.
[JER.40.7] Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
[JER.40.8] then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to wit, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.
[JER.40.9] And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
[JER.40.10] As for me, look, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans that shall come to us: but you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and live in your cities that you have taken.
[JER.40.11] Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;
[JER.40.12] then all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
[JER.40.13] Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
[JER.40.14] and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.
[JER.40.15] Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray you, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews that are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?
[JER.40.16] But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing: for you speak falsely of Ishmael.
[JER.41.1] And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal offspring and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
[JER.41.2] Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
[JER.41.3] Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.
[JER.41.4] And it came to pass the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
[JER.41.5] that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah.
[JER.41.6] And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
[JER.41.7] And it came to pass, when they came into the middle of the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them, and cast them into the middle of the pit, he, and the men who were with him.
[JER.41.8] But ten men were found among them that said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he stopped, and didn’t kill them among their brothers.
[JER.41.9] Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed by the side of Gedaliah, was what Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.
[JER.41.10] Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.
[JER.41.11] But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,
[JER.41.12] then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
[JER.41.13] Now it came to pass that when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad.
[JER.41.14] So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.
[JER.41.15] But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
[JER.41.16] Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, took from Mizpah all the rest of the people, whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, men, even the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.
[JER.41.17] And they departed, and lived in Geruth Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
[JER.41.18] because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.
[JER.42.1] Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,
[JER.42.2] and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beg you, our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to Jehovah your God, for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:
[JER.42.3] that Jehovah your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
[JER.42.4] Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Jehovah your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass that whatever thing Jehovah shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.
[JER.42.5] Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness among us, if we do not even according to all the word with which Jehovah your God shall send you to us.
[JER.42.6] Whether it is good, or whether it is evil, we will obey the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Jehovah our God.
[JER.42.7] And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah.
[JER.42.8] Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
[JER.42.9] and said to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him:
[JER.42.10] If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent of the evil that I have done to you.
[JER.42.11] Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; do not be afraid of him, says Jehovah: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
[JER.42.12] And I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land.
[JER.42.13] But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you do not obey the voice of Jehovah your God,
[JER.42.14] saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
[JER.42.15] now therefore hear the word of Jehovah, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
[JER.42.16] then it shall come to pass that the sword, which you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof you were afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.
[JER.42.17] So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.
[JER.42.18] For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth upon you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.
[JER.42.19] Jehovah has spoken concerning you, O remnant of Judah, Go not into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified to you this day.
[JER.42.20] For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us to Jehovah our God; and according to all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:
[JER.42.21] and I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah your God in anything for which he has sent me to you.
[JER.42.22] Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to sojourn.
[JER.43.1] And it happened that, when Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Jehovah their God, which Jehovah their God had sent him to them,
[JER.43.2] then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men, said to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: Jehovah our God has not sent you to say, You shall not go into Egypt to live there;
[JER.43.3] but Baruch the son of Neriah sets you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon.
[JER.43.4] So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of Jehovah, to live in the land of Judah.
[JER.43.5] But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, who had returned from all the nations where they had been driven, to live in the land of Judah;
[JER.43.6] the men, and the women, and the children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah;
[JER.43.7] and they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not obey the voice of Jehovah: and they came to Tahpanhes.
[JER.43.8] Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
[JER.43.9] Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brickwork, which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
[JER.43.10] and say to them, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
[JER.43.11] And he shall come, and shall strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death shall be given to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.
[JER.43.12] And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and take them captive; and he shall wrap himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he shall go forth from there in peace.
[JER.43.13] He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.
[JER.44.1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who lived in the land of Egypt, who lived at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
[JER.44.2] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells in them,
[JER.44.3] because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, that they did not know, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.
[JER.44.4] However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.
[JER.44.5] But they did not listen, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.
[JER.44.6] Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured out, and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.
[JER.44.7] Therefore now thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and nursing child, out of Judah, to leave yourselves none remaining;
[JER.44.8] in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have come to live; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
[JER.44.9] Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
[JER.44.10] They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
[JER.44.11] Therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
[JER.44.12] And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to live there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
[JER.44.13] For I will punish those that live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
[JER.44.14] so that none of the remnant of Judah, that have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall escape or be left to return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return save such as shall escape.
[JER.44.15] Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
[JER.44.16] As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Jehovah, we will not listen to you.
[JER.44.17] But we will certainly perform every word that has gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings, and our leaders, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
[JER.44.18] But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
[JER.44.19] And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?
[JER.44.20] Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, even to all the people that had given him that answer, saying,
[JER.44.21] The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your leaders, and the people of the land, did not Jehovah remember them, and did it not come into his mind?
[JER.44.22] so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your actions, and because of the abominations that you have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
[JER.44.23] Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil has happened unto you, as it is this day.
[JER.44.24] Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
[JER.44.25] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
[JER.44.26] Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Jehovah lives.
[JER.44.27] Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
[JER.44.28] And those that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, that have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
[JER.44.29] And this shall be the sign to you, says Jehovah, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
[JER.44.30] Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those that seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.
[JER.45.1] The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
[JER.45.2] Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:
[JER.45.3] You said, Woe is me now! for Jehovah has added sorrow to my pain; I am wearied with my groaning, and I find no rest.
[JER.45.4] Thus shall you say to him, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, what I have built will I break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
[JER.45.5] And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Jehovah; but your life I will give to you for a prize in all places where you go.
[JER.46.1] The word of Jehovah which came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
[JER.46.2] Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, who was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
[JER.46.3] Prepare the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
[JER.46.4] Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
[JER.46.5] Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, says Jehovah.
[JER.46.6] Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
[JER.46.7] Who is this that rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
[JER.46.8] Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers; and he said, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.
[JER.46.9] Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
[JER.46.10] For that day is of the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
[JER.46.11] Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain do you use many medicines; there is no healing for you.
[JER.46.12] The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
[JER.46.13] The word that Jehovah spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, of the coming of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt.
[JER.46.14] Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say, Stand forth, and prepare yourself; for the sword has devoured around you.
[JER.46.15] Why are your strong ones swept away? they stood not, because Jehovah pushed them.
[JER.46.16] He made many to stumble; yes, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.
[JER.46.17] They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has let the appointed time pass by.
[JER.46.18] As I live, says the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
[JER.46.19] Prepare for yourself stuff for traveling, O you inhabitant, daughter of Egypt; for Memphis shall become a desolation, and shall be burned up, without inhabitant.
[JER.46.20] Egypt is a very beautiful heifer; but destruction out of the north is come, it is come.
[JER.46.21] Also her hired men in her midst are like calves of the stall; for they also are turned back, they are fled away together; they did not stand: for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.
[JER.46.22] The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
[JER.46.23] They shall cut down her forest, says Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
[JER.46.24] The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
[JER.46.25] Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him:
[JER.46.26] and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Jehovah.
[JER.46.27] But do not fear, O Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
[JER.46.28] Fear not, O Jacob my servant, says Jehovah; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
[JER.47.1] The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet, concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
[JER.47.2] Thus says Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is in it, the city and those who live in it; and the men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
[JER.47.3] At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers do not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
[JER.47.4] because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remains: for Jehovah will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
[JER.47.5] Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
[JER.47.6] O sword of Jehovah, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your sheath; rest, and be still.
[JER.47.7] How can it be quiet, seeing Jehovah has given it a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seacoast, there has he appointed it.
[JER.48.1] Of Moab. Thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.
[JER.48.2] The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.
[JER.48.3] The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!
[JER.48.4] Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
[JER.48.5] For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
[JER.48.6] Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
[JER.48.7] For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his officials together.
[JER.48.8] And the destroyer shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Jehovah has spoken.
[JER.48.9] Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get away; and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to live in them.
[JER.48.10] Cursed be he that does the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that holds back his sword from blood.
[JER.48.11] Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his dregs, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
[JER.48.12] Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will send to him those that pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
[JER.48.13] And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
[JER.48.14] How do you say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?
[JER.48.15] Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
[JER.48.16] The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens fast.
[JER.48.17] All you that are around him, bemoan him, and all you that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
[JER.48.18] You daughter that lives in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.
[JER.48.19] Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch; ask him that flees, and her that escapes; say, What has happened?
[JER.48.20] Moab is put to shame; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.
[JER.48.21] And judgment has come upon the plain country, upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath,
[JER.48.22] and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
[JER.48.23] and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
[JER.48.24] and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near.
[JER.48.25] The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Jehovah.
[JER.48.26] Make him drunk; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
[JER.48.27] For was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For as often as you speak of him, you rejoice over him.
[JER.48.28] Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, you inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the pit.
[JER.48.29] We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
[JER.48.30] I know his wrath, says Jehovah, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.
[JER.48.31] Therefore will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab; for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.
[JER.48.32] With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah: your branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: upon your summer fruits and upon your vintage the destroyer has fallen.
[JER.48.33] And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses; none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.
[JER.48.34] From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.
[JER.48.35] Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Jehovah, him that offers in the high place, and him that burns incense to his gods.
[JER.48.36] Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten has perished.
[JER.48.37] For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.
[JER.48.38] On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delights, says Jehovah.
[JER.48.39] How is it broken down! How do they wail! How has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all that are around him.
[JER.48.40] For thus says Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
[JER.48.41] Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
[JER.48.42] And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Jehovah.
[JER.48.43] Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says Jehovah.
[JER.48.44] He that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon her, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, says Jehovah.
[JER.48.45] Those that fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
[JER.48.46] Woe to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.
[JER.48.47] Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
[JER.49.1] Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Jehovah: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?
[JER.49.2] Therefore behold, the days are coming, says Jehovah, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it will become a desolate heap, and her daughters will be burned with fire: then will Israel possess those who possessed him, says Jehovah.
[JER.49.3] Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste; cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird yourselves with sackcloth: lament, and run to and fro among the fences; for Malcam will go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
[JER.49.4] Why do you glory in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who will come to me?
[JER.49.5] Behold, I will bring a fear upon you, says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, from all that are round about you; and you will be driven out every man right forth; and there will be none to gather together the fugitives.
[JER.49.6] But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, says Jehovah.
[JER.49.7] Of Edom. Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
[JER.49.8] Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
[JER.49.9] If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?
[JER.49.10] But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he will not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more.
[JER.49.11] Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
[JER.49.12] For thus says Jehovah: Behold, they to whom it did not pertain to drink of the cup will assuredly drink; and are you he that will altogether go unpunished? you will not go unpunished, but you will surely drink.
[JER.49.13] For I have sworn by myself, says Jehovah, that Bozrah will become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof will be perpetual wastes.
[JER.49.14] I have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
[JER.49.15] For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men.
[JER.49.16] As for your terribleness, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwells in the clefts of the rock, who holds the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Jehovah.
[JER.49.17] And Edom will become an astonishment: every one that passes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all its plagues.
[JER.49.18] As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, says Jehovah, no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
[JER.49.19] Behold, like a lion he will come up from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?
[JER.49.20] Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they will drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he will make their habitation desolate over them.
[JER.49.21] The earth trembles at the noise of their fall; there is a cry, the noise whereof is heard in the Red Sea.
[JER.49.22] Behold, he will come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day will be as the heart of a woman in travail.
[JER.49.23] Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are dissolved; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
[JER.49.24] Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her; anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
[JER.49.25] How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?
[JER.49.26] Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day, says Jehovah of hosts.
[JER.49.27] And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
[JER.49.28] Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus says Jehovah: Arise you, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
[JER.49.29] Their tents and their flocks will they take; they will carry away for themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they will cry to them, Terror on every side!
[JER.49.30] Flee, wander far off, dwell in the depths, O you inhabitants of Hazor, says Jehovah; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
[JER.49.31] Arise, go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care, says Jehovah; that has neither gates nor bars, that dwells alone.
[JER.49.32] And their camels will be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil; and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners of their hair cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Jehovah.
[JER.49.33] And Hazor will be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever; no man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.
[JER.49.34] The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
[JER.49.35] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
[JER.49.36] And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there will be no nation to which the outcasts of Elam will not come.
[JER.49.37] And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, says Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them;
[JER.49.38] and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes, says Jehovah.
[JER.49.39] But it will come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says Jehovah.
[JER.50.1] The word that Jehovah spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
[JER.50.2] Declare you among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and do not conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.
[JER.50.3] For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.
[JER.50.4] In those days, and in that time, says Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
[JER.50.5] They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
[JER.50.6] My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting-place.
[JER.50.7] All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.
[JER.50.8] Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he-goats before the flocks.
[JER.50.9] For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.
[JER.50.10] And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, says Jehovah.
[JER.50.11] Because you are glad, because you rejoice, O you that plunder my heritage, because you are wanton as a heifer that treads out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;
[JER.50.12] your mother shall be utterly ashamed; she that bore you shall be confounded: behold, she shall be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
[JER.50.13] Because of the wrath of Jehovah she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone that goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
[JER.50.14] Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Jehovah.
[JER.50.15] Shout against her round about: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks have fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
[JER.50.16] Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handles the sickle in the time of harvest; for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
[JER.50.17] Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
[JER.50.18] Therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
[JER.50.19] And I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
[JER.50.20] In those days, and in that time, says Jehovah, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
[JER.50.21] Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Jehovah, and do according to all that I have commanded you.
[JER.50.22] A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
[JER.50.23] How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
[JER.50.24] I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, O Babylon, and you were not aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Jehovah.
[JER.50.25] Jehovah has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, has a work to do in the land of the Chaldeans.
[JER.50.26] Come against her from the utmost border; open her storehouses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.
[JER.50.27] Slay all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day has come, the time of their visitation.
[JER.50.28] The voice of those that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Jehovah our God, the vengeance of his temple.
[JER.50.29] Call together the archers against Babylon, all you that bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none of her escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel.
[JER.50.30] Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Jehovah.
[JER.50.31] Behold, I am against you, O you proud one, says the Lord, Jehovah of hosts; for your day is come, the time that I will visit you.
[JER.50.32] And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all around him.
[JER.50.33] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captives hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.
[JER.50.34] Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
[JER.50.35] A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
[JER.50.36] A sword is upon the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
[JER.50.37] A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her, and they shall become as women; a sword is upon her treasures, and they shall be robbed.
[JER.50.38] A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad upon idols.
[JER.50.39] Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
[JER.50.40] As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbor cities, says Jehovah, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
[JER.50.41] Behold, a people comes from the north; and a great nation and many kings shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
[JER.50.42] They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
[JER.50.43] The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands grow feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in childbirth.
[JER.50.44] Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: but I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?
[JER.50.45] Therefore hear the counsel of Jehovah, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they shall drag them away, even the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
[JER.50.46] At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembles, and the cry is heard among the nations.
[JER.51.1] Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.
[JER.51.2] And I will send to Babylon strangers, that shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
[JER.51.3] Against him that bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifts himself up in his coat of mail: and spare not her young men; destroy utterly all her army.
[JER.51.4] And they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and thrust through in her streets.
[JER.51.5] For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Jehovah of hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
[JER.51.6] Flee out of the middle of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
[JER.51.7] Babylon has been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunk: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
[JER.51.8] Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if she may be healed.
[JER.51.9] We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country; for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
[JER.51.10] Jehovah has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
[JER.51.11] Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Jehovah has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of his temple.
[JER.51.12] Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambush; for Jehovah has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
[JER.51.13] O you that dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
[JER.51.14] Jehovah of hosts has sworn by himself, Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
[JER.51.15] He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.
[JER.51.16] When he utters his voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures.
[JER.51.17] Every man has become brutish and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
[JER.51.18] They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
[JER.51.19] The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
[JER.51.20] You are my battle-ax and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
[JER.51.21] and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
[JER.51.22] and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rides in it; and with you will I break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces old man and youth; and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
[JER.51.23] and with you will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you will I break in pieces governors and deputies.
[JER.51.24] And I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Jehovah.
[JER.51.25] Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says Jehovah, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain.
[JER.51.26] And they shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate forever, says Jehovah.
[JER.51.27] Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker worm.
[JER.51.28] Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its deputies, and all its rulers, and all the land of their dominion.
[JER.51.29] And the land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Jehovah against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
[JER.51.30] The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they have become as women; her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
[JER.51.31] One runner shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken from every quarter:
[JER.51.32] and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
[JER.51.33] For thus says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
[JER.51.34] Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.
[JER.51.35] The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
[JER.51.36] Therefore thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
[JER.51.37] And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
[JER.51.38] They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' cubs.
[JER.51.39] When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Jehovah.
[JER.51.40] I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.
[JER.51.41] How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
[JER.51.42] The sea has come up on Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves.
[JER.51.43] Her cities have become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass by it.
[JER.51.44] And I will execute judgment upon Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up; and the nations shall not flow any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
[JER.51.45] My people, go out of the middle of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.
[JER.51.46] And let not your heart faint, neither fear for the report that shall be heard in the land; for a report shall come one year, and after that in another year shall come a report, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
[JER.51.47] Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will execute judgment upon the graven images of Babylon; and her whole land shall be confounded; and all her slain shall fall in the middle of her.
[JER.51.48] Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says Jehovah.
[JER.51.49] As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the land.
[JER.51.50] You that have escaped the sword, go, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
[JER.51.51] We are confounded because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers have come into the sanctuaries of Jehovah's house.
[JER.51.52] Therefore, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will execute judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
[JER.51.53] Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says Jehovah.
[JER.51.54] The sound of a cry from Babylon, and of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
[JER.51.55] For Jehovah lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:
[JER.51.56] for the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely repay.
[JER.51.57] And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
[JER.51.58] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor in vain, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
[JER.51.59] The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.
[JER.51.60] And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
[JER.51.61] And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
[JER.51.62] and say, O Jehovah, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.
[JER.51.63] And it shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates:
[JER.51.64] and you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
[JER.52.1] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[JER.52.2] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
[JER.52.3] For through the anger of Jehovah it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
[JER.52.4] And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
[JER.52.5] So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
[JER.52.6] In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
[JER.52.7] Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.
[JER.52.8] But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
[JER.52.9] Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.
[JER.52.10] And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
[JER.52.11] And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
[JER.52.12] Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.
[JER.52.13] And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
[JER.52.14] And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
[JER.52.15] Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried away captive some of the poorest of the people, and the remnant of the people that were left in the city, the deserters also that fell away to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
[JER.52.16] But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
[JER.52.17] And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
[JER.52.18] The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, they took away.
[JER.52.19] And the bowls, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
[JER.52.20] The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the handles, which King Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah— the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
[JER.52.21] And as for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a measuring line of twelve cubits surrounded it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
[JER.52.22] And a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
[JER.52.23] And there were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network round about.
[JER.52.24] And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:
[JER.52.25] and out of the city he took an official that was set over the men of war; and seven men of those that saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
[JER.52.26] And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
[JER.52.27] And the king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
[JER.52.28] This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand Jews and three-and-twenty;
[JER.52.29] in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons;
[JER.52.30] in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
[JER.52.31] And it came to pass in the seventh and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;
[JER.52.32] and he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
[JER.52.33] and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
[JER.52.34] and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
[LAM.1.1] How lonely the city sits that was full of people! She has become like a widow, who was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces has become tributary!
[LAM.1.2] She weeps bitterly in the night, her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies.
[LAM.1.3] Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she lives among the nations, she finds no rest: all her pursuers overtook her within the straits.
[LAM.1.4] The roads of Zion mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, her priests sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
[LAM.1.5] Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for Jehovah has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.
[LAM.1.6] From the daughter of Zion all her majesty has departed: her princes have become like deer that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
[LAM.1.7] Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that were from the days of old; when her people fell into the hand of the adversary, and no one helped her, the adversaries saw her, they mocked at her desolations.
[LAM.1.8] Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become as an unclean thing; all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
[LAM.1.9] Her filthiness was in her skirts; she did not remember her latter end; therefore she has come down wonderfully; she has no comforter: see, O Jehovah, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.
[LAM.1.10] The adversary has spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she has seen that the nations have entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.
[LAM.1.11] All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: see, O Jehovah, and consider; for I have become vile.
[LAM.1.12] Is it nothing to you, all you that pass by? Look, and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought upon me, with which Jehovah has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
[LAM.1.13] From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back; he has made me desolate and faint all the day.
[LAM.1.14] The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; they are knit together, they have come up upon my neck; he has made my strength to fail: the Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
[LAM.1.15] The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men in the midst of me; he has called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
[LAM.1.16] For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water; because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.
[LAM.1.17] Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Jehovah has commanded concerning Jacob, that they that are round about him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
[LAM.1.18] Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray, all you peoples, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
[LAM.1.19] I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city, while they sought food to refresh their souls.
[LAM.1.20] See, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaves, at home it is like death.
[LAM.1.21] They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they will be like me.
[LAM.1.22] Let all their wickedness come before you; and do to them as you have done to me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
[LAM.2.1] How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, and has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
[LAM.2.2] The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: he has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought them down to the ground; he has profaned the kingdom and its rulers.
[LAM.2.3] He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; he has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy; and he has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.
[LAM.2.4] He has bent his bow like an enemy, set his right hand as an adversary, and has slain all that were pleasant to the eye: in the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his fury like fire.
[LAM.2.5] The Lord has become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Israel; he has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds; and he has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.
[LAM.2.6] He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, and has despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
[LAM.2.7] The Lord has cast off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary, he has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of Jehovah, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
[LAM.2.8] Jehovah has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; and he has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
[LAM.2.9] Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; yes, her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.
[LAM.2.10] The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they keep silent; they have cast dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
[LAM.2.11] My eyes fail with tears, my heart is troubled; my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and the infants faint in the streets of the city.
[LAM.2.12] They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? when they faint as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom.
[LAM.2.13] What shall I testify unto you? What thing shall I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you?
[LAM.2.14] Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; and they have not uncovered your iniquity, to bring back your captivity, but have seen for you false burdens and causes of banishment.
[LAM.2.15] All that pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
[LAM.2.16] All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; they hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
[LAM.2.17] Jehovah has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; he has thrown down, and has not pitied; and he has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
[LAM.2.18] Their heart cried to the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; give yourself no respite; let not the apple of your eye cease.
[LAM.2.19] Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
[LAM.2.20] See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom you have done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
[LAM.2.21] The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; you have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered, and not pitied.
[LAM.2.22] You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; and there was none that escaped or remained in the day of Jehovah's anger: those that I have dandled and brought up has my enemy consumed.
[LAM.3.1] I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
[LAM.3.2] He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
[LAM.3.3] Surely against me he turns his hand again and again all the day.
[LAM.3.4] My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
[LAM.3.5] He has built against me, and surrounded me with gall and travail.
[LAM.3.6] He has made me dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
[LAM.3.7] He has hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; he has made my chain heavy.
[LAM.3.8] Even when I cry and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
[LAM.3.9] He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.
[LAM.3.10] He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
[LAM.3.11] He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
[LAM.3.12] He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
[LAM.3.13] He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
[LAM.3.14] I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
[LAM.3.15] He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
[LAM.3.16] He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
[LAM.3.17] And you have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.
[LAM.3.18] And I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Jehovah.
[LAM.3.19] Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
[LAM.3.20] My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
[LAM.3.21] This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
[LAM.3.22] It is of Jehovah's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
[LAM.3.23] They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
[LAM.3.24] Jehovah is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
[LAM.3.25] Jehovah is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
[LAM.3.26] It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
[LAM.3.27] It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
[LAM.3.28] Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it upon him.
[LAM.3.29] Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there is hope.
[LAM.3.30] Let him give his cheek to him that strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach.
[LAM.3.31] For the Lord will not cast off forever.
[LAM.3.32] For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
[LAM.3.33] For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
[LAM.3.34] To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
[LAM.3.35] To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
[LAM.3.36] To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approves not.
[LAM.3.37] Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?
[LAM.3.38] Out of the mouth of the Most High proceeds there not evil and good?
[LAM.3.39] Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
[LAM.3.40] Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
[LAM.3.41] Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
[LAM.3.42] We have transgressed and have rebelled; you have not pardoned.
[LAM.3.43] You have covered with anger and pursued us; you have slain, you have not pitied.
[LAM.3.44] You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
[LAM.3.45] You have made us an offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
[LAM.3.46] All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
[LAM.3.47] Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and destruction.
[LAM.3.48] My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
[LAM.3.49] My eye pours down, and ceases not, without any intermission,
[LAM.3.50] Till Jehovah looks down, and beholds from heaven.
[LAM.3.51] My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
[LAM.3.52] They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, they that are my enemies without cause.
[LAM.3.53] They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
[LAM.3.54] Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
[LAM.3.55] I called upon your name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
[LAM.3.56] You heard my voice; hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
[LAM.3.57] You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Fear not.
[LAM.3.58] O Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
[LAM.3.59] O Jehovah, you have seen my wrong; judge you my cause.
[LAM.3.60] You have seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
[LAM.3.61] You have heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,
[LAM.3.62] The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
[LAM.3.63] Behold you their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
[LAM.3.64] You will render to them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.
[LAM.3.65] You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
[LAM.3.66] You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
[LAM.4.1] How the gold has become dim! The most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
[LAM.4.2] The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
[LAM.4.3] Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
[LAM.4.4] The tongue of the nursing child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it to them.
[LAM.4.5] Those who fed delicately are desolate in the streets: those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
[LAM.4.6] For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands waited on her.
[LAM.4.7] Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their form was as sapphire.
[LAM.4.8] Their appearance is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered, it has become as wood.
[LAM.4.9] Those killed with the sword are better than those killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.
[LAM.4.10] The hands of the compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
[LAM.4.11] Jehovah has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; and he has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
[LAM.4.12] The kings of the earth did not believe, nor all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.
[LAM.4.13] It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
[LAM.4.14] They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men cannot touch their garments.
[LAM.4.15] Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, do not touch! when they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They will not live here anymore.
[LAM.4.16] The anger of Jehovah has scattered them; he will no longer regard them: they did not respect the persons of the priests, they did not favor the elders.
[LAM.4.17] Our eyes still fail, as we look in vain for our help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
[LAM.4.18] They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end has come.
[LAM.4.19] Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: they chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
[LAM.4.20] The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, Under his shadow we will live among the nations.
[LAM.4.21] Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwells in the land of Uz: the cup will pass through to you also; you will become drunk, and will make yourself naked.
[LAM.4.22] The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into exile: he will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.
[LAM.5.1] Remember, Jehovah, what has come upon us: look, and see our reproach.
[LAM.5.2] Our inheritance has been turned to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
[LAM.5.3] We have become orphans and fatherless; our mothers are as widows.
[LAM.5.4] We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us.
[LAM.5.5] Our pursuers are upon our necks: we are weary, and have no rest.
[LAM.5.6] We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
[LAM.5.7] Our fathers sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
[LAM.5.8] Servants rule over us: there is no one who delivers us from their hand.
[LAM.5.9] We get our bread with the peril of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
[LAM.5.10] Our skin is black like an oven, because of the burning heat of famine.
[LAM.5.11] They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah.
[LAM.5.12] Princes were hanged up by their hands: the faces of elders were not honored.
[LAM.5.13] The young men carry millstones, and the children stumble under the wood.
[LAM.5.14] The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.
[LAM.5.15] The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
[LAM.5.16] The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us! for we have sinned.
[LAM.5.17] For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim;
[LAM.5.18] For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk upon it.
[LAM.5.19] You, O Jehovah, remain forever; your throne is from generation to generation.
[LAM.5.20] Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us so long?
[LAM.5.21] Turn us to you, O Jehovah, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.
[LAM.5.22] But you have utterly rejected us; you are very angry against us.
[EZE.1.1] Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
[EZE.1.2] On the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
[EZE.1.3] the word of Jehovah came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.
[EZE.1.4] And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire enveloping itself, and a brightness around it, and out of the midst of it as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
[EZE.1.5] And out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man;
[EZE.1.6] and each one had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.
[EZE.1.7] And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
[EZE.1.8] And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings like this:
[EZE.1.9] Their wings were joined one to another; they did not turn when they went; they each went straight forward.
[EZE.1.10] As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and all four had the face of a lion on the right side; and all four had the face of an ox on the left side; all four also had the face of an eagle.
[EZE.1.11] Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
[EZE.1.12] And each went straight forward; where the spirit was to go, they went; they did not turn when they went.
[EZE.1.13] As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches; it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
[EZE.1.14] And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
[EZE.1.15] Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each one of the four of them.
[EZE.1.16] The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the color of beryl; and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
[EZE.1.17] When they went, they went in one of their four directions; they did not turn when they went.
[EZE.1.18] As for their rims, they were high and terrible; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.
[EZE.1.19] And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
[EZE.1.20] Where the spirit was to go, they went, there the spirit was to go; and the wheels were lifted up beside them, for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
[EZE.1.21] When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
[EZE.1.22] And over the heads of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the color of awesome crystal, spread out above their heads.
[EZE.1.23] And under the expanse their wings were straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered its body on this side, and each one had two which covered on that side.
[EZE.1.24] And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army; when they stood, they let down their wings.
[EZE.1.25] And there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; when they stood, they let down their wings.
[EZE.1.26] And above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.
[EZE.1.27] And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire inside it all around, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
[EZE.1.28] As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one speaking.
[EZE.2.1] And he said to me, Son of man, stand upon your feet, and I will speak with you.
[EZE.2.2] And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me upon my feet; and I heard him that spoke to me.
[EZE.2.3] And he said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to nations that are rebellious, who have rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day.
[EZE.2.4] And the children are impudent and stubborn: I do send you to them; and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.2.5] And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will not (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
[EZE.2.6] And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
[EZE.2.7] And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will not; for they are most rebellious.
[EZE.2.8] But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; be not rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you.
[EZE.2.9] And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and a scroll was in it;
[EZE.2.10] And he spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written on it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
[EZE.3.1] And he said to me, Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.
[EZE.3.2] So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
[EZE.3.3] And he said to me, Son of man, cause your stomach to eat, and fill your inward parts with this scroll that I give you. Then I ate it; and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
[EZE.3.4] And he said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them.
[EZE.3.5] For you are not sent to a people of a foreign speech and of a difficult language, but to the house of Israel;
[EZE.3.6] not to many peoples of a foreign speech and of a difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
[EZE.3.7] But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are hard-faced and hard-hearted.
[EZE.3.8] Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
[EZE.3.9] Like adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: do not fear them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
[EZE.3.10] Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
[EZE.3.11] And go, get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse.
[EZE.3.12] Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place.
[EZE.3.13] And I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.
[EZE.3.14] So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.
[EZE.3.15] Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
[EZE.3.16] And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.3.17] Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
[EZE.3.18] When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his sin, but his blood will I require at your hand.
[EZE.3.19] Yet if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his sin; but you have delivered your soul.
[EZE.3.20] Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits evil, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
[EZE.3.21] Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he was warned; and you have delivered your soul.
[EZE.3.22] And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you.
[EZE.3.23] Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and behold, the glory of Jehovah stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
[EZE.3.24] Then the Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet; and he spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself inside your house.
[EZE.3.25] But you, son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:
[EZE.3.26] and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.
[EZE.3.27] But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: He that hears, let him hear; and he that refuses, let him refuse: for they are a rebellious house.
[EZE.4.1] And you, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:
[EZE.4.2] and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
[EZE.4.3] And take to yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
[EZE.4.4] Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; according to the number of the days that you shall lie on it you shall bear their iniquity.
[EZE.4.5] For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
[EZE.4.6] And when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
[EZE.4.7] And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
[EZE.4.8] And, behold, I lay cords on you, and you shall not turn from one side to another, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
[EZE.4.9] Take also to yourself wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it; according to the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, even three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.
[EZE.4.10] And your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.
[EZE.4.11] And you shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time you shall drink.
[EZE.4.12] And you shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of humankind.
[EZE.4.13] And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.
[EZE.4.14] Then I said, Ah Lord Jehovah! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of what dies of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
[EZE.4.15] Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread on it.
[EZE.4.16] Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay;
[EZE.4.17] that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
[EZE.5.1] And you, son of man, take a sharp sword; as a barber's razor you shall take it to yourself, and shall cause it to pass upon your head and upon your beard: then take balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
[EZE.5.2] A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third part, and strike it with the sword round about it; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
[EZE.5.3] And you shall take from there a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
[EZE.5.4] And of these again shall you take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from there shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
[EZE.5.5] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
[EZE.5.6] And she has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
[EZE.5.7] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ordinances, neither have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
[EZE.5.8] therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments in the midst of you in the sight of the nations.
[EZE.5.9] And I will do in you that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all your abominations.
[EZE.5.10] Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the winds.
[EZE.5.11] Therefore, as I live, says the Lord Jehovah, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
[EZE.5.12] A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of you; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
[EZE.5.13] Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.
[EZE.5.14] Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about you, in the sight of all that pass by.
[EZE.5.15] So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are round about you, when I shall execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes—I, Jehovah, have spoken it—
[EZE.5.16] when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;
[EZE.5.17] and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword upon you: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
[EZE.6.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.6.2] Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them,
[EZE.6.3] and say, Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: This is what the Lord Jehovah says to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
[EZE.6.4] And your altars will be desolate, and your sun-images will be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
[EZE.6.5] And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
[EZE.6.6] In all your dwelling places the cities will be laid waste, and the high places will be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be cut down, and your works may be blotted out.
[EZE.6.7] And the slain will fall in the midst of you, and you will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.6.8] Yet will I leave a remnant, when you have those that escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries.
[EZE.6.9] And those of you that escape will remember me among the nations to where they are carried captive, how I have been broken with their prostitute heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
[EZE.6.10] And they will know that I am Jehovah: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.
[EZE.6.11] This is what the Lord Jehovah says: Clap with your hand and stamp with your foot, and say, Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they will fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague.
[EZE.6.12] He that is far off will die of the plague; and he that is near will fall by the sword; and he that stays and is besieged will die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them.
[EZE.6.13] And you will know that I am Jehovah, when their slain men are among their idols around their altars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
[EZE.6.14] And I will stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate and waste, more than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their habitations; and they will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.7.1] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.7.2] And you, son of man, thus says the Lord Jehovah to the land of Israel, An end: the end is come on the four corners of the land.
[EZE.7.3] Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
[EZE.7.4] And my eye will not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.7.5] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.
[EZE.7.6] An end is come, the end is come; it awakes against you; behold, it comes.
[EZE.7.7] Your doom is come to you, O inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting, on the mountains.
[EZE.7.8] Now will I shortly pour out my anger on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
[EZE.7.9] And my eye will not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, Jehovah, do strike.
[EZE.7.10] Behold, the day, behold, it comes: your doom is gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
[EZE.7.11] Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminence among them.
[EZE.7.12] The time is come, the day draws near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all the multitude thereof.
[EZE.7.13] For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they live; for the vision concerns the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
[EZE.7.14] They have blown the trumpet, and have made all ready; but none goes to the battle; for my wrath is on all the multitude thereof.
[EZE.7.15] The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
[EZE.7.16] But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in their iniquity.
[EZE.7.17] All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
[EZE.7.18] They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
[EZE.7.19] They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
[EZE.7.20] As for the beauty of their ornament, they made it in pride, and they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore I make it to them as an unclean thing.
[EZE.7.21] And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it.
[EZE.7.22] My face will I turn also from them, and they shall profane my secret place; and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it.
[EZE.7.23] Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
[EZE.7.24] Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.
[EZE.7.25] Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
[EZE.7.26] Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
[EZE.7.27] The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do to them according to their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.8.1] And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me.
[EZE.8.2] Then I looked, and saw a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber.
[EZE.8.3] And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
[EZE.8.4] And there was the glory of the God of Israel, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
[EZE.8.5] Then he said to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and see, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
[EZE.8.6] And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, so that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you turn yet again, and you will see greater abominations.
[EZE.8.7] And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.
[EZE.8.8] Then he said to me, Son of man, dig in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, there was a door.
[EZE.8.9] And he said to me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations that they do here.
[EZE.8.10] So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, engraved upon the wall round about.
[EZE.8.11] And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.
[EZE.8.12] Then said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? For they say, Jehovah does not see us; Jehovah has forsaken the land.
[EZE.8.13] He said also to me, You turn yet again, and you will see greater abominations that they do.
[EZE.8.14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Jehovah's house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.
[EZE.8.15] Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? You turn yet again, and you will see greater abominations than these.
[EZE.8.16] And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house; and behold, at the door of the temple of Jehovah, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah, and their faces toward the east; and they worshiped the sun toward the east.
[EZE.8.17] Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger; and look, they put the branch to their nose.
[EZE.8.18] Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye will not pity, neither will I spare; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
[EZE.9.1] Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause those who have charge over the city to draw near, each with his weapon of destruction in his hand.
[EZE.9.2] And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and a man among them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the bronze altar.
[EZE.9.3] And the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side.
[EZE.9.4] And Jehovah said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.
[EZE.9.5] And to the others he said in my hearing, Go through the city after him, and strike: do not let your eye spare, nor have pity;
[EZE.9.6] kill utterly the old and young, both maidens and little children, and women; but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the elders who were before the house.
[EZE.9.7] And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go forth. And they went forth, and struck in the city.
[EZE.9.8] And it occurred, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath upon Jerusalem?
[EZE.9.9] Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, Jehovah has forsaken the land, and Jehovah does not see.
[EZE.9.10] And as for me also, my eye will not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.
[EZE.9.11] And behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.
[EZE.10.1] Then I looked, and saw upon the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
[EZE.10.2] And he spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
[EZE.10.3] Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
[EZE.10.4] And the glory of Jehovah went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah’s glory.
[EZE.10.5] And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaks.
[EZE.10.6] And it came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.
[EZE.10.7] And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some and put it into the hands of him that was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.
[EZE.10.8] And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
[EZE.10.9] And I looked, and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a beryl stone.
[EZE.10.10] And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been within a wheel.
[EZE.10.11] When they went, they went to their four directions: they did not turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they did not turn as they went.
[EZE.10.12] And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that they four had.
[EZE.10.13] As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels.
[EZE.10.14] And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
[EZE.10.15] And the cherubim mounted up: this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
[EZE.10.16] And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also did not turn from beside them.
[EZE.10.17] When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
[EZE.10.18] And the glory of Jehovah went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
[EZE.10.19] And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, with the wheels beside them; and they stood at the entrance of the east gate of Jehovah’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
[EZE.10.20] This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
[EZE.10.21] Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
[EZE.10.22] And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves; they went each straight forward.
[EZE.11.1] Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Jehovah's house, which looks eastward: and behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
[EZE.11.2] And he said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city;
[EZE.11.3] that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the meat.
[EZE.11.4] Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
[EZE.11.5] And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says Jehovah: Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
[EZE.11.6] You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.
[EZE.11.7] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the caldron; but you will be brought forth out of its midst.
[EZE.11.8] You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.11.9] And I will bring you forth out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
[EZE.11.10] You will fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.11.11] This city will not be your caldron, neither will you be the meat in its midst; I will judge you in the border of Israel;
[EZE.11.12] and you will know that I am Jehovah: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
[EZE.11.13] And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Jehovah! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
[EZE.11.14] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.11.15] Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get far from Jehovah; to us is this land given for a possession.
[EZE.11.16] Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and dispersed them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.
[EZE.11.17] Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
[EZE.11.18] And they will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from it.
[EZE.11.19] And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
[EZE.11.20] that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they will be my people, and I will be their God.
[EZE.11.21] But as for those whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.11.22] Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
[EZE.11.23] And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
[EZE.11.24] And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
[EZE.11.25] Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that Jehovah had shown me.
[EZE.12.1] The word of Jehovah also came to me, saying,
[EZE.12.2] Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and see not; who have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house.
[EZE.12.3] Therefore, you son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile, and go forth by day in their sight; and you shall go forth in their sight as when men go forth into exile, from your place to another place: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
[EZE.12.4] And you shall bring forth your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile; and you shall go forth at evening in their sight, as when men go into exile.
[EZE.12.5] Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry out your baggage through it.
[EZE.12.6] In their sight, you shall bear it on your shoulder and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, so that you do not see the ground: for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.
[EZE.12.7] And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bore it on my shoulder in their sight.
[EZE.12.8] And in the morning the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.12.9] Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?
[EZE.12.10] Say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.
[EZE.12.11] Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
[EZE.12.12] And the prince that is among them shall carry his baggage on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the ground with his eyes.
[EZE.12.13] My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon and to the land of the Chaldeans, yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
[EZE.12.14] And I will scatter toward every wind all that are around him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
[EZE.12.15] And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.
[EZE.12.16] But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.12.17] Moreover, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.12.18] Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
[EZE.12.19] and say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate and all that is in it, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it.
[EZE.12.20] And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.12.21] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.12.22] Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
[EZE.12.23] Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but tell them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.
[EZE.12.24] For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
[EZE.12.25] For I am Jehovah; I will speak, and the word that I speak shall be performed; it shall no more be deferred; for in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.12.26] Again the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.12.27] Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.
[EZE.12.28] Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.13.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.13.2] Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear the word of Jehovah:
[EZE.13.3] Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Woe to the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
[EZE.13.4] O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes in the waste places.
[EZE.13.5] You have not gone up into the gaps, nor built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.
[EZE.13.6] They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah says; but Jehovah has not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.
[EZE.13.7] Have you not seen a false vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, in that you say, Jehovah says; but I have not spoken?
[EZE.13.8] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have spoken falsehood, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.13.9] And my hand shall be against the prophets that see false visions, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.13.10] Because, indeed, because they have led my people astray, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one builds up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar:
[EZE.13.11] say to those who daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
[EZE.13.12] Behold, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?
[EZE.13.13] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
[EZE.13.14] So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst: and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.13.15] Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon those who have daubed it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you, The wall is no more, neither those who daubed it;
[EZE.13.16] the prophets of Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.13.17] And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy against them,
[EZE.13.18] and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make coverings upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
[EZE.13.19] And will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that listen to lies?
[EZE.13.20] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against your pillows, with which you hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls that you hunt to make them fly.
[EZE.13.21] Your coverings also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall no more be in your hand to be hunted; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.13.22] Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive:
[EZE.13.23] Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.14.1] Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.
[EZE.14.2] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.14.3] Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
[EZE.14.4] Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Jehovah will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;
[EZE.14.5] that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
[EZE.14.6] Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Return, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
[EZE.14.7] For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that lives in Israel, that separates himself from me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Jehovah will answer him by myself:
[EZE.14.8] and I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.14.9] And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I Jehovah have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
[EZE.14.10] And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeks to him;
[EZE.14.11] that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.14.12] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.14.13] Son of man, when a land sins against me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out my hand on it, and break the staff of its bread, and send famine on it, and cut off from it man and beast;
[EZE.14.14] though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver only their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.14.15] If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they destroy it, so that it is desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts;
[EZE.14.16] though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
[EZE.14.17] Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
[EZE.14.18] though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
[EZE.14.19] Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;
[EZE.14.20] though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should deliver their own souls only by their righteousness.
[EZE.14.21] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
[EZE.14.22] Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their deeds; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
[EZE.14.23] And they shall comfort you, when you see their way and their deeds; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.15.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.15.2] Son of man, how is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?
[EZE.15.3] Shall wood be taken to use it for work? Or will men take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?
[EZE.15.4] Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both ends of it, and the middle of it is burned; is it good for any work?
[EZE.15.5] Behold, when it was whole, it was not used for work: how much less when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be used for any work!
[EZE.15.6] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[EZE.15.7] And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.
[EZE.15.8] And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.16.1] Again the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.16.2] Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
[EZE.16.3] and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem: Your birth and your nativity are from the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was your father, and your mother a Hittite.
[EZE.16.4] As for your nativity, in the day you were born your navel was not cut, neither were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
[EZE.16.5] No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you, to have compassion upon you; but you were cast out in the open field, for that your soul was abhorred, in the day that you were born.
[EZE.16.6] And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you, though you were in your blood, Live; yes, I said to you, though you were in your blood, Live.
[EZE.16.7] I caused you to multiply as the bud of the field, and you increased and grew up, and you attained to excellent ornament; your breasts were fashioned, and your hair was grown; yet you were naked and bare.
[EZE.16.8] Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Jehovah, and you became mine.
[EZE.16.9] Then I washed you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
[EZE.16.10] I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with sealskin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and covered you with silk.
[EZE.16.11] I decked you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon your hands, and a chain on your neck.
[EZE.16.12] And I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
[EZE.16.13] Thus were you decked with gold and silver; and your raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceedingly beautiful, and you prospered to royal estate.
[EZE.16.14] And your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon you, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.16.15] But you trusted in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on every one that passed by; his it was.
[EZE.16.16] And you took of your garments, and made also places of prostitution for yourself, and played the prostitute on them: such things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
[EZE.16.17] You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made images of men for yourself, and played the prostitute with them;
[EZE.16.18] and you took your embroidered garments, and covered them, and set my oil and my incense before them.
[EZE.16.19] My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you even set it before them for a pleasant aroma; and thus it was, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.16.20] Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is your prostitution a small matter,
[EZE.16.21] that you have slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through the fire to them?
[EZE.16.22] And in all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were polluted in your blood.
[EZE.16.23] And it has come to pass after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you! says the Lord Jehovah),
[EZE.16.24] that you have built for yourself a vaulted place, and have made for yourself a lofty place in every street.
[EZE.16.25] You have built your lofty place at the head of every street, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.
[EZE.16.26] You have also committed fornication with the Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and have multiplied your prostitution, to provoke me to anger.
[EZE.16.27] Behold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your portion, and delivered you to the will of them that hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.
[EZE.16.28] You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and yet you were not satisfied.
[EZE.16.29] You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you were not satisfied with this.
[EZE.16.30] How weak is your heart, says the Lord Jehovah, seeing you do all these things, the work of an impudent prostitute;
[EZE.16.31] in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every street, and make your lofty place in every square; and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn wages.
[EZE.16.32] A wife that commits adultery! that takes strangers instead of her husband!
[EZE.16.33] They give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and hire them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.
[EZE.16.34] And you are different from other women in your prostitution, in that none follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give payment, and no payment is given to you, therefore you are different.
[EZE.16.35] Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of Jehovah:
[EZE.16.36] Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your prostitution with your lovers; and because of all the idols of your abominations, and for the blood of your children, that you gave to them;
[EZE.16.37] therefore behold, I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all them that you have loved, with all them that you have hated; I will even gather them against you on every side, and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.
[EZE.16.38] And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
[EZE.16.39] I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.
[EZE.16.40] They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords.
[EZE.16.41] And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you shall also give no payment anymore.
[EZE.16.42] So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
[EZE.16.43] Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have fretted me in all these things; therefore behold, I also will bring your way upon your head, says the Lord Jehovah: and you shall not commit this lewdness above all your abominations.
[EZE.16.44] Behold, every one that uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
[EZE.16.45] You are the daughter of your mother, that loathed her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, that loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
[EZE.16.46] And your elder sister is Samaria, that dwells at your left hand, she and her daughters; and your younger sister, that dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
[EZE.16.47] Yet have you not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as if that were a very little thing, you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.
[EZE.16.48] As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters.
[EZE.16.49] Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
[EZE.16.50] And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
[EZE.16.51] Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters by all your abominations which you have done.
[EZE.16.52] You also, bear your own shame, in that you have given judgment for your sisters; through your sins that you have committed more abominable than they, they are more righteous than you: yes, be also confounded, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters.
[EZE.16.53] And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and I will turn again your captivity among them;
[EZE.16.54] that you may bear your own shame, and may be confounded in all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them.
[EZE.16.55] And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate; and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; and you and your daughters shall return to your former estate.
[EZE.16.56] For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride,
[EZE.16.57] before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite to you round about.
[EZE.16.58] You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says Jehovah.
[EZE.16.59] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will also deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
[EZE.16.60] Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.
[EZE.16.61] Then you shall remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder sisters and your younger: and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.
[EZE.16.62] And I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am Jehovah;
[EZE.16.63] that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.17.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.17.2] Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
[EZE.17.3] and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
[EZE.17.4] he cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it into a land of trade; he set it in a city of merchants.
[EZE.17.5] He also took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a willow tree.
[EZE.17.6] And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
[EZE.17.7] There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and see, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
[EZE.17.8] It was planted in good soil by abundant waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
[EZE.17.9] Say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots.
[EZE.17.10] Yes, see, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.
[EZE.17.11] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.17.12] Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him in Babylon.
[EZE.17.13] And he took from the royal family, and made a covenant with him; he also took an oath from him, and took the mighty of the land;
[EZE.17.14] that the kingdom might be low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant, it might stand.
[EZE.17.15] But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
[EZE.17.16] As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
[EZE.17.17] Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many people.
[EZE.17.18] For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and see, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.
[EZE.17.19] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.
[EZE.17.20] And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
[EZE.17.21] And all his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
[EZE.17.22] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain:
[EZE.17.23] in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a noble cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of its branches shall they dwell.
[EZE.17.24] And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.
[EZE.18.1] The word of Jehovah came to me again, saying,
[EZE.18.2] What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
[EZE.18.3] As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, you shall not have occasion anymore to use this proverb in Israel.
[EZE.18.4] Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.
[EZE.18.5] But if a man is just, and does what is lawful and right,
[EZE.18.6] and has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,
[EZE.18.7] and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
[EZE.18.8] he that has not given forth upon interest, neither has taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
[EZE.18.9] has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to act faithfully; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.18.10] If he fathers a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and who does any one of these things,
[EZE.18.11] and that does not any of those duties, but even has eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
[EZE.18.12] has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
[EZE.18.13] has given forth upon interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
[EZE.18.14] Now, if he fathers a son, that sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and considers, and does not such like;
[EZE.18.15] that has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,
[EZE.18.16] neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
[EZE.18.17] that has withdrawn his hand from the poor, has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
[EZE.18.18] As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
[EZE.18.19] Yet you say, Why? Does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
[EZE.18.20] The soul that sins, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
[EZE.18.21] But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
[EZE.18.22] None of his transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live.
[EZE.18.23] Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Jehovah; and not rather that he should turn from his way, and live?
[EZE.18.24] But when the righteous turn away from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and do according to all the abominations that the wicked do, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
[EZE.18.25] Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not fair. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not fair? Are not your ways unfair?
[EZE.18.26] When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in it; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.
[EZE.18.27] Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
[EZE.18.28] Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
[EZE.18.29] Yet says the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not fair. O house of Israel, are not my ways fair? Are not your ways unfair?
[EZE.18.30] Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord Jehovah. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
[EZE.18.31] Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel?
[EZE.18.32] For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone that dies, says the Lord Jehovah: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
[EZE.19.1] Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
[EZE.19.2] and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
[EZE.19.3] And she brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
[EZE.19.4] The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
[EZE.19.5] Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
[EZE.19.6] And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, he devoured men.
[EZE.19.7] And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
[EZE.19.8] Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.
[EZE.19.9] And they put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
[EZE.19.10] Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
[EZE.19.11] And it had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and its stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and it was seen in its height with the multitude of its branches.
[EZE.19.12] But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
[EZE.19.13] And now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
[EZE.19.14] And fire is gone out of its rods; it has devoured its branches, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
[EZE.20.1] In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me.
[EZE.20.2] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.20.3] Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired by you.
[EZE.20.4] Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
[EZE.20.5] and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;
[EZE.20.6] in that day I swore to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
[EZE.20.7] And I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.
[EZE.20.8] But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they did not cast away every man the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
[EZE.20.9] But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
[EZE.20.10] So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
[EZE.20.11] And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.
[EZE.20.12] Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies them.
[EZE.20.13] But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they did not walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
[EZE.20.14] But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
[EZE.20.15] Also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
[EZE.20.16] because they rejected my ordinances, and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
[EZE.20.17] Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
[EZE.20.18] And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
[EZE.20.19] I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them;
[EZE.20.20] and hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Jehovah your God.
[EZE.20.21] But the children rebelled against me: they did not walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man does, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
[EZE.20.22] Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and acted for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them forth.
[EZE.20.23] Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
[EZE.20.24] because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were on their fathers' idols.
[EZE.20.25] Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
[EZE.20.26] and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that opens the womb to pass through the fire; that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.20.27] Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have dealt treacherously with me.
[EZE.20.28] For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and there they offered their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and there they poured out their drink-offerings.
[EZE.20.29] Then I said to them, What is the high place where you go? So its name is called Bamah to this day.
[EZE.20.30] Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Do you pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? And do you commit whoredom after their abominations?
[EZE.20.31] and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day: and shall I be inquired by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired by you;
[EZE.20.32] and that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, in that you say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
[EZE.20.33] As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you;
[EZE.20.34] and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
[EZE.20.35] and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.
[EZE.20.36] As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.20.37] And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
[EZE.20.38] and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and those who transgress against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.20.39] As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Jehovah: Go, serve every one his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
[EZE.20.40] For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
[EZE.20.41] As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
[EZE.20.42] And you shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
[EZE.20.43] And there you shall remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
[EZE.20.44] And you shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, house of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.20.45] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.20.46] Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop your word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south;
[EZE.20.47] and say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned by it.
[EZE.20.48] And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.
[EZE.20.49] Then I said, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
[EZE.21.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.21.2] Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
[EZE.21.3] and say to the land of Israel, Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
[EZE.21.4] Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
[EZE.21.5] and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
[EZE.21.6] Sigh therefore, son of man; with the breaking of your loins and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes.
[EZE.21.7] And it shall be, when they say to you, Why do you sigh? that you shall say, Because of the tidings, for it comes: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.21.8] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.21.9] Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;
[EZE.21.10] it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? The rod of my son, it condemns every tree.
[EZE.21.11] And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer.
[EZE.21.12] Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people, it is on all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my people; smite therefore on your thigh.
[EZE.21.13] For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that condemns shall be no more? says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.21.14] You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite your hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which enters into their chambers.
[EZE.21.15] I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their hearts may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
[EZE.21.16] Gather yourself together, go to the right; set yourself in array, go to the left, wherever your face is set.
[EZE.21.17] I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
[EZE.21.18] The word of Jehovah came to me again, saying,
[EZE.21.19] Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: they both shall come forth out of one land: and choose a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
[EZE.21.20] Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.
[EZE.21.21] For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted images, he looked in the liver.
[EZE.21.22] In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.
[EZE.21.23] And it shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.
[EZE.21.24] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken with the hand.
[EZE.21.25] And you, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
[EZE.21.26] thus says the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.
[EZE.21.27] I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it him.
[EZE.21.28] And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;
[EZE.21.29] while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end.
[EZE.21.30] Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, will I judge you.
[EZE.21.31] And I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
[EZE.21.32] You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be remembered no more: for I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
[EZE.22.1] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.22.2] And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
[EZE.22.3] And you shall say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheds blood in its midst, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
[EZE.22.4] You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
[EZE.22.5] Those that are near, and those that are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one and full of tumult.
[EZE.22.6] Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
[EZE.22.7] In you have they set light by father and mother; in your midst have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
[EZE.22.8] You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my sabbaths.
[EZE.22.9] In you are slanderous men to shed blood; and in you they eat upon the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.
[EZE.22.10] In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.
[EZE.22.11] And one has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
[EZE.22.12] In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.22.13] Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in your midst.
[EZE.22.14] Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.
[EZE.22.15] And I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries; and I will consume your filthiness out of you.
[EZE.22.16] And you shall be profaned in yourself, in the sight of the nations; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.22.17] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.22.18] Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
[EZE.22.19] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
[EZE.22.20] As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
[EZE.22.21] Yes, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
[EZE.22.22] As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; and you shall know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my wrath upon you.
[EZE.22.23] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.22.24] Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
[EZE.22.25] There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured souls; they take the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in her midst.
[EZE.22.26] Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
[EZE.22.27] Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
[EZE.22.28] And her prophets have plastered for them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah has not spoken.
[EZE.22.29] The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; and have wronged the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.
[EZE.22.30] And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
[EZE.22.31] Therefore have I poured out my indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.23.1] The word of Jehovah came to me again, saying,
[EZE.23.2] Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
[EZE.23.3] and they committed prostitution in Egypt; they committed prostitution in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there their virgin bosoms were handled.
[EZE.23.4] And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
[EZE.23.5] And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
[EZE.23.6] who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
[EZE.23.7] And she bestowed her prostitution on them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them: and on whomever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.
[EZE.23.8] Neither has she left her prostitution from the time she was in Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity, and they poured out their lust on her.
[EZE.23.9] Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.
[EZE.23.10] These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and her they killed with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.
[EZE.23.11] And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her prostitution which was more than the prostitution of her sister.
[EZE.23.12] She doted on the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
[EZE.23.13] And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.
[EZE.23.14] And she increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,
[EZE.23.15] girded with girdles on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them officials to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
[EZE.23.16] And as soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
[EZE.23.17] And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust: and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
[EZE.23.18] So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like my soul was alienated from her sister.
[EZE.23.19] Yet she multiplied her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth, in which she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
[EZE.23.20] And she doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
[EZE.23.21] Thus you called to memory the lewdness of your youth, in the handling of your bosoms by the Egyptians for the breasts of your youth.
[EZE.23.22] Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:
[EZE.23.23] the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; all of them desirable young men, governors and rulers, officials and famous, all of them riding on horses.
[EZE.23.24] And they shall come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a host of people; they shall set themselves against you with shield and buckler and helmet around: and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
[EZE.23.25] And I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury: they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your remnant shall be devoured by the fire.
[EZE.23.26] They shall also strip you of your clothes, and take away your beautiful jewels.
[EZE.23.27] Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution brought from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.
[EZE.23.28] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will deliver you into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your soul is alienated;
[EZE.23.29] and they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare: and the nakedness of your prostitution shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your prostitution.
[EZE.23.30] These things shall be done to you, because you have played the harlot after the nations, and because you are polluted with their idols.
[EZE.23.31] You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand.
[EZE.23.32] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: You shall drink of your sister's cup, which is deep and large; you shall be for laughter and held in derision; it contains much.
[EZE.23.33] You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.
[EZE.23.34] You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall gnaw its shards, and shall tear your breasts; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.23.35] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear also your lewdness and your prostitution.
[EZE.23.36] Jehovah said moreover to me: Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare to them their abominations.
[EZE.23.37] For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them to be devoured.
[EZE.23.38] Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
[EZE.23.39] For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, behold, thus have they done in the middle of my house.
[EZE.23.40] And furthermore you have sent for men that come from far; to whom a messenger was sent, and, behold, they came; for whom you did wash yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments,
[EZE.23.41] and sat on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.
[EZE.23.42] The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her; and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets on their hands, and beautiful crowns on their heads.
[EZE.23.43] Then I said of her that was old in adulteries, Now will they play the harlot with her, and she with them.
[EZE.23.44] And they went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
[EZE.23.45] Righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
[EZE.23.46] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed about and spoiled.
[EZE.23.47] And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
[EZE.23.48] Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
[EZE.23.49] They shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols; and you shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.24.1] Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.24.2] Son of man, write for yourself the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this same day.
[EZE.24.3] And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, set on the pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
[EZE.24.4] gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
[EZE.24.5] Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood beneath it; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in the midst of it.
[EZE.24.6] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and whose rust has not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; no lot has fallen on it.
[EZE.24.7] For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.
[EZE.24.8] That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
[EZE.24.9] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
[EZE.24.10] Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil the flesh well, and make the broth thick, and let the bones be burned.
[EZE.24.11] Then set it empty on its coals that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be melted in it, that its rust may be consumed.
[EZE.24.12] She has wearied herself with toil; yet her great rust does not go out of her; her rust does not go out by fire.
[EZE.24.13] In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed, you will not be cleansed from your filthiness anymore, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.
[EZE.24.14] I, Jehovah, have spoken it: it will come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, will they judge you, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.24.15] Also the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.24.16] Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke; yet you will neither mourn nor weep, neither will your tears run down.
[EZE.24.17] Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead; bind your turban upon you, and put on your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your lips, and do not eat the bread of men.
[EZE.24.18] So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
[EZE.24.19] And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
[EZE.24.20] Then I said to them, The word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.24.21] Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
[EZE.24.22] And you will do as I have done: you will not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
[EZE.24.23] And your turbans will be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you will not mourn nor weep; but you will pine away in your iniquities, and moan one to another.
[EZE.24.24] Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done will you do: when this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.24.25] And you, son of man, will it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that upon which they set their heart, their sons and their daughters,
[EZE.24.26] that in that day he that escapes will come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?
[EZE.24.27] In that day will your mouth be opened to him that is escaped, and you will speak, and no longer be mute: so you will be a sign to them; and they will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.25.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.25.2] Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them:
[EZE.25.3] and say to the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Because you said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:
[EZE.25.4] therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you, and make their dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
[EZE.25.5] And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the children of Ammon a resting-place for flocks: and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.25.6] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the disdain in your soul against the land of Israel;
[EZE.25.7] therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand upon you, and will deliver you for plunder to the nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.25.8] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations;
[EZE.25.9] therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
[EZE.25.10] to the children of the east, together with the children of Ammon, and will give them for a possession, that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations.
[EZE.25.11] and I will execute judgments on Moab; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.25.12] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking revenge, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
[EZE.25.13] therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, I will also stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
[EZE.25.14] And I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.25.15] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with disdain of soul to destroy with everlasting hostility;
[EZE.25.16] therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
[EZE.25.17] And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
[EZE.26.1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.26.2] Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; she is turned to me; I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste:
[EZE.26.3] therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.
[EZE.26.4] And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like a bare rock.
[EZE.26.5] She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Jehovah; and she shall become a spoil to the nations.
[EZE.26.6] Her daughters who are in the field shall be slain with the sword: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.26.7] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses and with chariots and with horsemen and a company, and much people.
[EZE.26.8] He shall kill with the sword your daughters in the field: and he shall make forts against you, and cast up a mound against you, and raise up the buckler against you.
[EZE.26.9] And he shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.
[EZE.26.10] By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover you; your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen and of the wagons and of the chariots, when he shall enter into your gates, as men enter into a city in which a breach is made.
[EZE.26.11] With the hooves of his horses shall he tread down all your streets; he shall kill your people with the sword, and the pillars of your strength shall go down to the ground.
[EZE.26.12] And they shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the middle of the waters.
[EZE.26.13] And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard.
[EZE.26.14] And I will make you like a bare rock; you shall be a place for the spreading of nets; you shall be built no more: for I Jehovah have spoken it, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.26.15] Thus says the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the middle of you?
[EZE.26.16] Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
[EZE.26.17] And they shall take up a lamentation over you, and say to you, How are you destroyed, who were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, who were strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all that inhabited her!
[EZE.26.18] Now shall the isles tremble in the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure.
[EZE.26.19] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon you, and the great waters shall cover you;
[EZE.26.20] then will I bring you down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you to dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living:
[EZE.26.21] I will make you a terror, and you shall no more have any being; though you be sought for, yet shall you never be found again, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.27.1] The word of Jehovah came again to me, saying,
[EZE.27.2] And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;
[EZE.27.3] and say to Tyre, O you that dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many isles, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: You, O Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty.
[EZE.27.4] Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.
[EZE.27.5] They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
[EZE.27.6] Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.
[EZE.27.7] Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was your awning.
[EZE.27.8] The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, O Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
[EZE.27.9] The old men of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in you your calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.
[EZE.27.10] Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hung the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.
[EZE.27.11] The men of Arvad with your army were upon your walls round about, and the Gammadim were in your towers: they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they have perfected your beauty.
[EZE.27.12] Tarshish was your trafficker by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.
[EZE.27.13] Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.
[EZE.27.14] They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war-horses and mules.
[EZE.27.15] The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many isles were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
[EZE.27.16] Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
[EZE.27.17] Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
[EZE.27.18] Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
[EZE.27.19] Vedan and Javan traded with string, in your market: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise.
[EZE.27.20] Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
[EZE.27.21] Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of your hand, in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants.
[EZE.27.22] The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traffickers; they traded for your wares chief of all spices, and all precious stones, and gold.
[EZE.27.23] Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were your traffickers.
[EZE.27.24] These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.
[EZE.27.25] The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.
[EZE.27.26] Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.
[EZE.27.27] Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your calkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, that are in you, with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
[EZE.27.28] At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.
[EZE.27.29] And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
[EZE.27.30] and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
[EZE.27.31] and they shall make themselves bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
[EZE.27.32] And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, Who is there like Tyre, like her that is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?
[EZE.27.33] When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you enriched the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
[EZE.27.34] In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst of you.
[EZE.27.35] All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in countenance.
[EZE.27.36] The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you are become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.
[EZE.28.1] The word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.28.2] Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God;
[EZE.28.3] behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;
[EZE.28.4] by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries;
[EZE.28.5] by your great wisdom and by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—
[EZE.28.6] therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
[EZE.28.7] therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
[EZE.28.8] They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
[EZE.28.9] Will you yet say before him who slays you, I am a god? but you are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.
[EZE.28.10] You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.28.11] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.28.12] Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
[EZE.28.13] You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes was in you; in the day that you were created they were prepared.
[EZE.28.14] You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you so, you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
[EZE.28.15] You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you.
[EZE.28.16] By the multitude of your traffic they filled the midst of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
[EZE.28.17] Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.
[EZE.28.18] By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
[EZE.28.19] All those who know you among the peoples shall be astonished at you: you have become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.
[EZE.28.20] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.28.21] Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against it,
[EZE.28.22] and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in your midst; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
[EZE.28.23] For I will send pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her, with the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.28.24] And there shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them, that did despite to them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.28.25] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
[EZE.28.26] And they shall dwell securely therein; yes, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments upon all those that do them harm round about them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah their God.
[EZE.29.1] In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.29.2] Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;
[EZE.29.3] speak, and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.
[EZE.29.4] And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
[EZE.29.5] And I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; you shall fall on the open field; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.
[EZE.29.6] And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
[EZE.29.7] When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and made all their loins to be at a stand.
[EZE.29.8] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
[EZE.29.9] And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. Because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it;
[EZE.29.10] therefore behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene even to the border of Ethiopia.
[EZE.29.11] No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of animal shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
[EZE.29.12] And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
[EZE.29.13] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered;
[EZE.29.14] and I will bring back the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their birth; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
[EZE.29.15] It shall be the lowest of the kingdoms; neither shall it lift itself up any more above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
[EZE.29.16] And it shall no more be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.29.17] And it came to pass in the seventh and twentieth year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.29.18] Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed; yet he had no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
[EZE.29.19] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry away her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her plunder; and it shall be the wages for his army.
[EZE.29.20] I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for me, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.29.21] In that day will I cause a horn to shoot up for the house of Israel, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.30.1] The word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.30.2] Son of man, prophesy, and say, The Lord Jehovah says: Wail, Alas for the day!
[EZE.30.3] For the day is near, the day of Jehovah is near, it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
[EZE.30.4] A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
[EZE.30.5] Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the mixed people, Cub, and the children of the land that is in alliance, shall fall with them by the sword.
[EZE.30.6] The Lord Jehovah says: They also that support Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.30.7] And they shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
[EZE.30.8] And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
[EZE.30.9] In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.
[EZE.30.10] The Lord Jehovah says: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
[EZE.30.11] He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
[EZE.30.12] And I will make the rivers dry, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of foreigners: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
[EZE.30.13] The Lord Jehovah says: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the images to cease from Memphis; and there shall be no more a prince from the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
[EZE.30.14] And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments upon No.
[EZE.30.15] And I will pour my wrath upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
[EZE.30.16] And I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the daytime.
[EZE.30.17] The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.
[EZE.30.18] At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break the yokes of Egypt there; and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
[EZE.30.19] Thus will I execute judgments upon Egypt; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.30.20] In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.30.21] Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it has not been bound up, to apply healing medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be made strong to hold the sword.
[EZE.30.22] Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
[EZE.30.23] And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
[EZE.30.24] And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
[EZE.30.25] And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
[EZE.30.26] And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.31.1] And it happened in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.31.2] Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness?
[EZE.31.3] Look, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
[EZE.31.4] The waters nourished it, the deep made it grow; its rivers ran all around its planting, and it sent its channels to all the trees of the field.
[EZE.31.5] Therefore, its height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long because of the many waters, when it shot them forth.
[EZE.31.6] All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches all the animals of the field brought forth their young, and under its shadow all great nations lived.
[EZE.31.7] Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
[EZE.31.8] The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.
[EZE.31.9] I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
[EZE.31.10] Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because you have been exalted in height, and he has set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
[EZE.31.11] I will give him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he will surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness.
[EZE.31.12] Foreigners, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him; upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
[EZE.31.13] Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens will stay, and all the animals of the field will be upon his branches;
[EZE.31.14] to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their height, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water; for they are all delivered to death, to the lower parts of the earth, among the children of men, with those who go down to the pit.
[EZE.31.15] Thus said the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were stopped; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted because of him.
[EZE.31.16] I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who go down into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
[EZE.31.17] They also went down into Sheol with him unto those who are slain by the sword; person who was his arm, that lived under his shade in the midst of the nations.
[EZE.31.18] To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet will you be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, said the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.32.1] And it happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.32.2] Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, You did liken yourself to a young lion of the nations, yet you are as a monster in the seas; and you broke forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.
[EZE.32.3] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will spread out my net upon you with a company of many peoples; and they will bring you up in my net.
[EZE.32.4] And I will leave you upon the land, I will cast you forth upon the open field, and I will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon you, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you.
[EZE.32.5] And I will lay your flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height.
[EZE.32.6] I will also water the land with your blood, reaching to the mountains; and the ravines will be full of you.
[EZE.32.7] And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
[EZE.32.8] All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.32.9] I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
[EZE.32.10] Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid for you, when I brandish my sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.
[EZE.32.11] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you.
[EZE.32.12] By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all: and they will spoil the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude will be destroyed.
[EZE.32.13] I will also destroy all its cattle from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
[EZE.32.14] Then will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.32.15] When I make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I strike all those that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.32.16] This is the lamentation with which they will lament; the daughters of the nations will lament with it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, they will lament with it, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.32.17] Also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.32.18] Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the mighty nations, to the nether parts of the earth, with those that go down into the pit.
[EZE.32.19] Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.
[EZE.32.20] They will fall in the midst of those that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword; draw her away and all her multitudes.
[EZE.32.21] The strong among the mighty will speak of him out of the midst of Sheol with those that help him: they are gone down, they lay still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
[EZE.32.22] Asshur is there and all her company; their graves are round about them; all of them are slain, fallen by the sword;
[EZE.32.23] whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
[EZE.32.24] There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those that go down to the pit.
[EZE.32.25] They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of those that are slain.
[EZE.32.26] There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.
[EZE.32.27] And they will not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
[EZE.32.28] But you will be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and will lie with those that are slain by the sword.
[EZE.32.29] There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those that are slain by the sword: they will lie with the uncircumcised, and with those that go down to the pit.
[EZE.32.30] There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with those that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those that go down to the pit.
[EZE.32.31] Pharaoh will see them, and will be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.32.32] For I have put his terror in the land of the living; and he will be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.33.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.33.2] Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from their borders, and set him for their watchman;
[EZE.33.3] if, when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blows the trumpet, and warns the people;
[EZE.33.4] then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and doesn't take warning, if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood will be upon his own head.
[EZE.33.5] He heard the sound of the trumpet, and didn't take warning; his blood will be upon him. Whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.
[EZE.33.6] But if the watchman sees the sword come, and doesn't blow the trumpet, and the people aren't warned, and the sword comes, and takes any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
[EZE.33.7] So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
[EZE.33.8] When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you will surely die; and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
[EZE.33.9] Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn't turn from his way; he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
[EZE.33.10] And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel: Thus you speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?
[EZE.33.11] Say to them, As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
[EZE.33.12] And you, son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not fall by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither will he that is righteous be able to live by it in the day that he sins.
[EZE.33.13] When I say to the righteous, that he will surely live; if he trusts in his righteousness, and commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, in it he will die.
[EZE.33.14] Again, when I say to the wicked, You will surely die; if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;
[EZE.33.15] if the wicked restore the pledge, give again what he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he will surely live, he will not die.
[EZE.33.16] None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he will surely live.
[EZE.33.17] Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
[EZE.33.18] When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he will even die in it.
[EZE.33.19] And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he will live by it.
[EZE.33.20] Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.
[EZE.33.21] And it happened in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city has been struck.
[EZE.33.22] Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening, before he who had escaped came; and He had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
[EZE.33.23] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.33.24] Son of man, those who inhabit these waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
[EZE.33.25] Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood: and will you possess the land?
[EZE.33.26] You stand upon your sword, you work abomination, and you each defile his neighbor's wife: and will you possess the land?
[EZE.33.27] Thus you will say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword; and he who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.
[EZE.33.28] And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment; and the pride of her power will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through.
[EZE.33.29] Then will they know that I am Jehovah, when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.
[EZE.33.30] And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are speaking about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, each to his brother, saying, Please come, and hear what the word is that comes from Jehovah.
[EZE.33.31] And they come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they don't do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after gain.
[EZE.33.32] And, behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don't do them.
[EZE.33.33] And when this comes to pass (behold, it comes), then will they know that a prophet has been among them.
[EZE.34.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.34.2] Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel that feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the sheep?
[EZE.34.3] You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool, you kill the fatlings; but you do not feed the sheep.
[EZE.34.4] The diseased you have not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have you ruled over them.
[EZE.34.5] And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
[EZE.34.6] My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, my sheep were scattered on all the face of the earth; and there was none that searched or sought after them.
[EZE.34.7] Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:
[EZE.34.8] As I live, says the Lord Jehovah, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my sheep;
[EZE.34.9] therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:
[EZE.34.10] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves anymore; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
[EZE.34.11] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
[EZE.34.12] As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
[EZE.34.13] And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
[EZE.34.14] I will feed them with good pasture; and on the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
[EZE.34.15] I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.34.16] I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
[EZE.34.17] And as for you, O my flock, thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the male goats.
[EZE.34.18] Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the rest with your feet?
[EZE.34.19] And as for my sheep, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.
[EZE.34.20] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah to them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
[EZE.34.21] Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;
[EZE.34.22] therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
[EZE.34.23] And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
[EZE.34.24] And I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
[EZE.34.25] And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
[EZE.34.26] And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
[EZE.34.27] And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made slaves of them.
[EZE.34.28] And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.
[EZE.34.29] And I will raise up to them a plant of renown, and they shall no more be consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations anymore.
[EZE.34.30] And they shall know that I, Jehovah, their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.34.31] And you my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.35.1] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.35.2] Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
[EZE.35.3] and say to it, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.
[EZE.35.4] I will lay your cities waste, and you will become desolate; and you will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.35.5] Because you have had a perpetual enmity, and have given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end,
[EZE.35.6] therefore, as I live, says the Lord Jehovah, I will prepare you for blood, and blood will pursue you: since you have not hated blood, therefore blood will pursue you.
[EZE.35.7] Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him that passes through and him that returns.
[EZE.35.8] And I will fill its mountains with its slain: in your hills and in your valleys and in all your rivers will they fall that are slain with the sword.
[EZE.35.9] I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited; and you will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.35.10] Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries will be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Jehovah was there:
[EZE.35.11] therefore, as I live, says the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have shown out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I judge you.
[EZE.35.12] And you will know that I, Jehovah, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
[EZE.35.13] And you have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.
[EZE.35.14] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
[EZE.35.15] As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you will be desolate, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.36.1] And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.
[EZE.36.2] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because the enemy has said against you, Aha! and, The ancient high places are ours in possession;
[EZE.36.3] therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the rest of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;
[EZE.36.4] therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus says the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations that are round about;
[EZE.36.5] therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with spiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
[EZE.36.6] Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations.
[EZE.36.7] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: I have sworn, saying, Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.
[EZE.36.8] But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.
[EZE.36.9] For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown;
[EZE.36.10] and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built;
[EZE.36.11] and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be lived in according to your former estate, and will do better for you than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.36.12] Yes, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer bereave them of children.
[EZE.36.13] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because they say to you, You land devours men, and have bereaved your nation of children;
[EZE.36.14] therefore you shall devour men no more, neither bereave your nation any more, says the Lord Jehovah;
[EZE.36.15] neither will I cause men to hear in you the shame of the nations any more, neither shall you bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shall you cause your nation to stumble any more, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.36.16] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.36.17] Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelled in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
[EZE.36.18] Therefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;
[EZE.36.19] and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
[EZE.36.20] And when they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and are gone forth out of his land.
[EZE.36.21] But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went.
[EZE.36.22] Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went.
[EZE.36.23] And I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, says the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
[EZE.36.24] For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
[EZE.36.25] And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
[EZE.36.26] A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
[EZE.36.27] And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances, and do them.
[EZE.36.28] And you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
[EZE.36.29] And I will save you from all your uncleanness: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.
[EZE.36.30] And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.
[EZE.36.31] Then you shall remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
[EZE.36.32] Not for your sake do I this, says the Lord Jehovah, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
[EZE.36.33] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built.
[EZE.36.34] And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.
[EZE.36.35] And they shall say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.
[EZE.36.36] Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, Jehovah, have built the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and I will do it.
[EZE.36.37] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: For this moreover will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.
[EZE.36.38] As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.37.1] The hand of Jehovah was on me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of Jehovah, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
[EZE.37.2] And he caused me to pass by them all around: and, look, there were very many in the open valley; and they were very dry.
[EZE.37.3] And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord Jehovah, you know.
[EZE.37.4] Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.
[EZE.37.5] This says the Lord Jehovah to these bones: Look, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.
[EZE.37.6] And I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live; and you will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.37.7] So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
[EZE.37.8] And I looked, and, look, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
[EZE.37.9] Then he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, This says the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.
[EZE.37.10] So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
[EZE.37.11] Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: look, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.
[EZE.37.12] Therefore prophesy, and say to them, This says the Lord Jehovah: Look, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.
[EZE.37.13] And you will know that I am Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.
[EZE.37.14] And I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live, and I will place you in your own land: and you will know that I, Jehovah, have spoken it and performed it, says Jehovah.
[EZE.37.15] The word of Jehovah came again to me, saying,
[EZE.37.16] And you, son of man, take one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
[EZE.37.17] And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
[EZE.37.18] And when the children of your people will speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?
[EZE.37.19] Say to them, This says the Lord Jehovah: Look, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand.
[EZE.37.20] And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.
[EZE.37.21] And say to them, This says the Lord Jehovah: Look, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
[EZE.37.22] and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king to all of them; and they will be no more two nations, neither will they be divided into two kingdoms anymore at all;
[EZE.37.23] neither will they defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their dwelling places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so they will be my people, and I will be their God.
[EZE.37.24] And my servant David will be king over them; and they all will have one shepherd: they will also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
[EZE.37.25] And they will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will dwell in it, they, and their children, and their children's children, forever: and David my servant will be their prince forever.
[EZE.37.26] Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the middle of them forevermore.
[EZE.37.27] My tent also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
[EZE.37.28] And the nations will know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in the middle of them forevermore.
[EZE.38.1] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[EZE.38.2] Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
[EZE.38.3] and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
[EZE.38.4] and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
[EZE.38.5] Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
[EZE.38.6] Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes: even many peoples with you.
[EZE.38.7] Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies that are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.
[EZE.38.8] After many days you will be visited: in the latter years you will come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste: but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they will dwell securely, all of them.
[EZE.38.9] And you will ascend, you will come like a storm, you will be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.
[EZE.38.10] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: It will happen in that day, that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan:
[EZE.38.11] and you will say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;
[EZE.38.12] to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.
[EZE.38.13] Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, will say to you, Have you come to take the spoil? have you gathered your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?
[EZE.38.14] Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: In that day when my people Israel dwells securely, will you not know it?
[EZE.38.15] And you will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;
[EZE.38.16] and you will come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it will happen in the latter days, and I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I will be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes.
[EZE.38.17] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them?
[EZE.38.18] And it will happen in that day, when Gog will come against the land of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah, that my wrath will come up into my nostrils.
[EZE.38.19] For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
[EZE.38.20] so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth, will shake at my presence, and the mountains will be thrown down, and the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.
[EZE.38.21] And I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains, says the Lord Jehovah: every man's sword will be against his brother.
[EZE.38.22] And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
[EZE.38.23] And I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they will know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.39.1] And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
[EZE.39.2] and I will turn you around, and lead you on, and will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring you upon the mountains of Israel;
[EZE.39.3] and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
[EZE.39.4] You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples that are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
[EZE.39.5] You shall fall upon the open field; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.39.6] And I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the isles; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
[EZE.39.7] And my holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I let my holy name be profaned anymore: and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, the Holy One in Israel.
[EZE.39.8] Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Jehovah; this is the day of which I have spoken.
[EZE.39.9] And those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handpikes, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;
[EZE.39.10] so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.39.11] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop those who pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it the valley of Hamon-gog.
[EZE.39.12] And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
[EZE.39.13] Yes, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown in the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.39.14] And they shall set apart men of continual employment, who shall pass through the land, and, with those who pass through, those who bury those who remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
[EZE.39.15] And those who pass through the land shall pass through; and when anyone sees a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
[EZE.39.16] And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
[EZE.39.17] And you, son of man, thus says the Lord Jehovah: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from every side to my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
[EZE.39.18] You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
[EZE.39.19] And you shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
[EZE.39.20] And you shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.39.21] And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
[EZE.39.22] So the house of Israel shall know that I am Jehovah their God, from that day and forward.
[EZE.39.23] And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword.
[EZE.39.24] According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I did to them; and I hid my face from them.
[EZE.39.25] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
[EZE.39.26] And they shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they dwell securely in their land, and none makes them afraid;
[EZE.39.27] when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
[EZE.39.28] And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land; and I will leave none of them there anymore;
[EZE.39.29] neither will I hide my face from them anymore; for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.40.1] In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, in the same day, the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me there.
[EZE.40.2] In the visions of God he brought me into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain, where was something like the frame of a city on the south.
[EZE.40.3] He brought me there; and, look, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
[EZE.40.4] The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I show you; for to the intent that I may show them to you are you brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.
[EZE.40.5] Look, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
[EZE.40.6] Then he came to the gate which looked toward the east, and went up its steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.
[EZE.40.7] Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
[EZE.40.8] He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
[EZE.40.9] Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
[EZE.40.10] The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; the three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
[EZE.40.11] He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
[EZE.40.12] and a border before the lodges, one cubit on this side, and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
[EZE.40.13] He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.
[EZE.40.14] He made also posts, threescore cubits; and the court reached to the posts, round about the gate.
[EZE.40.15] From the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
[EZE.40.16] There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inside; and upon each post were palm-trees.
[EZE.40.17] Then he brought me into the outer court: and look, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court around: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
[EZE.40.18] The pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.
[EZE.40.19] Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.
[EZE.40.20] And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured its length and its breadth.
[EZE.40.21] Its lodges were three on this side and three on that side; and its posts and its arches were of the same measure as the first gate: its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
[EZE.40.22] Its windows, and its arches, and its palm-trees, were in the same measure as the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and its arches were before them.
[EZE.40.23] There was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, both on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.
[EZE.40.24] He led me toward the south; and look, a gate toward the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.
[EZE.40.25] There were windows in it and in its arches round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
[EZE.40.26] There were seven steps to go up to it, and its arches were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon its posts.
[EZE.40.27] There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
[EZE.40.28] Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
[EZE.40.29] and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in its arches round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
[EZE.40.30] There were arches round about, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.
[EZE.40.31] The arches were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon its posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
[EZE.40.32] He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;
[EZE.40.33] and its lodges, and its posts, and its arches, according to these measures; and there were windows in it and in its arches round about: it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
[EZE.40.34] Its arches were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon its posts, on this side and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
[EZE.40.35] He brought me to the north gate: and he measured it according to these measures;
[EZE.40.36] its lodges, its posts, and its arches; and there were windows in it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
[EZE.40.37] Its posts were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon its posts, on this side and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
[EZE.40.38] A chamber with its door was by the posts at the gates; there they washed the burnt offering.
[EZE.40.39] In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
[EZE.40.40] On the one side without, as one goes up to the entrance of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side, which belonged to the porch of the gate, were two tables.
[EZE.40.41] Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, on which they slaughtered the sacrifices.
[EZE.40.42] There were four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
[EZE.40.43] The hooks, a handbreadth long, were fastened within round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
[EZE.40.44] Outside the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
[EZE.40.45] He said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;
[EZE.40.46] and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Jehovah to minister to him.
[EZE.40.47] He measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
[EZE.40.48] Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
[EZE.40.49] The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and they went up to it by steps: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
[EZE.41.1] And he brought me to the temple, and measured the door-posts, six cubits wide on the one side, and six cubits wide on the other side, which was the width of the tent.
[EZE.41.2] And the width of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.
[EZE.41.3] Then he went inward, and measured each door-post, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the width of the entrance, seven cubits.
[EZE.41.4] And he measured its length, twenty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.
[EZE.41.5] Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
[EZE.41.6] And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they went into the wall which belonged to the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have support, but they were not supported by the wall of the house.
[EZE.41.7] And the side chambers were broader as they went up, and were wider to the top, because the winding around of the house went upward and inward round about the house: therefore the house had a wider part upward: and so increased from the lowest story to the highest one through the middle story.
[EZE.41.8] I saw also that the house had a raised base round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
[EZE.41.9] The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chambers, was five cubits; and that which was left the place of the side chambers that were within.
[EZE.41.10] And between the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
[EZE.41.11] And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the width of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
[EZE.41.12] Now the building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and its length ninety cubits.
[EZE.41.13] So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with its walls, a hundred cubits long;
[EZE.41.14] also the width of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits.
[EZE.41.15] And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at its back, and its galleries on either side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
[EZE.41.16] the thresholds, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, there was a wainscoting of wood round about, and from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
[EZE.41.17] to the space above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall round about inside and outside, by measure.
[EZE.41.18] And it was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
[EZE.41.19] so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: thus was it made through all the house round about.
[EZE.41.20] From the floor to above the door were cherubim and palm trees made: so was the wall of the temple.
[EZE.41.21] As for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance was as the appearance.
[EZE.41.22] The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its length, and its walls, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is before Jehovah.
[EZE.41.23] And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
[EZE.41.24] And the doors had two leaves each, two turning leaves: two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other.
[EZE.41.25] And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as they were made on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood in front of the porch outside.
[EZE.41.26] And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side chambers of the house, and the thresholds.
[EZE.42.1] Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north, and he brought me into the chamber that was opposite the separate place, and which was opposite the building toward the north.
[EZE.42.2] Facing the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
[EZE.42.3] Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
[EZE.42.4] In front of the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' width inward, a way of one cubit, and their doors faced north.
[EZE.42.5] Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle ones, in the building.
[EZE.42.6] For they were in three stories, and they didn’t have pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lower and the middle ones from the ground.
[EZE.42.7] And the wall that was outside by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers, the length of it was fifty cubits.
[EZE.42.8] For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits, and behold, before the temple was a hundred cubits.
[EZE.42.9] Beneath these chambers was the entry on the east side, to enter into them from the outer court.
[EZE.42.10] In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, before the separate place, and before the building, there were chambers.
[EZE.42.11] And the way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length, so was their breadth, and all their exits were both according to their fashions and according to their doors.
[EZE.42.12] And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door at the head of the way, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters in.
[EZE.42.13] Then he said to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests who are near to Jehovah shall eat the most holy things; there shall they lay the most holy things, and the grain offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
[EZE.42.14] When the priests enter in, they shall not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they serve; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach that which pertains to the people.
[EZE.42.15] Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate whose view is toward the east, and measured it all around.
[EZE.42.16] He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.
[EZE.42.17] He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed all around.
[EZE.42.18] He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
[EZE.42.19] He turned about to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
[EZE.42.20] He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five hundred, and the width five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which belonged to the people.
[EZE.43.1] Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that looked toward the east.
[EZE.43.2] And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
[EZE.43.3] And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.
[EZE.43.4] And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose view was toward the east.
[EZE.43.5] And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
[EZE.43.6] And I heard one speaking to me out of the house; and a man stood by me.
[EZE.43.7] And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not defile my holy name anymore, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, and by the dead bodies of their kings in their high places;
[EZE.43.8] in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their doorposts beside my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger.
[EZE.43.9] Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in their midst forever.
[EZE.43.10] You, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
[EZE.43.11] And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and its fashion, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its forms, and all its statutes, and all its forms, and all its laws; and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form of it, and all its statutes, and do them.
[EZE.43.12] This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit of it round about will be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
[EZE.43.13] And these are the measures of the altar by cubits: (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth;) the bottom will be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and its border by its edge round about half a cubit; and this will be the base of the altar.
[EZE.43.14] And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge will be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge will be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
[EZE.43.15] And the upper altar will be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there will be four horns.
[EZE.43.16] And the altar hearth will be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in its four sides.
[EZE.43.17] And the ledge will be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in its four sides; and the border about it will be half a cubit; and its bottom will be a cubit round about; and its steps will look toward the east.
[EZE.43.18] And he said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord Jehovah: These are the statutes of the altar in the day when they will make it, to offer burnt-offerings upon it, and to sprinkle blood upon it.
[EZE.43.19] You will give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me, says the Lord Jehovah, a young bull for a sin-offering.
[EZE.43.20] And you will take of its blood, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about; so will you cleanse it and make atonement for it.
[EZE.43.21] You will also take the bull of the sin-offering, and it will be burnt in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.
[EZE.43.22] And on the second day you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they will cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull.
[EZE.43.23] When you have made an end of cleansing it, you will offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
[EZE.43.24] And you will bring them near before Jehovah, and the priests will cast salt upon them, and they will offer them up for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
[EZE.43.25] Seven days you will prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering; they will also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
[EZE.43.26] Seven days will they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so will they consecrate it.
[EZE.43.27] And when they have accomplished the days, it will be that upon the eighth day, and onward, the priests will make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.44.1] Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
[EZE.44.2] And Jehovah said to me, This gate will be shut, it will not be opened, neither will anyone enter by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will be shut.
[EZE.44.3] As for the prince, he will sit in it as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he will enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and will go out by the same way.
[EZE.44.4] Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and saw, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.
[EZE.44.5] And Jehovah said to me, Son of man, set your heart upon, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah, and all its laws; and set your heart upon the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.
[EZE.44.6] And you will say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: O house of Israel, let all your abominations be enough;
[EZE.44.7] in that you have brought foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.
[EZE.44.8] And you have not kept the charge of my holy things; but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
[EZE.44.9] Thus says the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, will enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.
[EZE.44.10] But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray after their idols, they will bear their iniquity.
[EZE.44.11] Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they will kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.
[EZE.44.12] Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord Jehovah, and they will bear their iniquity.
[EZE.44.13] And they will not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
[EZE.44.14] Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service, and for all that will be done therein.
[EZE.44.15] But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they will come near to me to minister to me; and they will stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Jehovah:
[EZE.44.16] they will enter into my sanctuary, and they will come near to my table, to minister to me, and they will keep my charge.
[EZE.44.17] And it will be, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they will be clothed with linen garments; and no wool will come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
[EZE.44.18] They will have linen turbans upon their heads, and will have linen breeches upon their thighs; they will not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.
[EZE.44.19] And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they will put off their garments, wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they will put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.
[EZE.44.20] Neither will they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they will only trim the hair of their heads.
[EZE.44.21] Neither will any of the priests drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
[EZE.44.22] Neither will they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is divorced; but they will take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
[EZE.44.23] And they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
[EZE.44.24] And in a controversy they will stand to judge; according to my ordinances will they judge it: and they will keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they will hallow my Sabbaths.
[EZE.44.25] And they will come near no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
[EZE.44.26] And after he is cleansed, they will reckon for him seven days.
[EZE.44.27] And in the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he will offer his sin-offering, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.44.28] And they will have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you will give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
[EZE.44.29] They will eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel will be theirs.
[EZE.44.30] And the first of all the first-fruits of everything, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, will be for the priests: you will also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.
[EZE.44.31] The priests will not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.
[EZE.45.1] Moreover, when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an oblation to Jehovah, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand reeds, and the width ten thousand: it shall be holy in all its border all around.
[EZE.45.2] Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred by five hundred, square all around; and fifty cubits for the suburbs all around it.
[EZE.45.3] Of this measure you shall measure a length of twenty-five thousand, and a width of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.
[EZE.45.4] It shall be a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.
[EZE.45.5] Twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in width, shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, for a possession to themselves, for twenty chambers.
[EZE.45.6] You shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand wide, and twenty-five thousand long, alongside the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
[EZE.45.7] And whatever is for the prince shall be on one side and on the other side of the holy oblation and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy oblation and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward, and on the east side eastward: and in length it shall be alongside one of the portions, from the west border to the east border.
[EZE.45.8] In the land it shall be to him for a possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
[EZE.45.9] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; take away your exactions from my people, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.45.10] You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
[EZE.45.11] The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: its measure shall be after the homer.
[EZE.45.12] And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
[EZE.45.13] This is the oblation that you shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of wheat; and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah from a homer of barley;
[EZE.45.14] and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, shall be the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer; for ten baths are a homer;
[EZE.45.15] and one lamb of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel; for a meal offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.45.16] All the people of the land shall give to this oblation for the prince in Israel.
[EZE.45.17] And it shall be the prince's part to give the burnt offerings, and the meal offerings, and the drink offerings, in the feasts, and on the new moons, and on the sabbaths, in all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meal offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
[EZE.45.18] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: In the first month, in the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish; and you shall cleanse the sanctuary.
[EZE.45.19] And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it on the doorposts of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court.
[EZE.45.20] And so you shall do on the seventh day of the month for every one that errs, and for him that is naive: so you shall make atonement for the house.
[EZE.45.21] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
[EZE.45.22] And on that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.
[EZE.45.23] And the seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to Jehovah, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a goat daily for a sin offering.
[EZE.45.24] And he shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
[EZE.45.25] In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, in the feast, shall he do the like the seven days; according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meal offering, and according to the oil.
[EZE.46.1] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
[EZE.46.2] And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
[EZE.46.3] And the people of the land shall worship at the entrance of that gate before Jehovah on the Sabbaths and on the new moons.
[EZE.46.4] And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer to Jehovah shall be on the Sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;
[EZE.46.5] and the meal offering shall be an ephah for the ram, and the meal offering for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
[EZE.46.6] And on the day of the new moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish:
[EZE.46.7] and he shall prepare a meal offering, an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs according as he is able, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
[EZE.46.8] And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go out by the same way.
[EZE.46.9] But when the people of the land shall come before Jehovah in the appointed feasts, he that enters by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that enters by the way of the south gate shall go out by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in, but shall go out straight forward.
[EZE.46.10] And the prince, in the middle of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out.
[EZE.46.11] And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meal offering shall be an ephah for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
[EZE.46.12] And when the prince shall prepare a freewill offering, a burnt offering or peace offerings as a freewill offering to Jehovah, one shall open for him the gate that faces east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he does on the Sabbath day: then he shall go out; and after he goes out one shall shut the gate.
[EZE.46.13] And you shall prepare a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Jehovah daily: morning by morning shall you prepare it.
[EZE.46.14] And you shall prepare a meal offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering to Jehovah continually by a perpetual ordinance.
[EZE.46.15] Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meal offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering.
[EZE.46.16] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons, it is his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
[EZE.46.17] But if he gives of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince: but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.
[EZE.46.18] Moreover the prince shall not take away from the people's inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people are not scattered, every man from his possession.
[EZE.46.19] Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced north: and behold, there was a place at the far end westward.
[EZE.46.20] And he said to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meal offering; that they not bring them out into the outer court, to sanctify the people.
[EZE.46.21] Then he brought me out into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in every corner of the court there was a court.
[EZE.46.22] In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed, forty cubits long and thirty wide: these four in the corners were of one measure.
[EZE.46.23] And there was a wall around in them, around the four, and boiling places were made under the walls all around.
[EZE.46.24] Then he said to me, These are the boiling houses, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
[EZE.47.1] He brought me back to the door of the house; and look, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward (for the front of the house was toward the east); and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south side of the altar.
[EZE.47.2] Then he brought me out by the way of the north gate, and led me around by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looks toward the east; and look, waters trickled out on the right side.
[EZE.47.3] When the man went out eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he made me pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.
[EZE.47.4] Again he measured a thousand, and made me pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and made me pass through the waters, waters that were to the waist.
[EZE.47.5] Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
[EZE.47.6] He said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river.
[EZE.47.7] Now when I had returned, look, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
[EZE.47.8] Then he said to me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed.
[EZE.47.9] It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the river shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters have come there, and the waters of the sea shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river comes.
[EZE.47.10] It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it; from En-gedi even to En-eglaim shall be a place to spread nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many.
[EZE.47.11] But the miry places of it and the marshes of it shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.
[EZE.47.12] By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit of it fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for medicine.
[EZE.47.13] Thus says the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border, whereby you shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
[EZE.47.14] You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.
[EZE.47.15] This shall be the border of the land: on the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;
[EZE.47.16] Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.
[EZE.47.17] The border from the sea shall be Hazar-enon at the border of Damascus, and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
[EZE.47.18] The east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea shall you measure. This is the east side.
[EZE.47.19] The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the great sea. This is the south side southward.
[EZE.47.20] The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.
[EZE.47.21] So you shall divide this land to yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.
[EZE.47.22] It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to yourselves, and to the strangers who stay among you, who shall father children among you: and they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
[EZE.47.23] It shall happen, that in what tribe the stranger stays there shall you give him his inheritance, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.48.1] Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, along the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enon at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, and they will have their sides east and west: Dan, one portion.
[EZE.48.2] And by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side: Asher, one portion.
[EZE.48.3] And by the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side: Naphtali, one portion.
[EZE.48.4] And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one portion.
[EZE.48.5] And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side: Ephraim, one portion.
[EZE.48.6] And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side: Reuben, one portion.
[EZE.48.7] And by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side: Judah, one portion.
[EZE.48.8] And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, will be the offering which you will offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.
[EZE.48.9] The offering that you will offer to Jehovah will be twenty-five thousand reeds in length, and ten thousand in breadth.
[EZE.48.10] And for these, even for the priests, will be the holy offering: toward the north twenty-five thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south twenty-five thousand in length: and the sanctuary of Jehovah will be in the middle of it.
[EZE.48.11] It will be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept my charge, who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
[EZE.48.12] And it will be to them a portion from the offering of the land, a most holy place, by the border of the Levites.
[EZE.48.13] And for the Levites, parallel to the border of the priests, twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length will be twenty-five thousand, and the breadth ten thousand.
[EZE.48.14] And they will not sell of it, neither exchange it, nor will the first fruits of the land be alienated: for it is holy to Jehovah.
[EZE.48.15] And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth, in front of the five and twenty thousand, will be for common use, for the city, for dwellings and for a pasture; and the city will be in the middle of it.
[EZE.48.16] And these will be the measurements of it: the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.
[EZE.48.17] And the city will have open land: on the north two hundred and fifty, on the south two hundred and fifty, on the east two hundred and fifty, and on the west two hundred and fifty.
[EZE.48.18] And the remainder in length parallel to the holy offering will be ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward: and it will be parallel to the holy offering; and its increase will be for food to those who serve the city.
[EZE.48.19] And those who serve the city, they will serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
[EZE.48.20] All the offering will be twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you will offer the holy offering four-square, with the possession of the city.
[EZE.48.21] And the residue will be for the prince, on the east side and on the west side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the twenty-five thousand of the offering toward the east border, and toward the west in front of the twenty-five thousand toward the west border, parallel to the portions: it will be for the prince: and the holy offering and the sanctuary of the house will be in the middle of it.
[EZE.48.22] Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, which are in the middle of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, it will be for the prince.
[EZE.48.23] And as for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion.
[EZE.48.24] And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion.
[EZE.48.25] And by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion.
[EZE.48.26] And by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion.
[EZE.48.27] And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.
[EZE.48.28] And by the border of Gad, at the south side, the south border will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the Great Sea.
[EZE.48.29] This is the land which you will divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, says the Lord Jehovah.
[EZE.48.30] And these are the exits of the city: on the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure;
[EZE.48.31] and the gates of the city will be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
[EZE.48.32] And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
[EZE.48.33] And at the south side four thousand and five hundred by measure: and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
[EZE.48.34] At the west side four thousand and five hundred: with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
[EZE.48.35] It will be eighteen thousand reeds round about: and the name of the city from that day will be, Jehovah is there.
[DAN.1.1] In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it.
[DAN.1.2] And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.
[DAN.1.3] And the king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the nobles;
[DAN.1.4] youths in whom was no blemish, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.
[DAN.1.5] And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's food, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end of it they might stand before the king.
[DAN.1.6] Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
[DAN.1.7] And the prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, Shadrach; and to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
[DAN.1.8] But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
[DAN.1.9] Now God made Daniel find favor and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.
[DAN.1.10] And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? so would you endanger my head with the king.
[DAN.1.11] Then Daniel said to the overseer whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
[DAN.1.12] Test your servants, I ask you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink.
[DAN.1.13] Then let our countenances be looked upon before you, and the countenance of the youths who eat of the king's food; and as you see, deal with your servants.
[DAN.1.14] So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them ten days.
[DAN.1.15] And at the end of the ten days their faces appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate of the king's food.
[DAN.1.16] So the overseer took away their food, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them vegetables.
[DAN.1.17] Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
[DAN.1.18] And at the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
[DAN.1.19] And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
[DAN.1.20] And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.
[DAN.1.21] And Daniel continued until the first year of king Cyrus.
[DAN.2.1] And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
[DAN.2.2] Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
[DAN.2.3] And the king said to them, I have had a dream, and my spirit is troubled to understand the dream.
[DAN.2.4] Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
[DAN.2.5] The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me; if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.
[DAN.2.6] But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.
[DAN.2.7] They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
[DAN.2.8] The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.
[DAN.2.9] But if you do not make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time is changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.
[DAN.2.10] The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth that can show the king's matter, because no king, ruler, or lord has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.
[DAN.2.11] The thing that the king requires is difficult, and there is no other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
[DAN.2.12] For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
[DAN.2.13] So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be killed.
[DAN.2.14] Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon;
[DAN.2.15] he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
[DAN.2.16] Daniel went in and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
[DAN.2.17] Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
[DAN.2.18] that they might request mercy from the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
[DAN.2.19] Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
[DAN.2.20] Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his.
[DAN.2.21] And he changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;
[DAN.2.22] he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
[DAN.2.23] I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and has now made known to me what we requested of you; for you have made known to us the king's matter.
[DAN.2.24] Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.
[DAN.2.25] Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said this to him: I have found a man of the captives of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation.
[DAN.2.26] The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?
[DAN.2.27] Daniel answered before the king and said, The secret which the king has asked none of the wise men, enchanters, magicians, or soothsayers, can show to the king;
[DAN.2.28] but there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these:
[DAN.2.29] as for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind upon your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he that reveals secrets has made known to you what will happen.
[DAN.2.30] But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you might know the thoughts of your heart.
[DAN.2.31] You, O king, saw, and behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was awesome.
[DAN.2.32] As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
[DAN.2.33] its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
[DAN.2.34] You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
[DAN.2.35] Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them: and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
[DAN.2.36] This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
[DAN.2.37] You, O king, are a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory;
[DAN.2.38] and wherever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens he has given into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all: you are the head of gold.
[DAN.2.39] After you will arise another kingdom inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which will rule over all the earth.
[DAN.2.40] And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, it will break in pieces and crush.
[DAN.2.41] And whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but there will be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
[DAN.2.42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong, and partly broken.
[DAN.2.43] And whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they will mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they will not stick to one another, even as iron does not mix with clay.
[DAN.2.44] And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
[DAN.2.45] Forasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what will come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.
[DAN.2.46] Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet incense to him.
[DAN.2.47] The king answered Daniel, and said, Truly your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.
[DAN.2.48] Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
[DAN.2.49] And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was at the king's court.
[DAN.3.1] Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
[DAN.3.2] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[DAN.3.3] Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
[DAN.3.4] Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
[DAN.3.5] that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up;
[DAN.3.6] and whoever does not fall down and worship will the same hour be thrown into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[DAN.3.7] Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
[DAN.3.8] Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
[DAN.3.9] They spoke and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever.
[DAN.3.10] You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that hears the sound of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
[DAN.3.11] and whoever does not fall down and worship, will be thrown into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
[DAN.3.12] There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not respected you: they do not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
[DAN.3.13] Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
[DAN.3.14] Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you do not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
[DAN.3.15] Now if you are ready that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the image which I have made, well: but if you do not worship, you shall be thrown the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that will deliver you out of my hands?
[DAN.3.16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer you in this matter.
[DAN.3.17] If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
[DAN.3.18] But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
[DAN.3.19] Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
[DAN.3.20] And he commanded certain mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to throw them into the burning fiery furnace.
[DAN.3.21] Then these men were bound in their mantles, their tunics, and their hats, and their other garments, and were thrown into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
[DAN.3.22] Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
[DAN.3.23] And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
[DAN.3.24] Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste: he spoke and said to his counselors, Did not we throw three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king.
[DAN.3.25] He answered and said, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
[DAN.3.26] Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the midst of the fire.
[DAN.3.27] And the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, and the king's counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed, neither were their pants changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
[DAN.3.28] Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
[DAN.3.29] Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dung hill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.
[DAN.3.30] Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon.
[DAN.4.1] Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
[DAN.4.2] It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done toward me.
[DAN.4.3] How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
[DAN.4.4] I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.
[DAN.4.5] I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
[DAN.4.6] Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
[DAN.4.7] Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.
[DAN.4.8] But at last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, saying,
[DAN.4.9] Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
[DAN.4.10] Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
[DAN.4.11] The tree grew and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth.
[DAN.4.12] Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
[DAN.4.13] I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky.
[DAN.4.14] He cried aloud, and said thus, Chop down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the animals get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.
[DAN.4.15] Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky; and let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth:
[DAN.4.16] let his heart be changed from man's, and let an animal's heart be given to him; and let seven times pass over him.
[DAN.4.17] The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.
[DAN.4.18] This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.
[DAN.4.19] Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was astonished for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, Belteshazzar, don't let the dream, or its interpretation, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries.
[DAN.4.20] The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the earth;
[DAN.4.21] whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and upon whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation:
[DAN.4.22] it is you, O king, that have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
[DAN.4.23] Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, Chop down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky; and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him;
[DAN.4.24] this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:
[DAN.4.25] that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
[DAN.4.26] Whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; your kingdom shall be sure to you, after you know that the heavens rule.
[DAN.4.27] Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.
[DAN.4.28] All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
[DAN.4.29] At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
[DAN.4.30] The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
[DAN.4.31] While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from the sky, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you:
[DAN.4.32] and you shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field: you shall be made to eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
[DAN.4.33] The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and ate grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, till his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
[DAN.4.34] At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to the sky, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation;
[DAN.4.35] and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
[DAN.4.36] At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me; and my counselors and my lords sought to me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me.
[DAN.4.37] Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
[DAN.5.1] Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.
[DAN.5.2] Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.
[DAN.5.3] Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.
[DAN.5.4] They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
[DAN.5.5] In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
[DAN.5.6] Then the king's color was changed, and his thoughts troubled him; the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees hit one against another.
[DAN.5.7] The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever will read this writing, and show me the interpretation, will be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and will be the third ruler in the kingdom.
[DAN.5.8] Then all the king's wise men came in: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.
[DAN.5.9] Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his color was changed in him, and his nobles were perplexed.
[DAN.5.10] Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your color be changed.
[DAN.5.11] There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
[DAN.5.12] because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
[DAN.5.13] Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?
[DAN.5.14] I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.
[DAN.5.15] And now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.
[DAN.5.16] But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and will be the third ruler in the kingdom.
[DAN.5.17] Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
[DAN.5.18] O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
[DAN.5.19] and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whoever he would, he killed; and whoever he would, he kept alive; and whoever he would, he raised up; and whoever he would, he put down.
[DAN.5.20] But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
[DAN.5.21] and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.
[DAN.5.22] And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
[DAN.5.23] but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.
[DAN.5.24] Then was the part of the hand sent from him, and this writing was inscribed.
[DAN.5.25] And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
[DAN.5.26] This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;
[DAN.5.27] TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
[DAN.5.28] PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
[DAN.5.29] Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
[DAN.5.30] In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
[DAN.5.31] And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
[DAN.6.1] It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
[DAN.6.2] and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account to them, and that the king should have no loss.
[DAN.6.3] Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
[DAN.6.4] Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
[DAN.6.5] Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
[DAN.6.6] Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said to him, King Darius, live forever.
[DAN.6.7] All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
[DAN.6.8] Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.
[DAN.6.9] Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
[DAN.6.10] And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
[DAN.6.11] Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
[DAN.6.12] Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree: Have you not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be altered.
[DAN.6.13] Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, does not regard you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.
[DAN.6.14] Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the setting of the sun to rescue him.
[DAN.6.15] Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is the law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.
[DAN.6.16] Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
[DAN.6.17] And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
[DAN.6.18] Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
[DAN.6.19] Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
[DAN.6.20] And when he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?
[DAN.6.21] Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.
[DAN.6.22] My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me; because before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.
[DAN.6.23] Then was the king exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.
[DAN.6.24] And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
[DAN.6.25] Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
[DAN.6.26] I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end.
[DAN.6.27] He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
[DAN.6.28] So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
[DAN.7.1] In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
[DAN.7.2] Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heavens broke forth upon the great sea.
[DAN.7.3] And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
[DAN.7.4] The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.
[DAN.7.5] And, behold, another beast, a second, like a bear, and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
[DAN.7.6] After this I beheld, and, lo, another, like a leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a bird; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
[DAN.7.7] After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
[DAN.7.8] I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
[DAN.7.9] I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
[DAN.7.10] A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
[DAN.7.11] I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
[DAN.7.12] And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
[DAN.7.13] I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of the heavens one like a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
[DAN.7.14] And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingdom that which will not be destroyed.
[DAN.7.15] As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
[DAN.7.16] I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
[DAN.7.17] These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that will arise out of the earth.
[DAN.7.18] But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.
[DAN.7.19] Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
[DAN.7.20] and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
[DAN.7.21] I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them;
[DAN.7.22] until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
[DAN.7.23] Thus he said, The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which will be diverse from all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will tread it down, and break it in pieces.
[DAN.7.24] And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom will be ten kings that will arise: and another will arise after them; and he will be diverse from the former, and he will put down three kings.
[DAN.7.25] And he will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High; and he will think to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
[DAN.7.26] But the judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
[DAN.7.27] And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heavens, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.
[DAN.7.28] Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my countenance was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
[DAN.8.1] In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
[DAN.8.2] And I saw in the vision; now it was so, when I saw, that I was in Shushan the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
[DAN.8.3] Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
[DAN.8.4] I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no beasts could stand before him, neither was there any who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
[DAN.8.5] And as I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and did not touch the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
[DAN.8.6] And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran upon him in the fury of his power.
[DAN.8.7] And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
[DAN.8.8] And the male goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of heaven.
[DAN.8.9] And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
[DAN.8.10] And it grew great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled on them.
[DAN.8.11] Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the host; and it took away from him the continual burnt-offering, and the place of his sanctuary was thrown down.
[DAN.8.12] And the host was given over to it together with the continual burnt-offering through transgression; and it cast down truth to the ground, and it did and prospered.
[DAN.8.13] Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How long will be the vision concerning the continual burnt-offering, and the transgression that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
[DAN.8.14] And he said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then will the sanctuary be cleansed.
[DAN.8.15] And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
[DAN.8.16] And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.
[DAN.8.17] So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell upon my face; but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.
[DAN.8.18] Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
[DAN.8.19] And he said, Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
[DAN.8.20] The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
[DAN.8.21] And the rough male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
[DAN.8.22] As for that which was broken, in the place of which four stood up, four kingdoms will stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
[DAN.8.23] And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, will stand up.
[DAN.8.24] And his power will be mighty, but not by his own power; and he will destroy wonderfully, and will prosper and do; and he will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
[DAN.8.25] And through his policy he will cause deceit to prosper in his hand; and he will magnify himself in his heart, and in their security he will destroy many: he will also stand up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken without hand.
[DAN.8.26] And the vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: but shut up the vision; for it belongs to many days to come.
[DAN.8.27] And I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.
[DAN.9.1] In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
[DAN.9.2] in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years whereof the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
[DAN.9.3] And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
[DAN.9.4] And I prayed to Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, O Lord, the great and fearsome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness with them who love him and keep his commandments,
[DAN.9.5] we have sinned, and have done iniquity, and have acted wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances;
[DAN.9.6] neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
[DAN.9.7] O Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
[DAN.9.8] O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.
[DAN.9.9] To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;
[DAN.9.10] neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
[DAN.9.11] Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, even turning aside, that they should not obey your voice: therefore has the curse been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God; for we have sinned against him.
[DAN.9.12] And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; for under the whole heaven has not been done as has been done upon Jerusalem.
[DAN.9.13] As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.
[DAN.9.14] Therefore has Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.
[DAN.9.15] And now, O Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten you renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
[DAN.9.16] O Lord, according to all your righteousness, I beg you, let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach to all who are around us.
[DAN.9.17] Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of your servant, and his supplications, and cause your face to shine upon your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
[DAN.9.18] O my God, incline your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our supplications before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.
[DAN.9.19] O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and do; defer not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.
[DAN.9.20] And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God;
[DAN.9.21] yes, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
[DAN.9.22] And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and understanding.
[DAN.9.23] At the beginning of your supplications the commandment went forth, and I am come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
[DAN.9.24] Seventy weeks are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
[DAN.9.25] Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and trench, even in troubled times.
[DAN.9.26] And after the sixty-two weeks shall the anointed one be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
[DAN.9.27] And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease; and upon the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate; and even to the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out upon the desolate.
[DAN.10.1] In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the word was true, and it concerned a great war: and he understood the word, and had understanding of the vision.
[DAN.10.2] In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
[DAN.10.3] I ate no delicious bread, neither came flesh nor wine within my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
[DAN.10.4] And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
[DAN.10.5] I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz:
[DAN.10.6] his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.
[DAN.10.7] And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves.
[DAN.10.8] So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
[DAN.10.9] Yet heard I the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, then I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.
[DAN.10.10] And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
[DAN.10.11] And he said to me, O Daniel, greatly beloved man, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for to you am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
[DAN.10.12] Then said he to me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard: and I have come because of your words.
[DAN.10.13] But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days; but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
[DAN.10.14] Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days.
[DAN.10.15] And when he had spoken to me according to these words, I set my face toward the ground, and was speechless.
[DAN.10.16] And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him that stood before me, O my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me, and I have retained no strength.
[DAN.10.17] For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, right now no strength remains in me, neither is there breath left in me.
[DAN.10.18] Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
[DAN.10.19] And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong. And when he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.
[DAN.10.20] Then said he, Do you know why I have come to you? And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
[DAN.10.21] But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince.
[DAN.11.1] And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
[DAN.11.2] And now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
[DAN.11.3] And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
[DAN.11.4] And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.
[DAN.11.5] And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
[DAN.11.6] And at the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that fathered her, and he that strengthened her in those times.
[DAN.11.7] But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.
[DAN.11.8] And also their gods, with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
[DAN.11.9] And he shall come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.
[DAN.11.10] And his sons shall stir themselves up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, and he shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and he shall return, and stir himself up, even to his fortress.
[DAN.11.11] And the king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north; and he shall send forth a great multitude, and the multitude shall be given into his hand.
[DAN.11.12] And the multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
[DAN.11.13] And the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former; and he shall come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with much substance.
[DAN.11.14] And in those times many shall stand up against the king of the south; also the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
[DAN.11.15] So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
[DAN.11.16] But he that comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
[DAN.11.17] And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions; and he shall perform them; and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him.
[DAN.11.18] After this shall he turn his face to the isles, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; indeed, he shall cause his reproach to turn on him.
[DAN.11.19] Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.
[DAN.11.20] Then shall stand up in his place one that shall cause an exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
[DAN.11.21] And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
[DAN.11.22] And the overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; indeed, also the prince of the covenant.
[DAN.11.23] And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.
[DAN.11.24] In time of security he shall come even on the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and plunder, and substance: indeed, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.
[DAN.11.25] And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceedingly great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
[DAN.11.26] Yes, they that eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.
[DAN.11.27] And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
[DAN.11.28] Then shall he return into his land with great substance; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do his will, and return to his own land.
[DAN.11.29] At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.
[DAN.11.30] For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do his will: he shall even return, and have regard to them that forsake the holy covenant.
[DAN.11.31] And forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall take away the continual burnt-offering, and they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
[DAN.11.32] And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do feats.
[DAN.11.33] And they that are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.
[DAN.11.34] Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.
[DAN.11.35] And some of them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
[DAN.11.36] And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.
[DAN.11.37] Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall magnify himself above all.
[DAN.11.38] But in his place shall he honor the god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
[DAN.11.39] And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god; whoever acknowledges him he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.
[DAN.11.40] And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass through.
[DAN.11.41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
[DAN.11.42] He shall stretch out his hand also on the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
[DAN.11.43] But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
[DAN.11.44] But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
[DAN.11.45] And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
[DAN.12.1] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book.
[DAN.12.2] And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
[DAN.12.3] And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
[DAN.12.4] But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
[DAN.12.5] Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood two others, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
[DAN.12.6] And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
[DAN.12.7] And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half, and when they have finished shattering the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
[DAN.12.8] And I heard, but I did not understand: then said I, O my lord, what shall be the end of these things?
[DAN.12.9] And he said, Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.
[DAN.12.10] Many shall be purified, and made white, and tested; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.
[DAN.12.11] And from the time that the continual burnt offering shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
[DAN.12.12] Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.
[DAN.12.13] But go your way until the end be; for you shall rest, and shall stand in your lot, at the end of the days.
[HOS.1.1] The word of Jehovah that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
[HOS.1.2] When Jehovah first spoke by Hosea, Jehovah said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry; for the land commits great harlotry, forsaking Jehovah.
[HOS.1.3] So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
[HOS.1.4] And Jehovah said to him, Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
[HOS.1.5] It will happen on that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
[HOS.1.6] She conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Name her Lo-ruhamah; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
[HOS.1.7] But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.
[HOS.1.8] Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
[HOS.1.9] And he said, Name him Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.
[HOS.1.10] Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor counted; and it will happen that, in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.
[HOS.1.11] And the children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.
[HOS.2.1] Say to your brothers, My people; and to your sisters, My loved one.
[HOS.2.2] Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her harlotries from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
[HOS.2.3] lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
[HOS.2.4] Indeed, I will have no mercy on her children; for they are children of harlotry;
[HOS.2.5] for their mother has played the harlot; she who conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
[HOS.2.6] Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
[HOS.2.7] And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then she will say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
[HOS.2.8] For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
[HOS.2.9] Therefore will I take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will take away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
[HOS.2.10] And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.
[HOS.2.11] I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
[HOS.2.12] And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, whereof she has said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
[HOS.2.13] And I will visit on her the days of the Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says Jehovah.
[HOS.2.14] Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortingly to her.
[HOS.2.15] And I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
[HOS.2.16] And it shall be at that day, says Jehovah, that you shall call me Husband, and shall call me no more Master.
[HOS.2.17] For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.
[HOS.2.18] And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.
[HOS.2.19] And I will betroth you to me forever; indeed, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, and in justice, and in loving kindness, and in mercies.
[HOS.2.20] I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Jehovah.
[HOS.2.21] And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, says Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;
[HOS.2.22] and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel.
[HOS.2.23] And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, You are my people; and they shall say, You are my God.
[HOS.3.1] And Jehovah said to me, Go again, love a woman loved by her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.
[HOS.3.2] So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer and a half of barley;
[HOS.3.3] and I said to her, You will stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, and you shall not be with another man: so will I also be with you.
[HOS.3.4] For the children of Israel shall remain many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:
[HOS.3.5] afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear to Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
[HOS.4.1] Hear the word of Jehovah, you children of Israel; for Jehovah has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
[HOS.4.2] There is swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood touches blood.
[HOS.4.3] Therefore shall the land mourn, and everyone that dwells in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.
[HOS.4.4] Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for your people are as they that strive with the priest.
[HOS.4.5] And you shall stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
[HOS.4.6] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
[HOS.4.7] As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
[HOS.4.8] They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
[HOS.4.9] And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them their doings.
[HOS.4.10] And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
[HOS.4.11] Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
[HOS.4.12] My people ask counsel of their wood, and their staff declares to them; for the spirit of whoredom has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.
[HOS.4.13] They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow of it is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your brides shall commit adultery.
[HOS.4.14] I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that do not understand shall be overthrown.
[HOS.4.15] Though you, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and do not come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah lives.
[HOS.4.16] For Israel has behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
[HOS.4.17] Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
[HOS.4.18] Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.
[HOS.4.19] The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.
[HOS.5.1] Hear this, you priests, and listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king; for to you pertains the judgment, for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
[HOS.5.2] And the revolters have gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.
[HOS.5.3] I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the prostitute, Israel is defiled.
[HOS.5.4] Their doings will not allow them to return to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know Jehovah.
[HOS.5.5] And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity; Judah also will stumble with them.
[HOS.5.6] They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they will not find him: he has withdrawn himself from them.
[HOS.5.7] They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now will the new moon devour them with their fields.
[HOS.5.8] Blow the horn in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind you, Benjamin.
[HOS.5.9] Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which will surely happen.
[HOS.5.10] The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
[HOS.5.11] Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after the command.
[HOS.5.12] Therefore I am to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
[HOS.5.13] When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
[HOS.5.14] For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there will be none to deliver.
[HOS.5.15] I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
[HOS.6.1] Come, and let us return to Jehovah; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up.
[HOS.6.2] After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
[HOS.6.3] And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is as certain as the morning; and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.
[HOS.6.4] O Ephraim, what will I do to you? O Judah, what will I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goes early away.
[HOS.6.5] Therefore have I hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth.
[HOS.6.6] For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
[HOS.6.7] But they like Adam have broken the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
[HOS.6.8] Gilead is a city of those that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
[HOS.6.9] And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yes, they commit lewdness.
[HOS.6.10] In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there is whoredom in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
[HOS.6.11] Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
[HOS.7.1] When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the troop of robbers ravages outside.
[HOS.7.2] And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own deeds have beset them about; they are before my face.
[HOS.7.3] They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
[HOS.7.4] They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
[HOS.7.5] On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.
[HOS.7.6] For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
[HOS.7.7] They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calls to me.
[HOS.7.8] Ephraim, he mixes himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
[HOS.7.9] Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: indeed, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knows it not.
[HOS.7.10] And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: yet they have not returned to Jehovah their God, nor sought him, for all this.
[HOS.7.11] And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
[HOS.7.12] When they shall go, I will spread my net on them; I will bring them down as the birds of the heavens; I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard.
[HOS.7.13] Woe to them! for they have wandered from me; destruction to them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
[HOS.7.14] And they have not cried to me with their heart, when they wailed on their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they turn away from me.
[HOS.7.15] Though I have chastened and strengthened their arms, yet they devise mischief against me.
[HOS.7.16] They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
[HOS.8.1] Set the trumpet to your mouth. As an eagle he comes against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
[HOS.8.2] They shall cry to me, My God, we Israel know you.
[HOS.8.3] Israel has cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
[HOS.8.4] They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
[HOS.8.5] He has cast off your calf, O Samaria; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be before they attain to innocence?
[HOS.8.6] For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
[HOS.8.7] For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he has no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
[HOS.8.8] Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein none delights.
[HOS.8.9] For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers.
[HOS.8.10] Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.
[HOS.8.11] Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been to him for sinning.
[HOS.8.12] I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.
[HOS.8.13] As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepts them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
[HOS.8.14] For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.
[HOS.9.1] Do not rejoice, Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for you have played the harlot, departing from your God; you have loved hire upon every threshing-floor.
[HOS.9.2] The threshing-floor and the winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail her.
[HOS.9.3] They will not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
[HOS.9.4] They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither will they be pleasing to him: their sacrifices will be to them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof will be polluted; for their bread will be for their appetite; it will not come into the house of Jehovah.
[HOS.9.5] What will you do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of Jehovah?
[HOS.9.6] For, lo, they are gone away from destruction; yet Egypt will gather them up; Memphis will bury them: thorns will be in their tents.
[HOS.9.7] The days of visitation have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel will know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that has the spirit is mad, for the abundance of your iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
[HOS.9.8] Ephraim watches with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler's snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.
[HOS.9.9] They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
[HOS.9.10] I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
[HOS.9.11] As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird: there will be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
[HOS.9.12] Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man will be left: indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!
[HOS.9.13] Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim will bring out his children to the slayer.
[HOS.9.14] Give them, Jehovah—what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
[HOS.9.15] All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels.
[HOS.9.16] Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they will bear no fruit: indeed, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
[HOS.9.17] My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
[HOS.10.1] Israel is a luxuriant vine, that brings forth fruit for himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied the altars; according to the goodness of their land they have made goodly pillars.
[HOS.10.2] Their heart is divided; now will they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
[HOS.10.3] Surely now will they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
[HOS.10.4] They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
[HOS.10.5] The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it is departed from it.
[HOS.10.6] It also shall be carried to Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
[HOS.10.7] As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as a twig upon the water.
[HOS.10.8] The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
[HOS.10.9] O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; the battle against the children of iniquity does not overtake them in Gibeah.
[HOS.10.10] When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.
[HOS.10.11] And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loves to tread out the grain; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will set a rider on Ephraim; Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.
[HOS.10.12] Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
[HOS.10.13] You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies; for you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
[HOS.10.14] Therefore shall a tumult arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
[HOS.10.15] So shall Beth-el do to you because of your great wickedness: at daybreak shall the king of Israel be utterly cut off.
[HOS.11.1] When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
[HOS.11.2] The more they were called, the more they went away from them: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
[HOS.11.3] Yet I taught Ephraim to go; I took them on my arms; but they did not know that I healed them.
[HOS.11.4] I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as those that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.
[HOS.11.5] They will not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to return to me.
[HOS.11.6] And the sword will fall on their cities, and will consume their bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
[HOS.11.7] And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him.
[HOS.11.8] How will I give you up, Ephraim? how will I hand you over, Israel? how will I make you as Admah? how will I set you as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.
[HOS.11.9] I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim; for I am God, and not man, the Holy One in the midst of you; and I will not come in wrath.
[HOS.11.10] They will walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
[HOS.11.11] They will come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will make them dwell in their houses, says Jehovah.
[HOS.11.12] Ephraim compasses me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet rules with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.
[HOS.12.1] Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
[HOS.12.2] Jehovah has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds will he repay him.
[HOS.12.3] In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his maturity he had power with God:
[HOS.12.4] yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
[HOS.12.5] even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial name.
[HOS.12.6] Therefore turn to your God: keep mercy and justice, and wait for your God continually.
[HOS.12.7] He is a merchant; the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
[HOS.12.8] And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself: in all my labors they will find in me no iniquity that is sin.
[HOS.12.9] But I am Jehovah your God from the land of Egypt; I will yet make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
[HOS.12.10] I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
[HOS.12.11] Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether vanity; in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
[HOS.12.12] And Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
[HOS.12.13] And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
[HOS.12.14] Ephraim has provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore his blood will be left upon him, and his reproach will his Lord return to him.
[HOS.13.1] When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
[HOS.13.2] And now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
[HOS.13.3] Therefore they will be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passes away early, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
[HOS.13.4] Yet I am Jehovah your God from the land of Egypt; and you will know no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
[HOS.13.5] I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
[HOS.13.6] According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore they have forgotten me.
[HOS.13.7] Therefore I will be to them as a lion; as a leopard I will watch by the way;
[HOS.13.8] I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart; and there I will devour them like a lioness; the wild beast will tear them.
[HOS.13.9] It is your destruction, O Israel, that you are against me, against your help.
[HOS.13.10] Where now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? and your judges, of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?
[HOS.13.11] I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
[HOS.13.12] The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store.
[HOS.13.13] The sorrows of a travailing woman will come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time that he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
[HOS.13.14] I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Repentance will be hid from my eyes.
[HOS.13.15] Though he is fruitful among his brethren, an east wind will come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up: he will spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
[HOS.13.16] Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her God: they will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their women with child will be ripped up.
[HOS.14.1] O Israel, return to Jehovah your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
[HOS.14.2] Take with you words, and return to Jehovah: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and accept what is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips.
[HOS.14.3] Assyria will not save us; we will not ride on horses; neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you the fatherless finds mercy.
[HOS.14.4] I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.
[HOS.14.5] I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
[HOS.14.6] His branches will spread, and his beauty will be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.
[HOS.14.7] They that dwell under his shadow will return; they will revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine; the fragrance will be as the wine of Lebanon.
[HOS.14.8] Ephraim will say, What have I to do anymore with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me your fruit is found.
[HOS.14.9] Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just will walk in them; but transgressors will fall therein.
[JOE.1.1] The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
[JOE.1.2] Hear this, you elders, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
[JOE.1.3] Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
[JOE.1.4] What the cutting locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; and what the swarming locust has left, the hopping locust has eaten; and what the hopping locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
[JOE.1.5] Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
[JOE.1.6] For a nation has come up upon my land, strong, and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the jaw teeth of a lioness.
[JOE.1.7] It has laid waste my vine, and stripped my fig tree; it has made it clean bare, and cast it away; its branches are made white.
[JOE.1.8] Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
[JOE.1.9] The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests mourn, the ministers of Jehovah.
[JOE.1.10] The field is laid waste, the land mourns; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.
[JOE.1.11] Be confounded, O you farmers, wail, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.
[JOE.1.12] The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered; for joy is withered away from the sons of men.
[JOE.1.13] Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God; for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
[JOE.1.14] Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry to Jehovah.
[JOE.1.15] Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty will it come.
[JOE.1.16] Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
[JOE.1.17] The seeds shrivel under their clods; the storehouses are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
[JOE.1.18] How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
[JOE.1.19] O Jehovah, to you do I cry; for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
[JOE.1.20] Yes, the beasts of the field pant for you; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
[JOE.2.1] Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of Jehovah is coming, for it is near at hand;
[JOE.2.2] a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spreads upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there has not ever been the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
[JOE.2.3] A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing escapes them.
[JOE.2.4] The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.
[JOE.2.5] Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
[JOE.2.6] At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces have grown pale.
[JOE.2.7] They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march each one on his ways, and they do not break their ranks.
[JOE.2.8] Neither do they jostle one another; they march everyone in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and do not break off.
[JOE.2.9] They rush upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.
[JOE.2.10] The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
[JOE.2.11] And Jehovah utters his voice before his army; for his camp is very great; for he is strong that executes his word; for the day of Jehovah is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?
[JOE.2.12] Yet even now, says Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
[JOE.2.13] and tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repents of the evil.
[JOE.2.14] Who knows whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Jehovah your God?
[JOE.2.15] Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;
[JOE.2.16] gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
[JOE.2.17] Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O Jehovah, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
[JOE.2.18] Then Jehovah was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
[JOE.2.19] And Jehovah answered and said to his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and new wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations;
[JOE.2.20] but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a barren and desolate land, his front into the eastern sea, and his rear into the western sea; and his ill savor shall come up, and his stench shall come up, because he has done great things.
[JOE.2.21] Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah has done great things.
[JOE.2.22] Be not afraid, you beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
[JOE.2.23] Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month.
[JOE.2.24] And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
[JOE.2.25] And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
[JOE.2.26] And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of Jehovah your God, that has dealt wondrously with you; and my people shall never be put to shame.
[JOE.2.27] And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Jehovah your God, and there is no one else; and my people shall never be put to shame.
[JOE.2.28] And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions;
[JOE.2.29] and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.
[JOE.2.30] And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
[JOE.2.31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of Jehovah comes.
[JOE.2.32] And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah has said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah calls.
[JOE.3.1] For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
[JOE.3.2] I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have divided my land,
[JOE.3.3] and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
[JOE.3.4] Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you render me a repayment? and if you repay me, swiftly and speedily will I return your repayment on your own head.
[JOE.3.5] Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly desirable things,
[JOE.3.6] and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border;
[JOE.3.7] behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
[JOE.3.8] and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off: for Jehovah has spoken it.
[JOE.3.9] Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
[JOE.3.10] Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
[JOE.3.11] Hurry and come, all you nations round about, and gather yourselves together: there cause your mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.
[JOE.3.12] Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
[JOE.3.13] Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
[JOE.3.14] Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.
[JOE.3.15] The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
[JOE.3.16] And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
[JOE.3.17] So shall you know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
[JOE.3.18] And it will come to pass in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; and a fountain will come forth from the house of Jehovah, and will water the valley of Shittim.
[JOE.3.19] Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
[JOE.3.20] But Judah will dwell forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
[JOE.3.21] And I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah is dwelling in Zion.
[AMO.1.1] The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
[AMO.1.2] And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.
[AMO.1.3] Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
[AMO.1.4] but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
[AMO.1.5] And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria will go into captivity to Kir, says Jehovah.
[AMO.1.6] Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment; because they carried away captive the whole people, to deliver them up to Edom:
[AMO.1.7] but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
[AMO.1.8] And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines will perish, says the Lord Jehovah.
[AMO.1.9] Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment; because they delivered up the whole people to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
[AMO.1.10] but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.
[AMO.1.11] Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever:
[AMO.1.12] but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.
[AMO.1.13] Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
[AMO.1.14] But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind:
[AMO.1.15] and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together, says Jehovah.
[AMO.2.1] Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.
[AMO.2.2] But I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
[AMO.2.3] and I will cut off the judge from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him, says Jehovah.
[AMO.2.4] Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.
[AMO.2.5] But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
[AMO.2.6] Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes,
[AMO.2.7] they that trample on the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and a man and his father go to the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
[AMO.2.8] and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
[AMO.2.9] Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
[AMO.2.10] Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
[AMO.2.11] And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O you children of Israel? says Jehovah.
[AMO.2.12] But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Do not prophesy.
[AMO.2.13] Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presses that is full of sheaves.
[AMO.2.14] And flight will perish from the swift; and the strong will not strengthen his force; neither will the mighty deliver himself;
[AMO.2.15] neither will he stand that handles the bow; and he that is swift of foot will not deliver himself; neither will he that rides the horse deliver himself;
[AMO.2.16] and he that is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked in that day, says Jehovah.
[AMO.3.1] Hear this word that Jehovah has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the entire family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
[AMO.3.2] You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
[AMO.3.3] Can two walk together, unless they have agreed?
[AMO.3.4] Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing?
[AMO.3.5] Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no trap is set for him? Will a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing at all?
[AMO.3.6] Shall a trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall evil happen to a city, and Jehovah has not done it?
[AMO.3.7] Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
[AMO.3.8] The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah has spoken; who can but prophesy?
[AMO.3.9] Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressed within her.
[AMO.3.10] For they do not know to do right, says Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
[AMO.3.11] Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: An adversary will come around the land; and he will bring down your strength from you, and your palaces will be plundered.
[AMO.3.12] Thus says Jehovah: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.
[AMO.3.13] Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.
[AMO.3.14] For in the day that I will visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
[AMO.3.15] And I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end, says Jehovah.
[AMO.4.1] Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are on the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
[AMO.4.2] The Lord Jehovah has sworn by his holiness, that, behold, the days will come upon you, that they will take you away with hooks, and your residue with fishhooks.
[AMO.4.3] And you will go out at the breaches, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon, says Jehovah.
[AMO.4.4] Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes every three days;
[AMO.4.5] and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them: for this pleases you, O you children of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah.
[AMO.4.6] And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places; yet you have not returned to me, says Jehovah.
[AMO.4.7] And I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city; one piece was rained upon, and the piece on which it did not rain withered.
[AMO.4.8] So two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you have not returned to me, says Jehovah.
[AMO.4.9] I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees has the palmer-worm devoured: yet you have not returned to me, says Jehovah.
[AMO.4.10] I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet you have not returned to me, says Jehovah.
[AMO.4.11] I have overthrown some among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet you have not returned to me, says Jehovah.
[AMO.4.12] Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
[AMO.4.13] For, behold, he that forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; that makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.
[AMO.5.1] Hear this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
[AMO.5.2] The virgin of Israel has fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
[AMO.5.3] For thus says the Lord Jehovah: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.
[AMO.5.4] For thus says Jehovah to the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live;
[AMO.5.5] but do not seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
[AMO.5.6] Seek Jehovah, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
[AMO.5.7] You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
[AMO.5.8] seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
[AMO.5.9] who causes destruction to flash out upon the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
[AMO.5.10] They hate him that reproves in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.
[AMO.5.11] Forasmuch therefore as you trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
[AMO.5.12] For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—you that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.
[AMO.5.13] Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.
[AMO.5.14] Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say.
[AMO.5.15] Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
[AMO.5.16] Therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
[AMO.5.17] And in all vineyards shall be wailing; for I will pass through the middle of you, says Jehovah.
[AMO.5.18] Woe to you that desire the day of Jehovah! Why would you have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.
[AMO.5.19] As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
[AMO.5.20] Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
[AMO.5.21] I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
[AMO.5.22] Yea, though you offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
[AMO.5.23] Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols.
[AMO.5.24] But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
[AMO.5.25] Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
[AMO.5.26] Yes, you have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
[AMO.5.27] Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.
[AMO.6.1] Woe to those that are at ease in Zion, and to those that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!
[AMO.6.2] Pass to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
[AMO.6.3] You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
[AMO.6.4] that lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
[AMO.6.5] that chant to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
[AMO.6.6] that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
[AMO.6.7] Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the revelry of those that stretched themselves shall pass away.
[AMO.6.8] The Lord Jehovah has sworn by himself, says Jehovah the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is in it.
[AMO.6.9] And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
[AMO.6.10] And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he that burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold your peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.
[AMO.6.11] For, behold, Jehovah commands, and the great house shall be smashed to pieces, and the little house to bits.
[AMO.6.12] Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
[AMO.6.13] you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
[AMO.6.14] For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.
[AMO.7.1] Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, look, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
[AMO.7.2] And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech you: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
[AMO.7.3] Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.
[AMO.7.4] Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.
[AMO.7.5] Then I said, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech you: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
[AMO.7.6] Jehovah repented concerning this: This also shall not be, said the Lord Jehovah.
[AMO.7.7] Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
[AMO.7.8] And Jehovah said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more;
[AMO.7.9] and the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
[AMO.7.10] Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.
[AMO.7.11] For thus Amos says, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
[AMO.7.12] Also Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
[AMO.7.13] but do not prophesy again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.
[AMO.7.14] Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:
[AMO.7.15] and Jehovah took me from following the flock, and Jehovah said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
[AMO.7.16] Now therefore hear the word of Jehovah: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not let words drop against the house of Isaac;
[AMO.7.17] therefore thus says Jehovah: Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
[AMO.8.1] Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and behold, a basket of summer fruit.
[AMO.8.2] And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then Jehovah said to me, The end has come upon my people Israel; I will not again pass by them anymore.
[AMO.8.3] And the songs of the temple will be wailings in that day, says the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies will be many; in every place they will cast them forth with silence.
[AMO.8.4] Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
[AMO.8.5] saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
[AMO.8.6] that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
[AMO.8.7] Jehovah has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
[AMO.8.8] Will not the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells therein? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be tossed about and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
[AMO.8.9] And it will come to pass in that day, says the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
[AMO.8.10] And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and the end of it as a bitter day.
[AMO.8.11] Behold, the days come, says the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah.
[AMO.8.12] And they will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and will not find it.
[AMO.8.13] In that day will the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
[AMO.8.14] They who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As your god, O Dan, lives; and, As the way of Beer-sheba lives; they will fall, and never rise up again.
[AMO.9.1] I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, Strike the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: not one of them will flee away, and not one of them will escape.
[AMO.9.2] Though they dig into Sheol, from there will my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there will I bring them down.
[AMO.9.3] And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it will bite them.
[AMO.9.4] And though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it will kill them: and I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.
[AMO.9.5] For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, he who touches the land and it melts, and all that dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt;
[AMO.9.6] it is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.
[AMO.9.7] Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says Jehovah. Have I not brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
[AMO.9.8] Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says Jehovah.
[AMO.9.9] For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet will not the least kernel fall on the earth.
[AMO.9.10] All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, The evil will not overtake nor come near us.
[AMO.9.11] In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up its breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
[AMO.9.12] that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, says Jehovah that does this.
[AMO.9.13] Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the plowman will overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; and the mountains will drop sweet wine, and all the hills will melt.
[AMO.9.14] And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they will build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink their wine; they will also make gardens, and eat their fruit.
[AMO.9.15] And I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, says Jehovah your God.
[OBA.1.1] The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Jehovah says concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Rise, and let us rise up against her in battle.
[OBA.1.2] Look, I have made you small among the nations: you are greatly despised.
[OBA.1.3] The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; who says in your heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?
[OBA.1.4] Though you mount up as high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says Jehovah.
[OBA.1.5] If thieves came to you, if robbers by night (oh, how you are cut off!), wouldn't they steal only until they had enough? If grape gatherers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes?
[OBA.1.6] How are the things of Esau searched! How are his hidden treasures sought out!
[OBA.1.7] All the men of your covenant have brought you to the border; the men that were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you; those who eat your bread have laid a snare under you: there is no understanding in him.
[OBA.1.8] Shall I not in that day, says Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
[OBA.1.9] And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
[OBA.1.10] For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.
[OBA.1.11] In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, you were even as one of them.
[OBA.1.12] But you shouldn't have looked on the day of your brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
[OBA.1.13] You shouldn't have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yes, you shouldn't have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.
[OBA.1.14] Neither should you have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escaped; neither should you have delivered up those of his that remained in the day of distress.
[OBA.1.15] For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return upon your own head.
[OBA.1.16] For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yes, they shall drink, and swallow down, and shall be as though they had not been.
[OBA.1.17] But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
[OBA.1.18] And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for Jehovah has spoken it.
[OBA.1.19] And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau, and they of the lowland the Philistines; and they shall possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
[OBA.1.20] And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, shall possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.
[OBA.1.21] And saviors shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.
[JON.1.1] Now the word of Jehovah came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
[JON.1.2] Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.
[JON.1.3] But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.
[JON.1.4] But Jehovah sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken.
[JON.1.5] Then the sailors were afraid, and cried every man to his god; and they threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
[JON.1.6] So the captain came to him, and said to him, What are you doing, sleeper? Get up, call on your God, if so be that God will think upon us, so that we do not perish.
[JON.1.7] And they said everyone to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
[JON.1.8] Then they said to him, Tell us, we ask you, for whose cause this evil is on us; what is your occupation? and where do you come from? what is your country? and of what people are you?
[JON.1.9] And he said to them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.
[JON.1.10] Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him, What is this that you have done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Jehovah, because he had told them.
[JON.1.11] Then said they to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may become calm for us? for the sea grew more and more stormy.
[JON.1.12] And he said to them, Take me up, and throw me into the sea; so shall the sea become calm for you: for I know that for my sake this great storm has come upon you.
[JON.1.13] Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.
[JON.1.14] So they cried to Jehovah, and said, We beg you, O Jehovah, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not on us innocent blood; for you, O Jehovah, have done as it pleased you.
[JON.1.15] So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
[JON.1.16] Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Jehovah, and made vows.
[JON.1.17] And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
[JON.2.1] Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly.
[JON.2.2] And he said, I called because of my distress to Jehovah, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
[JON.2.3] For you cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was around me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
[JON.2.4] And I said, I am cast out from before your eyes; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.
[JON.2.5] The waters surrounded me, even to the soul; the deep was around me; the weeds were wrapped around my head.
[JON.2.6] I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with its bars was over me forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
[JON.2.7] When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; and my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
[JON.2.8] Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
[JON.2.9] But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
[JON.2.10] And Jehovah spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
[JON.3.1] And the word of Jehovah came to Jonah the second time, saying,
[JON.3.2] Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I speak to you.
[JON.3.3] So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, of three days' journey.
[JON.3.4] And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
[JON.3.5] And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
[JON.3.6] And the news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
[JON.3.7] And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;
[JON.3.8] but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
[JON.3.9] Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
[JON.3.10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the evil, which he said he would do to them; and he did not do it.
[JON.4.1] But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
[JON.4.2] And he prayed to Jehovah, and said, I pray you, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and you relent of the disaster.
[JON.4.3] Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
[JON.4.4] And Jehovah said, Do you do well to be angry?
[JON.4.5] Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.
[JON.4.6] And Jehovah God prepared a plant, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his distress. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.
[JON.4.7] But God prepared a worm when the morning dawned the next day, and it struck the plant, that it withered.
[JON.4.8] And it came to pass, when the sun rose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
[JON.4.9] And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
[JON.4.10] And Jehovah said, You have had regard for the plant, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
[JON.4.11] and should I not have regard for Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
[MIC.1.1] The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
[MIC.1.2] Hear, all you peoples; listen, O earth, and all that is in it: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
[MIC.1.3] For, behold, Jehovah is coming forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread on the high places of the earth.
[MIC.1.4] And the mountains will be melted under him, and the valleys will be split, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
[MIC.1.5] All this is for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
[MIC.1.6] Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.
[MIC.1.7] And all its graven images will be beaten to pieces, and all its wages will be burned with fire, and all its idols will I lay desolate; for from the hire of a harlot has she gathered them, and to the hire of a harlot will they return.
[MIC.1.8] For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
[MIC.1.9] For her wounds are incurable; for it has come to Judah; it reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
[MIC.1.10] Do not tell it in Gath, do not weep at all; at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
[MIC.1.11] Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan does not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel will take from you its standing place.
[MIC.1.12] For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
[MIC.1.13] Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
[MIC.1.14] Therefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will be a deceitful thing to the kings of Israel.
[MIC.1.15] I will yet bring to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him that will possess you: the glory of Israel will come even to Adullam.
[MIC.1.16] Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight: enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they have gone into captivity from you.
[MIC.2.1] Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
[MIC.2.2] They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
[MIC.2.3] Therefore thus says Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which you shall not remove your necks, neither shall you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.
[MIC.2.4] In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changes the portion of my people: how does he remove it from me! To the rebellious he divides our fields.
[MIC.2.5] Therefore you shall have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
[MIC.2.6] Do not prophesy, they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
[MIC.2.7] Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the spirit of Jehovah straitened? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walks uprightly?
[MIC.2.8] But of late my people have risen up as an enemy: you strip the robe from off the garment from those who pass by securely as men averse from war.
[MIC.2.9] The women of my people you cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my glory forever.
[MIC.2.10] Arise and depart; for this is not your rest: because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.
[MIC.2.11] If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
[MIC.2.12] I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the middle of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
[MIC.2.13] The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
[MIC.3.1] And I said, Hear, I beg you, heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?
[MIC.3.2] You who hate the good, and love the evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
[MIC.3.3] who also eat the flesh of my people, and tear their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh inside the caldron.
[MIC.3.4] Then will they cry to Jehovah, but he will not hear them: yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have done evil in their deeds.
[MIC.3.5] This is what Jehovah says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoever does not put food into their mouths, they even prepare war against him:
[MIC.3.6] Therefore you will have night without vision, and it will be dark without divination; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be dark over them.
[MIC.3.7] And the seers will be put to shame, and the diviners will be confounded; yes, they will all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.
[MIC.3.8] But as for me, I am full of power by the spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
[MIC.3.9] Hear this, I beg you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
[MIC.3.10] They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
[MIC.3.11] The heads judge for reward, and the priests teach for money, and the prophets divine for money: yet they lean on Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil will come on us.
[MIC.3.12] Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
[MIC.4.1] But in the latter days it will happen that the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will flow to it.
[MIC.4.2] Many nations will go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
[MIC.4.3] And he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off; and they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
[MIC.4.4] But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and no one will make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts has spoken it.
[MIC.4.5] For all the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God forever and ever.
[MIC.4.6] In that day, says Jehovah, will I assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted;
[MIC.4.7] and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Jehovah will reign over them in Mount Zion from then on even forever.
[MIC.4.8] And you, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to you will it come, yes, the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
[MIC.4.9] Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in labor?
[MIC.4.10] Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor; for now will you go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will go even to Babylon: there will you be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
[MIC.4.11] And now many nations are assembled against you, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look on Zion.
[MIC.4.12] But they do not know the thoughts of Jehovah, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.
[MIC.4.13] Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Jehovah, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
[MIC.5.1] Now gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us; they will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
[MIC.5.2] But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
[MIC.5.3] Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who is in labor has brought forth: then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.
[MIC.5.4] And he will stand, and will shepherd his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they will remain, for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.
[MIC.5.5] And this will be our peace, when the Assyrian will come into our land, and when he will tread in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
[MIC.5.6] And they will waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its entrances: and he will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders.
[MIC.5.7] And the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that do not wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
[MIC.5.8] And the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
[MIC.5.9] Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all your enemies be cut off.
[MIC.5.10] And it will happen in that day, says Jehovah, that I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and will destroy your chariots:
[MIC.5.11] and I will cut off the cities of your land, and will throw down all your strongholds.
[MIC.5.12] And I will cut off witchcrafts out of your hand; and you will have no more soothsayers:
[MIC.5.13] and I will cut off your graven images and your pillars out of the midst of you; and you will no more worship the work of your hands;
[MIC.5.14] and I will pluck up your Asherim out of the midst of you; and I will destroy your cities.
[MIC.5.15] And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that did not listen.
[MIC.6.1] Hear now what Jehovah says: Arise, contend with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
[MIC.6.2] Hear, you mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
[MIC.6.3] O my people, what have I done to you? And wherein have I wearied you? Testify against me.
[MIC.6.4] For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
[MIC.6.5] O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
[MIC.6.6] Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
[MIC.6.7] Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
[MIC.6.8] He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
[MIC.6.9] The voice of Jehovah cries to the city, and the man of wisdom will see your name: Hear the rod, and who has appointed it.
[MIC.6.10] Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
[MIC.6.11] Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
[MIC.6.12] For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and its inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
[MIC.6.13] Therefore I also have made you sick in striking you, in making you desolate because of your sins.
[MIC.6.14] You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your humiliation shall be in your midst: and you will put away, but will not save; and what you save I will give up to the sword.
[MIC.6.15] You shall sow, but shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but shall not anoint yourself with oil; and the vintage, but shall not drink the wine.
[MIC.6.16] For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels; that I should make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing: and you shall bear the reproach of my people.
[MIC.7.1] Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vineyard: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desires the first-ripe fig.
[MIC.7.2] The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
[MIC.7.3] Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asks, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul: so they weave it together.
[MIC.7.4] The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now shall be their perplexity.
[MIC.7.5] Do not trust in a neighbor; do not put confidence in a friend; keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.
[MIC.7.6] For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
[MIC.7.7] But as for me, I will look to Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
[MIC.7.8] Do not rejoice over me, my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me.
[MIC.7.9] I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he please my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
[MIC.7.10] Then my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is Jehovah your God? my eyes shall see her: now she shall be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
[MIC.7.11] It is a day to build your walls: in that day shall the decree be far removed.
[MIC.7.12] In that day shall they come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
[MIC.7.13] Yet shall the land be desolate because of those who dwell in it, for the fruit of their doings.
[MIC.7.14] Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
[MIC.7.15] As in the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt will I show to them marvelous things.
[MIC.7.16] The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might: they shall lay their hand on their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.
[MIC.7.17] They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear to Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of you.
[MIC.7.18] Who is a God like to you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger forever, because he delights in lovingkindness.
[MIC.7.19] He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
[MIC.7.20] You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
[NAH.1.1] The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
[NAH.1.2] Jehovah is a jealous God and avenges; Jehovah avenges and is furious; Jehovah takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.
[NAH.1.3] Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty; Jehovah has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
[NAH.1.4] He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers: Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
[NAH.1.5] The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is burned at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwell in it.
[NAH.1.6] Who can stand before his indignation? and who can endure the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
[NAH.1.7] Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who trust in him.
[NAH.1.8] But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of its place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
[NAH.1.9] What do you imagine against Jehovah? he will make a full end; trouble will not rise up the second time.
[NAH.1.10] For entangled like thorns, and while drunken as drunkards, they are consumed as stubble fully dry.
[NAH.1.11] There is one gone out of you, that imagines evil against Jehovah, a wicked counselor.
[NAH.1.12] Thus says Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away; and though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.
[NAH.1.13] And now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.
[NAH.1.14] And Jehovah has given commandment concerning you, that no more of your name be sown: out of the house of your gods will I cut off the carved image and the metal image; I will make your grave; for you are vile.
[NAH.1.15] Behold, on the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, perform your vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off.
[NAH.2.1] The one who scatters has come up against you; guard the fortress, watch the road, strengthen your waist, fortify your power mightily.
[NAH.2.2] For Jehovah restores the excellence of Jacob, like the excellence of Israel; for the destroyers have destroyed them, and ruined their vine branches.
[NAH.2.3] The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are brandished.
[NAH.2.4] The chariots rage in the streets, they rush to and fro in the broad ways: their appearance is like torches, they dart like the lightning.
[NAH.2.5] He remembers his worthies: they stumble in their walk; they make haste to its wall, and the mantelet is prepared.
[NAH.2.6] The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
[NAH.2.7] It is fixed: she is stripped, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the sound of doves, beating on their breasts.
[NAH.2.8] But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looks back.
[NAH.2.9] Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold; for there is no end of the store, the glory of all pleasant furniture.
[NAH.2.10] She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melts, and the knees knock together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are grown pale.
[NAH.2.11] Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness, and the lion's cub, walked, and none made them afraid?
[NAH.2.12] The lion tore enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with tear.
[NAH.2.13] Behold, I am against you, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.
[NAH.3.1] Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and plunder; the prey does not depart.
[NAH.3.2] The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and jumping chariots,
[NAH.3.3] the horseman charging, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of carcasses; and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble over the bodies;
[NAH.3.4] because of the many harlotries of the harlot, the alluring one, the mistress of witchcrafts, that sells nations through her harlotries, and families through her witchcrafts.
[NAH.3.5] Behold, I am against you, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will uncover your skirts over your face; and I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.
[NAH.3.6] And I will cast abominable filth upon you, and make you vile, and will set you for a spectacle.
[NAH.3.7] And it will come to pass that all those who look upon you will flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for you?
[NAH.3.8] Are you better than No-amon, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?
[NAH.3.9] Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were your helpers.
[NAH.3.10] Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
[NAH.3.11] You also will be drunken; you will be hidden; you also will seek a stronghold because of the enemy.
[NAH.3.12] All your fortresses will be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.
[NAH.3.13] Behold, your people in the midst of you are women; the gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies: the fire has devoured your bars.
[NAH.3.14] Draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln.
[NAH.3.15] There will the fire devour you; the sword will cut you off; it will devour you like the cankerworm: multiply yourself like the cankerworm; multiply yourself like the locust.
[NAH.3.16] You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of the heavens: the cankerworm raids, and flies away.
[NAH.3.17] Your princes are as the locusts, and your marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun arises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
[NAH.3.18] Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; your nobles lie still: your people are scattered upon the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
[NAH.3.19] There is no assuaging of your hurt; your wound is grievous: all that hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
[HAB.1.1] The burden which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
[HAB.1.2] How long, Jehovah, will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you of violence, and you will not save.
[HAB.1.3] Why do you show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.
[HAB.1.4] Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice does not go forth continually; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
[HAB.1.5] Look among the nations, and regard, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is declared to you.
[HAB.1.6] For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
[HAB.1.7] They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity come forth from themselves.
[HAB.1.8] Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yes, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hastens to devour.
[HAB.1.9] They come all for violence; their faces move eagerly forward; and they gather captives as the sand.
[HAB.1.10] Yes, they scoff at kings, and princes are a scorn to them; they deride every stronghold; for they heap up dust, and take it.
[HAB.1.11] Then they sweep by like the wind, and pass on, and they are guilty, even they whose own might is their god.
[HAB.1.12] Are you not from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O Jehovah, you have appointed them for judgment; and you, O Rock, have established them for correction.
[HAB.1.13] You who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do you look on those who deal treacherously, and hold your peace when the wicked swallow up the man who is more righteous than he,
[HAB.1.14] and make men as the fish of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
[HAB.1.15] He takes up all of them with the hook, he catches them in his net, and gathers them in his drag; therefore he rejoices and is glad.
[HAB.1.16] Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plentiful.
[HAB.1.17] Will he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
[HAB.2.1] I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will say with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.
[HAB.2.2] And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run who reads it.
[HAB.2.3] For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hastens toward the end, and will not lie: though it delay, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
[HAB.2.4] Look, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
[HAB.2.5] Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous, a proud man who does not stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol; and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to him all nations, and heaps to him all peoples.
[HAB.2.6] Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! how long? and who loads himself with pledges!
[HAB.2.7] Shall they not rise up suddenly who shall bite you, and awake who shall disturb you, and you shall be for booty to them?
[HAB.2.8] Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and all who dwell in it.
[HAB.2.9] Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
[HAB.2.10] You have devised shame to your house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against your soul.
[HAB.2.11] For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
[HAB.2.12] Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
[HAB.2.13] Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
[HAB.2.14] For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
[HAB.2.15] Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, to you who add your venom, and make them drunk that you may look on their nakedness!
[HAB.2.16] You are filled with shame rather than glory: drink also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come around to you, and foul shame shall be upon your glory.
[HAB.2.17] For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover you, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and all who dwell in it.
[HAB.2.18] What profits the graven image, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
[HAB.2.19] Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.
[HAB.2.20] But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
[HAB.3.1] A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.
[HAB.3.2] Jehovah, I have heard the report of you, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive your work in the midst of the years; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
[HAB.3.3] God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
[HAB.3.4] And his brightness was as the light; he had rays coming forth from his hand; and there was the hiding of his power.
[HAB.3.5] Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
[HAB.3.6] He stood, and measured the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble; and the eternal mountains were scattered, the everlasting hills bowed; his goings were as of old.
[HAB.3.7] I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; the curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
[HAB.3.8] Was Jehovah angry with the rivers? Was your wrath against the rivers, or your anger against the sea, when you rode upon your horses, upon your chariots of salvation?
[HAB.3.9] Your bow was made quite bare; the oaths to the tribes were a sure word. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.
[HAB.3.10] The mountains saw you, and were afraid; the tempest of waters passed by; the deep uttered its voice, and lifted up its hands on high.
[HAB.3.11] The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
[HAB.3.12] You marched through the land in indignation; you threshed the nations in anger.
[HAB.3.13] You went forth for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed; you struck the head out of the house of the wicked man, laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah.
[HAB.3.14] You pierced the head of his warriors with their own staves: they came as a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
[HAB.3.15] You walked through the sea with your horses, through the heap of great waters.
[HAB.3.16] I heard, and my body trembled, my lips quivered at the voice; rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place; because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people that invades us.
[HAB.3.17] Even though the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
[HAB.3.18] Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
[HAB.3.19] Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; and he makes my feet like hinds' feet, and will make me to walk upon my high places. For the chief musician, on my stringed instruments.
[ZEP.1.1] The word of Jehovah that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
[ZEP.1.2] I will utterly sweep away all things from off the face of the earth, says Jehovah.
[ZEP.1.3] I will sweep away man and animal; I will sweep away the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the face of the earth, says Jehovah.
[ZEP.1.4] I will stretch out my hand on Judah, and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests;
[ZEP.1.5] and those who worship the host of the sky on the housetops; and those who worship, who swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam;
[ZEP.1.6] and those who are turned back from following Jehovah; and those who have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
[ZEP.1.7] Be silent before the Lord Jehovah; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; for Jehovah has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated his guests.
[ZEP.1.8] And it will come to pass in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's sons, and all such as are clothed with foreign clothing.
[ZEP.1.9] And in that day I will punish all those who leap on the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
[ZEP.1.10] And it will come to pass in that day, says Jehovah, that there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
[ZEP.1.11] Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone; all those who were laden with silver are cut off.
[ZEP.1.12] And it will come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles; and I will punish the men who are settled on their lees, who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.
[ZEP.1.13] And their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation; yes, they will build houses, but not inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, but not drink the wine of them.
[ZEP.1.14] The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man cries there bitterly.
[ZEP.1.15] That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of waste and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
[ZEP.1.16] a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
[ZEP.1.17] And I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Jehovah; and their blood will be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung.
[ZEP.1.18] Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
[ZEP.2.1] Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O nation not desired;
[ZEP.2.2] before the decree brings forth, the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah comes upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger comes upon you.
[ZEP.2.3] Seek Jehovah, all you meek of the earth, that have kept his commands; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
[ZEP.2.4] For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
[ZEP.2.5] Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I will destroy you, so there will be no inhabitant.
[ZEP.2.6] And the seacoast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
[ZEP.2.7] And the coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they will feed thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.
[ZEP.2.8] I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
[ZEP.2.9] Therefore as I live, says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation; the remnant of my people will plunder them, and the remnant of my nation will possess them.
[ZEP.2.10] This will they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
[ZEP.2.11] Jehovah will be terrible to them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men will worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
[ZEP.2.12] You Ethiopians also, you will be killed by my sword.
[ZEP.2.13] And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
[ZEP.2.14] And herds will lie down in her midst, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in her capitals; their voice will sing in the windows; desolation will be in the thresholds: for he has laid bare the cedar work.
[ZEP.2.15] This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passes by her will hiss, and wag his hand.
[ZEP.3.1] Woe to her that is rebellious and defiled, the city of oppressors!
[ZEP.3.2] She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in Jehovah; she did not draw near to her God.
[ZEP.3.3] Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morning.
[ZEP.3.4] Her prophets are reckless, treacherous people; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
[ZEP.3.5] Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning he brings his justice to light, he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.
[ZEP.3.6] I have cut off nations; their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, so that no one passes by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, no inhabitant.
[ZEP.3.7] I said, Surely you will fear me; you will receive instruction; so her dwelling will not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her; but they were the more eager to corrupt all their deeds.
[ZEP.3.8] Therefore wait for me, says Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
[ZEP.3.9] For then I will turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
[ZEP.3.10] From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, will bring my offering.
[ZEP.3.11] In that day you will not be ashamed for all your doings, in which you have transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of your midst your proudly exulting ones, and you will no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
[ZEP.3.12] But I will leave in your midst an afflicted and poor people, and they will trust in the name of Jehovah.
[ZEP.3.13] The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
[ZEP.3.14] Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
[ZEP.3.15] Jehovah has taken away your judgments, he has cast out your enemy; the King of Israel, even Jehovah, is in your midst; you will not see evil any more.
[ZEP.3.16] In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Fear not; do not let your hands be slack.
[ZEP.3.17] Jehovah your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over you with singing.
[ZEP.3.18] I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of you; to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.
[ZEP.3.19] Behold, at that time I will deal with all them that afflict you; and I will save her that is lame, and gather her that was driven away; and I will make them a praise and a name, whose shame has been in all the earth.
[ZEP.3.20] At that time I will bring you in, and at that time I will gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before your eyes, says Jehovah.
[HAG.1.1] In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
[HAG.1.2] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, These people say, The time has not come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built.
[HAG.1.3] Then the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
[HAG.1.4] Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
[HAG.1.5] Now therefore thus says Jehovah of hosts, Consider your ways.
[HAG.1.6] You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes.
[HAG.1.7] Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Consider your ways.
[HAG.1.8] Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, says Jehovah.
[HAG.1.9] You looked for much, and behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew on it. Why? says Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you runs to his own house.
[HAG.1.10] Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
[HAG.1.11] And I called for a drought on the land, and on the mountains, and on the grain, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on that which the ground brings forth, and on men, and on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands.
[HAG.1.12] Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people feared before Jehovah.
[HAG.1.13] Then Haggai, Jehovah's messenger, spoke in Jehovah's message to the people, saying, I am with you, says Jehovah.
[HAG.1.14] And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,
[HAG.1.15] in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
[HAG.2.1] In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
[HAG.2.2] Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
[HAG.2.3] Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Is it not in your eyes as nothing?
[HAG.2.4] Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel, says Jehovah; and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, says Jehovah of hosts,
[HAG.2.5] according to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit remained among you: do not fear.
[HAG.2.6] For thus says Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
[HAG.2.7] and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, says Jehovah of hosts.
[HAG.2.8] The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says Jehovah of hosts.
[HAG.2.9] The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, says Jehovah of hosts.
[HAG.2.10] On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
[HAG.2.11] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
[HAG.2.12] If a man carries holy flesh in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, or stew, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
[HAG.2.13] Then said Haggai, If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touches any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
[HAG.2.14] Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, says Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
[HAG.2.15] Now, I urge you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah,
[HAG.2.16] since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty vessels, there were but twenty.
[HAG.2.17] I struck you with blight and mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet you did not turn to me, says Jehovah.
[HAG.2.18] Consider, I ask you, from this day on, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it.
[HAG.2.19] Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, have not brought forth; from this day will I bless you.
[HAG.2.20] And the word of Jehovah came the second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
[HAG.2.21] Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
[HAG.2.22] and I will overturn the throne of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overturn the chariots, and those who ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
[HAG.2.23] In that day, says Jehovah of hosts, will I take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says Jehovah, and will make you as a signet; for I have chosen you, says Jehovah of hosts.
[ZEC.1.1] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
[ZEC.1.2] Jehovah has been very angry with your fathers.
[ZEC.1.3] Therefore say to them, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Return to me, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of hosts.
[ZEC.1.4] Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Jehovah.
[ZEC.1.5] Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever?
[ZEC.1.6] But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so has he dealt with us.
[ZEC.1.7] On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
[ZEC.1.8] I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the low place; and behind him there were red, sorrel, and white horses.
[ZEC.1.9] Then I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel who talked with me said to me, I will show you what these are.
[ZEC.1.10] And the man who stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah has sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
[ZEC.1.11] And they answered the angel of Jehovah who stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth sits still, and is at rest.
[ZEC.1.12] Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?
[ZEC.1.13] And Jehovah answered the angel who talked with me with good words, even comfortable words.
[ZEC.1.14] So the angel who talked with me said to me, Cry out, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
[ZEC.1.15] And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
[ZEC.1.16] Therefore thus says Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, says Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.
[ZEC.1.17] Cry yet again, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity; and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
[ZEC.1.18] And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four horns.
[ZEC.1.19] And I said to the angel who talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
[ZEC.1.20] And Jehovah showed me four smiths.
[ZEC.1.21] Then I said, What do these come to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, who lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.
[ZEC.2.1] And I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
[ZEC.2.2] Then I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.
[ZEC.2.3] And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
[ZEC.2.4] and said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it.
[ZEC.2.5] For I, says Jehovah, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.
[ZEC.2.6] Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says Jehovah; for I have spread you out as the four winds of the heavens, says Jehovah.
[ZEC.2.7] Deliver yourself, O Zion, that dwells with the daughter of Babylon.
[ZEC.2.8] For thus says Jehovah of hosts: After glory has he sent me to the nations that plundered you; for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.
[ZEC.2.9] For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those that served them; and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me.
[ZEC.2.10] Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for behold, I come, and I will dwell in your midst, says Jehovah.
[ZEC.2.11] And many nations will join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and will be my people; and I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you.
[ZEC.2.12] And Jehovah will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
[ZEC.2.13] Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is awake, and has come from his holy habitation.
[ZEC.3.1] And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
[ZEC.3.2] And Jehovah said to Satan, Jehovah rebuke you, O Satan; yes, Jehovah that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
[ZEC.3.3] Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
[ZEC.3.4] And he answered and spoke to those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him he said, See, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel.
[ZEC.3.5] And I said, Let them set a clean turban on his head. So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of Jehovah stood by.
[ZEC.3.6] And the angel of Jehovah protested to Joshua, saying,
[ZEC.3.7] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then also you shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these that stand by.
[ZEC.3.8] Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows that sit before you; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.
[ZEC.3.9] For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
[ZEC.3.10] In that day, says Jehovah of hosts, shall you invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig-tree.
[ZEC.4.1] And the angel that talked with me came again, and woke me, as a man that is woken out of his sleep.
[ZEC.4.2] And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I have looked, and behold, a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
[ZEC.4.3] and two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
[ZEC.4.4] And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
[ZEC.4.5] Then the angel that talked with me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
[ZEC.4.6] Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Jehovah of hosts.
[ZEC.4.7] Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shouts of Grace, grace, to it.
[ZEC.4.8] Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[ZEC.4.9] The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and you shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you.
[ZEC.4.10] For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
[ZEC.4.11] Then I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
[ZEC.4.12] And I answered the second time, and said to him, What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that empty the golden oil out of themselves?
[ZEC.4.13] And he answered me and said, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
[ZEC.4.14] Then he said, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
[ZEC.5.1] Then I turned and lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a flying scroll.
[ZEC.5.2] And he said to me, What do you see? And I answered, I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.
[ZEC.5.3] Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that steals shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that swears shall be cut off on the other side according to it.
[ZEC.5.4] I will cause it to go forth, says Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name; and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.
[ZEC.5.5] Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now your eyes, and see what this is that goes forth.
[ZEC.5.6] And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land—
[ZEC.5.7] (and behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.
[ZEC.5.8] And he said, This is Wickedness; and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its mouth.
[ZEC.5.9] Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there came forth two women, and the wind was in their wings (now they had wings like the wings of a stork); and they lifted up the ephah between earth and the sky.
[ZEC.5.10] Then I said to the angel that talked with me, Where do these carry the ephah?
[ZEC.5.11] And he said to me, To build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
[ZEC.6.1] And again I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
[ZEC.6.2] In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
[ZEC.6.3] and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled strong horses.
[ZEC.6.4] Then I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
[ZEC.6.5] And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, that go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
[ZEC.6.6] The chariot where the black horses are goes forth toward the north country; and the white goes forth after them; and the grizzled go forth toward the south country.
[ZEC.6.7] And the strong went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Go forth, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
[ZEC.6.8] Then he cried to me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
[ZEC.6.9] And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
[ZEC.6.10] Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come you the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
[ZEC.6.11] yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
[ZEC.6.12] and speak to him, saying, Thus speaks Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Jehovah;
[ZEC.6.13] even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
[ZEC.6.14] And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah.
[ZEC.6.15] And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of Jehovah, and you shall know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of Jehovah your God.
[ZEC.7.1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chislev.
[ZEC.7.2] Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat the favor of Jehovah,
[ZEC.7.3] and to speak to the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
[ZEC.7.4] Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts to me, saying,
[ZEC.7.5] Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, even to me?
[ZEC.7.6] And when you eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
[ZEC.7.7] Should you not hear the words which Jehovah has proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?
[ZEC.7.8] And the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,
[ZEC.7.9] Thus has Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;
[ZEC.7.10] and don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
[ZEC.7.11] But they refused to listen, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
[ZEC.7.12] Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.
[ZEC.7.13] And it has come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, says Jehovah of hosts;
[ZEC.7.14] but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
[ZEC.8.1] And the word of Jehovah of hosts came, saying,
[ZEC.8.2] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.
[ZEC.8.3] Thus says Jehovah: I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, the holy mountain.
[ZEC.8.4] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand because of their age.
[ZEC.8.5] And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets.
[ZEC.8.6] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes? says Jehovah of hosts.
[ZEC.8.7] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;
[ZEC.8.8] and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
[ZEC.8.9] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, you that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
[ZEC.8.10] For before those days there was no payment for man, nor any payment for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.
[ZEC.8.11] But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days, says Jehovah of hosts.
[ZEC.8.12] For there shall be the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
[ZEC.8.13] And it shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.
[ZEC.8.14] For thus says Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, says Jehovah of hosts, and I did not relent;
[ZEC.8.15] so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Fear not.
[ZEC.8.16] These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;
[ZEC.8.17] and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, says Jehovah.
[ZEC.8.18] And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,
[ZEC.8.19] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.
[ZEC.8.20] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
[ZEC.8.21] and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.
[ZEC.8.22] Yes, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah.
[ZEC.8.23] Thus says Jehovah of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.
[ZEC.9.1] The burden of the word of Jehovah is against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its resting place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah);
[ZEC.9.2] and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
[ZEC.9.3] And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
[ZEC.9.4] Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
[ZEC.9.5] Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be very pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
[ZEC.9.6] And a foreigner shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
[ZEC.9.7] And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a ruler in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
[ZEC.9.8] And I will encamp about my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor shall pass through them anymore: for now I have seen with my eyes.
[ZEC.9.9] Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your king comes to you; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
[ZEC.9.10] And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
[ZEC.9.11] As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have set free your prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
[ZEC.9.12] Turn back to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double to you.
[ZEC.9.13] For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and will make you as the sword of a mighty man.
[ZEC.9.14] And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
[ZEC.9.15] Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
[ZEC.9.16] And Jehovah their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.
[ZEC.9.17] For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
[ZEC.10.1] Ask from Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even from Jehovah that makes lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
[ZEC.10.2] For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
[ZEC.10.3] My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle.
[ZEC.10.4] From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
[ZEC.10.5] And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
[ZEC.10.6] And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off; for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.
[ZEC.10.7] And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yes, their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be glad in Jehovah.
[ZEC.10.8] I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.
[ZEC.10.9] And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.
[ZEC.10.10] I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there shall not be found room for them.
[ZEC.10.11] And he will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
[ZEC.10.12] And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, says Jehovah.
[ZEC.11.1] Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.
[ZEC.11.2] Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the glorious ones are destroyed: Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.
[ZEC.11.3] A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
[ZEC.11.4] Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
[ZEC.11.5] whose possessors kill them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds do not pity them.
[ZEC.11.6] For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land, says Jehovah; but, see, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
[ZEC.11.7] So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took for myself two staves; the one I called Favor, and the other I called Union; and I fed the flock.
[ZEC.11.8] And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also despised me.
[ZEC.11.9] Then I said, I will not feed you: that which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those that are left eat every one the flesh of another.
[ZEC.11.10] And I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
[ZEC.11.11] And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that watched me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.
[ZEC.11.12] And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my wages; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
[ZEC.11.13] And Jehovah said to me, Cast it to the potter, the goodly price that I was valued at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.
[ZEC.11.14] Then I cut apart my second staff Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
[ZEC.11.15] And Jehovah said to me, Take for yourself yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
[ZEC.11.16] For, see, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed that which is whole; but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
[ZEC.11.17] Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye: his arm will be utterly withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded.
[ZEC.12.1] The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus says Jehovah, who stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:
[ZEC.12.2] Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem.
[ZEC.12.3] And it will come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples: all that burden themselves with it will be severely injured; and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
[ZEC.12.4] In that day, says Jehovah, I will strike every horse with panic, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
[ZEC.12.5] And the leaders of Judah will say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts their God.
[ZEC.12.6] In that day will I make the leaders of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem will yet again be inhabited in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
[ZEC.12.7] Jehovah also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah.
[ZEC.12.8] In that day will Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day will be as David; and the house of David will be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them.
[ZEC.12.9] And it will come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
[ZEC.12.10] And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look upon me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
[ZEC.12.11] In that day will there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
[ZEC.12.12] And the land will mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
[ZEC.12.13] the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;
[ZEC.12.14] all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
[ZEC.13.1] In that day there will be a fountain opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
[ZEC.13.2] And it will happen in that day, says Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will be remembered no more; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
[ZEC.13.3] And it will happen that when any will yet prophesy, then his father and his mother who bore him will say to him, You will not live; for you speak lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother who bore him will thrust him through when he prophesies.
[ZEC.13.4] And it will happen in that day, that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; neither will they wear a hairy garment to deceive:
[ZEC.13.5] but he will say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a servant from my youth.
[ZEC.13.6] And one will say to him, What are these wounds in your hands? Then he will answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
[ZEC.13.7] Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says Jehovah of hosts; strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
[ZEC.13.8] And it will happen, that in all the land, says Jehovah, two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
[ZEC.13.9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is my people; and they will say, Jehovah is my God.
[ZEC.14.1] Behold, a day of Jehovah is coming, when your spoil will be divided among you.
[ZEC.14.2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city will go into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
[ZEC.14.3] Then Jehovah will go forth and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
[ZEC.14.4] And his feet will stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be cleaved in its middle toward the east and toward the west, and there will be a very great valley; and half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
[ZEC.14.5] And you will flee to the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee, like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jehovah my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
[ZEC.14.6] And it will happen in that day, that there will not be light; the bright ones will withdraw themselves;
[ZEC.14.7] but it will be one day which is known to Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it will happen, that at evening time there will be light.
[ZEC.14.8] And it will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter will it be.
[ZEC.14.9] And Jehovah will be King over all the earth: in that day will Jehovah be one, and his name one.
[ZEC.14.10] All the land will be turned like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
[ZEC.14.11] And men will live therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
[ZEC.14.12] And this will be the plague wherewith Jehovah will strike all the peoples that have fought against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
[ZEC.14.13] And it will happen in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah will be among them; and they will lay hold each one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
[ZEC.14.14] And Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about will be gathered together, gold, and silver, and clothing, in great abundance.
[ZEC.14.15] And so will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the beasts that will be in those camps, as that plague.
[ZEC.14.16] And it will happen, that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
[ZEC.14.17] And it will happen, that whoever of all the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, on them there will be no rain.
[ZEC.14.18] And if the family of Egypt does not go up, and does not come, neither will it be on them; there will be the plague wherewith Jehovah will strike the nations that do not go up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
[ZEC.14.19] This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
[ZEC.14.20] In that day will there be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness to Jehovah; and the pots in Jehovah's house will be like the bowls before the altar.
[ZEC.14.21] Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Jehovah of hosts; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and boil in them; and in that day there won't be a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.1.1] The oracle of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.
[MAL.1.2] I have loved you, says Jehovah. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
[MAL.1.3] but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
[MAL.1.4] Whereas Edom says, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus says Jehovah of hosts, They will build, but I will throw down; and they will be called The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah has indignation forever.
[MAL.1.5] And your eyes will see, and you will say, Jehovah be magnified beyond the border of Israel.
[MAL.1.6] A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says Jehovah of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name?
[MAL.1.7] You offer polluted bread upon my altar. And you say, How have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of Jehovah is contemptible.
[MAL.1.8] And when you offer the blind for sacrifice, it is nothing; and when you offer the lame and sick, it is nothing: present it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you? or will he accept your person? says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.1.9] And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us: this has been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.1.10] Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
[MAL.1.11] For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same my name will be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name will be great among the Gentiles, says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.1.12] But you profane it, in that you say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.
[MAL.1.13] You say also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and you have snuffed at it, says Jehovah of hosts; and you have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering: should I accept this from your hand? says Jehovah.
[MAL.1.14] But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a faulty thing: for I am a great King, says Jehovah of hosts, and my name is feared among the Gentiles.
[MAL.2.1] And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.
[MAL.2.2] If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
[MAL.2.3] Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and you shall be taken away with it.
[MAL.2.4] And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi, says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.2.5] My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.
[MAL.2.6] The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
[MAL.2.7] For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.2.8] But you have turned aside out of the way; you have caused many to stumble in the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.2.9] Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.
[MAL.2.10] Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
[MAL.2.11] Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
[MAL.2.12] Jehovah will cut off, to the man who does this, him that wakes and him that answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offers an offering to Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.2.13] And this again you do: you cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping and with sighs, because he regards not the offering any more, neither receives it with goodwill at your hand.
[MAL.2.14] Yet you say, Why? Because Jehovah has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
[MAL.2.15] And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the spirit? And why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
[MAL.2.16] For I hate divorcing, says Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him who covers his garment with violence, says Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that you deal not treacherously.
[MAL.2.17] You have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet you say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say, Every one who does evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?
[MAL.3.1] Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he is coming, says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.3.2] But who can endure the day of his coming? and who will stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
[MAL.3.3] and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they will offer to Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
[MAL.3.4] Then will the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
[MAL.3.5] And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the foreigner, and fear not me, says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.3.6] For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
[MAL.3.7] From the days of your ancestors you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of hosts. But you say, How shall we return?
[MAL.3.8] Will a man rob God? yet you rob me. But you say, How have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings.
[MAL.3.9] You are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.
[MAL.3.10] Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now in this, says Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open to you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it.
[MAL.3.11] And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he will not destroy the fruits of your land; neither will your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.3.12] And all nations will call you blessed; for you will be a delightful land, says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.3.13] Your words have been stout against me, says Jehovah. Yet you say, What have we spoken against you?
[MAL.3.14] You have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
[MAL.3.15] And now we call the proud happy; yes, those that work wickedness are built up; yes, they test God, and escape.
[MAL.3.16] Then those that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah listened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for those that feared Jehovah, and that thought on his name.
[MAL.3.17] And they will be mine, says Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I make, even a special possession; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him.
[MAL.3.18] Then you will return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.
[MAL.4.1] For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up, says Jehovah of hosts, that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
[MAL.4.2] But to you that fear my name will the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
[MAL.4.3] And you will tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, says Jehovah of hosts.
[MAL.4.4] Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
[MAL.4.5] Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah comes.
[MAL.4.6] And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
[MAT.1.1] The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
[MAT.1.2] Abraham was the father of Isaac; and Isaac the father of Jacob; and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers;
[MAT.1.3] and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar; and Perez the father of Hezron; and Hezron the father of Ram;
[MAT.1.4] and Ram the father of Amminadab; and Amminadab the father of Nahshon; and Nahshon the father of Salmon;
[MAT.1.5] and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab; and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth; and Obed the father of Jesse;
[MAT.1.6] and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah;
[MAT.1.7] and Solomon the father of Rehoboam; and Rehoboam the father of Abijah; and Abijah the father of Asa;
[MAT.1.8] and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram; and Joram the father of Uzziah;
[MAT.1.9] and Uzziah the father of Jotham; and Jotham the father of Ahaz; and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah;
[MAT.1.10] and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh; and Manasseh the father of Amon; and Amon the father of Josiah;
[MAT.1.11] and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.
[MAT.1.12] And after the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel; and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel;
[MAT.1.13] and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud; and Abiud the father of Eliakim; and Eliakim the father of Azor;
[MAT.1.14] and Azor the father of Zadok; and Zadok the father of Achim; and Achim the father of Eliud;
[MAT.1.15] and Eliud the father of Eleazar; and Eleazar the father of Matthan; and Matthan the father of Jacob;
[MAT.1.16] and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
[MAT.1.17] So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
[MAT.1.18] Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way: When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child from the Holy Spirit.
[MAT.1.19] And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to make her a public example, intended to put her away quietly.
[MAT.1.20] But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
[MAT.1.21] And she will bring forth a son; and you will call his name Jesus; for he will save his people from their sins.
[MAT.1.22] Now all this took place so that what was spoken by Jehovah through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,
[MAT.1.23] Behold, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel; which is, interpreted, God with us.
[MAT.1.24] And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of Jehovah commanded him, and took his wife;
[MAT.1.25] and he did not know her until she had brought forth a son; and he called his name Jesus.
[MAT.2.1] Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
[MAT.2.2] Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.
[MAT.2.3] When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
[MAT.2.4] And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
[MAT.2.5] And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written through the prophet,
[MAT.2.6] And you Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the leaders of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a ruler, who shall shepherd my people Israel.
[MAT.2.7] Then Herod privately called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
[MAT.2.8] And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I may come and worship him also.
[MAT.2.9] And they, having heard the king, went their way; and the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
[MAT.2.10] And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
[MAT.2.11] And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshiped him; and opening their treasures, they offered gifts to him, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
[MAT.2.12] And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country another way.
[MAT.2.13] Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
[MAT.2.14] And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt;
[MAT.2.15] and was there until the death of Herod: so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.
[MAT.2.16] Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent and killed all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had learned exactly from the wise men.
[MAT.2.17] Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
[MAT.2.18] A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.
[MAT.2.19] But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
[MAT.2.20] Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for those who sought the young child's life are dead.
[MAT.2.21] And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
[MAT.2.22] But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
[MAT.2.23] and came and lived in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.
[MAT.3.1] And in those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
[MAT.3.2] Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[MAT.3.3] For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
[MAT.3.4] Now John himself had his clothing of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
[MAT.3.5] Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan;
[MAT.3.6] and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
[MAT.3.7] But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
[MAT.3.8] Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
[MAT.3.9] and do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
[MAT.3.10] And even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
[MAT.3.11] I indeed baptize you in water to repentance: but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
[MAT.3.12] whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor; and he will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
[MAT.3.13] Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
[MAT.3.14] But John would have prevented him, saying, I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?
[MAT.3.15] But Jesus answering said to him, Allow it now: for thus it is suitable for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allowed him.
[MAT.3.16] And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up immediately from the water: and the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
[MAT.3.17] and a voice from the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
[MAT.4.1] Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
[MAT.4.2] And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he became hungry afterward.
[MAT.4.3] And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.
[MAT.4.4] But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
[MAT.4.5] Then the devil took him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
[MAT.4.6] and said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and, on their hands they shall bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
[MAT.4.7] Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not test the Lord your God.
[MAT.4.8] Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;
[MAT.4.9] and he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.
[MAT.4.10] Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.
[MAT.4.11] Then the devil left him; and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
[MAT.4.12] Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;
[MAT.4.13] and leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali:
[MAT.4.14] that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
[MAT.4.15] The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
[MAT.4.16] The people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has arisen.
[MAT.4.17] From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[MAT.4.18] And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
[MAT.4.19] And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
[MAT.4.20] And they immediately left the nets, and followed him.
[MAT.4.21] And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
[MAT.4.22] And they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
[MAT.4.23] And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and all kinds of sickness among the people.
[MAT.4.24] And the report about him went out into all Syria: and they brought to him all who were sick, held by various diseases and pains, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and paralytic; and he healed them.
[MAT.4.25] And great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
[MAT.5.1] And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
[MAT.5.2] And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
[MAT.5.3] Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
[MAT.5.4] Blessed are those who mourn: for they will be comforted.
[MAT.5.5] Blessed are the gentle: for they will inherit the earth.
[MAT.5.6] Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they will be filled.
[MAT.5.7] Blessed are the merciful: for they will obtain mercy.
[MAT.5.8] Blessed are the pure in heart: for they will see God.
[MAT.5.9] Blessed are the peacemakers: for they will be called children of God.
[MAT.5.10] Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
[MAT.5.11] Blessed are you when people will revile you and persecute you and will say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
[MAT.5.12] Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
[MAT.5.13] You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost its flavor, how will it be salted? it is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot by people.
[MAT.5.14] You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
[MAT.5.15] Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the stand; and it gives light to all who are in the house.
[MAT.5.16] Even so let your light shine before others, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.5.17] Do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
[MAT.5.18] For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will not pass away from the law, till all is fulfilled.
[MAT.5.19] Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever does and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
[MAT.5.20] For I say to you, that except your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
[MAT.5.21] You have heard that it was said to those of old time, You will not murder; and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:
[MAT.5.22] but I say to you, that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of the judgment; and whoever will say to his brother, Raca, will be in danger of the council; and whoever will say, You fool, will be in danger of the hell of fire.
[MAT.5.23] If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
[MAT.5.24] leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way, first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
[MAT.5.25] Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
[MAT.5.26] Truly I say to you, you will by no means come out there, till you have paid the last penny.
[MAT.5.27] You have heard that it was said, You will not commit adultery:
[MAT.5.28] but I say to you, that everyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
[MAT.5.29] And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
[MAT.5.30] And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to go into hell.
[MAT.5.31] It was also said, Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce:
[MAT.5.32] but I say to you, that every one who puts away his wife, except for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery: and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
[MAT.5.33] Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old time, You will not make false vows, but will perform to the Lord your vows:
[MAT.5.34] but I say to you, Do not swear at all; neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
[MAT.5.35] nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
[MAT.5.36] Neither will you swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
[MAT.5.37] But let your speech be, Yes, yes; No, no; and whatever is more than these is from the evil one.
[MAT.5.38] You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
[MAT.5.39] but I say to you, Do not resist him who is evil: but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
[MAT.5.40] And if anyone wants to sue you, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
[MAT.5.41] And whoever will compel you to go one mile, go with him two.
[MAT.5.42] Give to him who asks you, and do not turn away him who wants to borrow from you.
[MAT.5.43] You have heard that it was said, You will love your neighbor, and hate your enemy:
[MAT.5.44] but I say to you, Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you;
[MAT.5.45] that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
[MAT.5.46] For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? do not even the tax collectors do the same?
[MAT.5.47] And if you greet your brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the Gentiles do the same?
[MAT.5.48] You therefore will be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
[MAT.6.1] Take care not to perform your righteousness before people, to be seen by them: otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.6.2] When you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
[MAT.6.3] But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
[MAT.6.4] so that your giving may be in secret: and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
[MAT.6.5] And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
[MAT.6.6] But when you pray, enter into your room, and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
[MAT.6.7] And in praying, do not use meaningless repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
[MAT.6.8] Do not be like them: for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
[MAT.6.9] Therefore pray in this way: Our Father who is in heaven, let your name be kept holy.
[MAT.6.10] Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
[MAT.6.11] Give us this day our daily bread.
[MAT.6.12] And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
[MAT.6.13] And do not lead us into temptation, but rescue us from evil.
[MAT.6.14] For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
[MAT.6.15] But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
[MAT.6.16] Moreover when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad expression: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
[MAT.6.17] But when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
[MAT.6.18] so that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father who is in secret: and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
[MAT.6.19] Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal:
[MAT.6.20] but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in nor steal:
[MAT.6.21] for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
[MAT.6.22] The eye is the lamp of the body: if therefore your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
[MAT.6.23] But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
[MAT.6.24] No one can serve two masters: for either they will hate the one, and love the other; or else they will hold to one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
[MAT.6.25] Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
[MAT.6.26] Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
[MAT.6.27] Which of you by worrying can add one hour to their life?
[MAT.6.28] And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not toil, nor do they spin:
[MAT.6.29] yet I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
[MAT.6.30] Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
[MAT.6.31] Therefore do not worry, saying, What will we eat? or, What will we drink? or, What will we wear?
[MAT.6.32] For after all these things the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
[MAT.6.33] But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you.
[MAT.6.34] Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
[MAT.7.1] Judge not, that you be not judged.
[MAT.7.2] For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged: and with what measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
[MAT.7.3] And why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?
[MAT.7.4] Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take the speck out of your eye; and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
[MAT.7.5] You hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye; and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
[MAT.7.6] Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
[MAT.7.7] Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you:
[MAT.7.8] for everyone that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.
[MAT.7.9] Or what man is there of you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone;
[MAT.7.10] or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
[MAT.7.11] If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?
[MAT.7.12] Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do also to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
[MAT.7.13] Enter in through the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in through it.
[MAT.7.14] For narrow is the gate, and difficult is the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.
[MAT.7.15] Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
[MAT.7.16] By their fruits you will know them. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
[MAT.7.17] Even so every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
[MAT.7.18] A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
[MAT.7.19] Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
[MAT.7.20] Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
[MAT.7.21] Not everyone that says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.7.22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by your name, and by your name cast out demons, and by your name do many mighty works?
[MAT.7.23] And then will I declare to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you who work iniquity.
[MAT.7.24] Every one therefore that hears these words of mine, and does them, will be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
[MAT.7.25] and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it did not fall: for it was founded upon the rock.
[MAT.7.26] And every one that hears these words of mine, and does them not, will be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
[MAT.7.27] and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was its fall.
[MAT.7.28] And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching:
[MAT.7.29] for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
[MAT.8.1] And when he had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
[MAT.8.2] And behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if you want, you can make me clean.
[MAT.8.3] And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
[MAT.8.4] And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
[MAT.8.5] And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, begging him,
[MAT.8.6] and saying, Lord, my servant lies paralyzed at home, terribly tormented.
[MAT.8.7] And he said to him, I will come and heal him.
[MAT.8.8] And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof; but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
[MAT.8.9] For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
[MAT.8.10] And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those that followed, Truly I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
[MAT.8.11] And I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
[MAT.8.12] but the children of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[MAT.8.13] And Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done to you. And his servant was healed in that very hour.
[MAT.8.14] And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.
[MAT.8.15] And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up, and served him.
[MAT.8.16] And when evening had come, they brought to him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick:
[MAT.8.17] that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
[MAT.8.18] Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side.
[MAT.8.19] And a scribe came, and said to him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.
[MAT.8.20] And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.
[MAT.8.21] And another of the disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.
[MAT.8.22] But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.
[MAT.8.23] And when he had entered into a boat, his disciples followed him.
[MAT.8.24] And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
[MAT.8.25] And they came to him, and woke him, saying, Save us, Lord; we are perishing.
[MAT.8.26] And he said to them, Why are you fearful, you of little faith? Then he got up, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
[MAT.8.27] And the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
[MAT.8.28] And when he had come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men possessed with demons met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass that way.
[MAT.8.29] And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?
[MAT.8.30] Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
[MAT.8.31] And the demons begged him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.
[MAT.8.32] And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.
[MAT.8.33] And those that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what had happened to those possessed with demons.
[MAT.8.34] And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they begged him to depart from their borders.
[MAT.9.1] And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
[MAT.9.2] And they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said to the man sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven.
[MAT.9.3] And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes.
[MAT.9.4] And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why think evil in your hearts?
[MAT.9.5] For which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?
[MAT.9.6] But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the sick of the palsy), Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.
[MAT.9.7] And he arose, and departed to his house.
[MAT.9.8] But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
[MAT.9.9] And as Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he says to him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
[MAT.9.10] And it came to pass, as he sat at the table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
[MAT.9.11] And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with the publicans and sinners?
[MAT.9.12] But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
[MAT.9.13] But go and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
[MAT.9.14] Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples fast not?
[MAT.9.15] And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
[MAT.9.16] And no man puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
[MAT.9.17] Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
[MAT.9.18] While he spoke these things to them, behold, there came a ruler, and knelt before him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay your hand upon her, and she will live.
[MAT.9.19] And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
[MAT.9.20] And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:
[MAT.9.21] for she said within herself, If I touch but his garment, I shall be made whole.
[MAT.9.22] But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
[MAT.9.23] And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players, and the crowd making a tumult,
[MAT.9.24] he said, Give place: for the girl is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn.
[MAT.9.25] But when the crowd was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand; and the girl arose.
[MAT.9.26] And the fame of this went forth into all that land.
[MAT.9.27] And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, son of David.
[MAT.9.28] And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus says to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
[MAT.9.29] Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done to you.
[MAT.9.30] And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly ordered them, saying, See that no man knows it.
[MAT.9.31] But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
[MAT.9.32] And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a demon-possessed man who was dumb:
[MAT.9.33] And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke: and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
[MAT.9.34] But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casts he out demons.
[MAT.9.35] And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
[MAT.9.36] But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.
[MAT.9.37] Then says he to his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few.
[MAT.9.38] Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.
[MAT.10.1] And he called his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.
[MAT.10.2] Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
[MAT.10.3] Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
[MAT.10.4] Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
[MAT.10.5] These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans:
[MAT.10.6] but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
[MAT.10.7] And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[MAT.10.8] Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely you received, freely give.
[MAT.10.9] Do not acquire gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts;
[MAT.10.10] no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the worker is worthy of their food.
[MAT.10.11] And into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go forth.
[MAT.10.12] And as you enter into the house, greet it.
[MAT.10.13] And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
[MAT.10.14] And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
[MAT.10.15] Truly I say to you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
[MAT.10.16] Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
[MAT.10.17] But beware of people: for they will deliver you up to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
[MAT.10.18] yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
[MAT.10.19] But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you will speak: for it will be given to you in that hour what you will speak.
[MAT.10.20] For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
[MAT.10.21] And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father their child: and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
[MAT.10.22] And you will be hated by all people for my name's sake: but the one who endures to the end, they will be saved.
[MAT.10.23] But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the next: for truly I say to you, You will not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man comes.
[MAT.10.24] A disciple is not above their teacher, nor a servant above their master.
[MAT.10.25] It is enough for the disciple that they be as their teacher, and the servant as their master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!
[MAT.10.26] Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed; and hidden, that will not be known.
[MAT.10.27] What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
[MAT.10.28] And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
[MAT.10.29] Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them will fall on the ground without your Father:
[MAT.10.30] but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
[MAT.10.31] Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.
[MAT.10.32] Everyone therefore who confesses me before people, I also will confess them before my Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.10.33] But whoever denies me before people, I also will deny them before my Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.10.34] Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
[MAT.10.35] For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:
[MAT.10.36] and a person's foes will be members of their own household.
[MAT.10.37] They who love father or mother more than me are not worthy of me; and they who love son or daughter more than me are not worthy of me.
[MAT.10.38] And they who do not take their cross and follow after me, are not worthy of me.
[MAT.10.39] They who find their life will lose it; and they who lose their life for my sake will find it.
[MAT.10.40] They who receive you receive me, and they who receive me receive him who sent me.
[MAT.10.41] They who receive a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and they who receive a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
[MAT.10.42] And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you they will in no way lose their reward.
[MAT.11.1] And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
[MAT.11.2] Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent through his disciples,
[MAT.11.3] and said to him, Are you he that comes, or do we look for another?
[MAT.11.4] And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
[MAT.11.5] the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
[MAT.11.6] And blessed is he, whoever shall find no occasion to stumble in me.
[MAT.11.7] And as these went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?
[MAT.11.8] But what did you go out to see? a man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
[MAT.11.9] But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.
[MAT.11.10] This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
[MAT.11.11] Truly I say to you, Among them that are born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
[MAT.11.12] And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and men of violence take it by force.
[MAT.11.13] For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
[MAT.11.14] And if you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.
[MAT.11.15] He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
[MAT.11.16] But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
[MAT.11.17] and say, We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.
[MAT.11.18] For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.
[MAT.11.19] The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.
[MAT.11.20] Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his mighty works were done, because they did not repent.
[MAT.11.21] Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
[MAT.11.22] But I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.
[MAT.11.23] And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to heaven? you shall go down to Hades: for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
[MAT.11.24] But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.
[MAT.11.25] At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
[MAT.11.26] Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
[MAT.11.27] All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whoever the Son wills to reveal him.
[MAT.11.28] Come to me, all you that labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
[MAT.11.29] Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls.
[MAT.11.30] For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
[MAT.12.1] At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck ears of grain and eat.
[MAT.12.2] But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath.
[MAT.12.3] But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
[MAT.12.4] how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
[MAT.12.5] Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
[MAT.12.6] But I say to you, that something greater than the temple is here.
[MAT.12.7] But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless.
[MAT.12.8] For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.
[MAT.12.9] And he departed from there, and went into their synagogue:
[MAT.12.10] and look, a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? that they might accuse him.
[MAT.12.11] And he said to them, What man will there be among you, who will have one sheep, and if this one fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
[MAT.12.12] How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
[MAT.12.13] Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out; and it was restored whole, as the other.
[MAT.12.14] But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
[MAT.12.15] And Jesus perceiving it withdrew from there: and many followed him; and he healed them all,
[MAT.12.16] and charged them that they should not make him known:
[MAT.12.17] that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
[MAT.12.18] Look, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim judgment to the Gentiles.
[MAT.12.19] He will not strive, nor cry aloud; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
[MAT.12.20] A bruised reed will he not break, and smoking flax will he not quench, until he sends forth judgment unto victory.
[MAT.12.21] And in his name will the Gentiles hope.
[MAT.12.22] Then there was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind and mute: and he healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.
[MAT.12.23] And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Is this not the son of David?
[MAT.12.24] But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
[MAT.12.25] And knowing their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself will not stand:
[MAT.12.26] and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?
[MAT.12.27] And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
[MAT.12.28] But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
[MAT.12.29] Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first binds the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
[MAT.12.30] He that is not with me is against me, and he that does not gather with me scatters.
[MAT.12.31] Therefore I say to you, Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
[MAT.12.32] And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.
[MAT.12.33] Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
[MAT.12.34] You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
[MAT.12.35] The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
[MAT.12.36] And I say to you, that every idle word that men will speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
[MAT.12.37] For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
[MAT.12.38] Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.
[MAT.12.39] But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:
[MAT.12.40] for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
[MAT.12.41] The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and look, a greater than Jonah is here.
[MAT.12.42] The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, a greater than Solomon is here.
[MAT.12.43] But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it.
[MAT.12.44] Then he says, I will return to my house from where I came out; and when he has come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished.
[MAT.12.45] Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.
[MAT.12.46] While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, look, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
[MAT.12.47] And one said to him, Look, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.
[MAT.12.48] But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?
[MAT.12.49] And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Look, my mother and my brothers!
[MAT.12.50] For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
[MAT.13.1] On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
[MAT.13.2] And great crowds gathered around him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the shore.
[MAT.13.3] And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow;
[MAT.13.4] and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.
[MAT.13.5] And others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil: and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil:
[MAT.13.6] and when the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
[MAT.13.7] And others fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:
[MAT.13.8] And others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
[MAT.13.9] He who has ears, let him hear.
[MAT.13.10] And the disciples came, and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?
[MAT.13.11] And he answered and said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
[MAT.13.12] For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance: but whoever does not have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
[MAT.13.13] Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
[MAT.13.14] And to them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; And seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:
[MAT.13.15] For this people's heart is become dull, And their ears are heavy of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
[MAT.13.16] But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
[MAT.13.17] For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous people desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.
[MAT.13.18] Hear then the parable of the sower.
[MAT.13.19] When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the wayside.
[MAT.13.20] And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
[MAT.13.21] yet has he no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he immediately stumbles.
[MAT.13.22] And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
[MAT.13.23] And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that hears the word, and understands it; who truly bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
[MAT.13.24] Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field:
[MAT.13.25] but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.
[MAT.13.26] But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
[MAT.13.27] And the servants of the owner came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? from where then has it tares?
[MAT.13.28] And he said to them, An enemy has done this. And the servants say to him, Do you want us then to go and gather them up?
[MAT.13.29] But he says, No; because while you gather up the tares, you might root up the wheat with them.
[MAT.13.30] Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.
[MAT.13.31] Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
[MAT.13.32] which indeed is smaller than all seeds: but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in its branches.
[MAT.13.33] Another parable spoke he to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
[MAT.13.34] All these things spoke Jesus in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable he spoke nothing to them:
[MAT.13.35] that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
[MAT.13.36] Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
[MAT.13.37] And he answered and said, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;
[MAT.13.38] and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the kingdom; and the tares are the children of the evil one;
[MAT.13.39] and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
[MAT.13.40] As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be in the end of the world.
[MAT.13.41] The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those that do iniquity,
[MAT.13.42] and will cast them into the furnace of fire: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
[MAT.13.43] Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
[MAT.13.44] The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
[MAT.13.45] Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls:
[MAT.13.46] and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
[MAT.13.47] Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
[MAT.13.48] which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they threw away.
[MAT.13.49] So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
[MAT.13.50] and will cast them into the furnace of fire: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
[MAT.13.51] Have you understood all these things? They say to him, Yes.
[MAT.13.52] And he said to them, Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a house owner, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.
[MAT.13.53] And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
[MAT.13.54] And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
[MAT.13.55] Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?
[MAT.13.56] And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?
[MAT.13.57] And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.
[MAT.13.58] And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
[MAT.14.1] At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus,
[MAT.14.2] and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead; and that is why these powers are at work in him.
[MAT.14.3] For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
[MAT.14.4] For John said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.
[MAT.14.5] And although he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they regarded him as a prophet.
[MAT.14.6] But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them, and pleased Herod.
[MAT.14.7] So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
[MAT.14.8] And she, having been prompted by her mother, said, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
[MAT.14.9] And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths and those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,
[MAT.14.10] and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
[MAT.14.11] And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
[MAT.14.12] And his disciples came, took away the body and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.
[MAT.14.13] Now when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself; and when the crowds heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
[MAT.14.14] And he came out, saw a great crowd, and he felt compassion for them and healed their sick.
[MAT.14.15] And when evening came, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is deserted and the time is already past; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.
[MAT.14.16] But Jesus said to them, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.
[MAT.14.17] And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish.
[MAT.14.18] And he said, Bring them here to me.
[MAT.14.19] And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
[MAT.14.20] And they all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
[MAT.14.21] And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
[MAT.14.22] And immediately he made the disciples get into the boat, and go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the crowds away.
[MAT.14.23] And after he sent the crowds away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray; and when evening came, he was there alone.
[MAT.14.24] But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for the wind was against them.
[MAT.14.25] And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.
[MAT.14.26] And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear.
[MAT.14.27] But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is I; do not be afraid.
[MAT.14.28] And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.
[MAT.14.29] And he said, Come. And Peter got down from the boat, walked on the water, and came to Jesus.
[MAT.14.30] But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
[MAT.14.31] And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt?
[MAT.14.32] And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
[MAT.14.33] And those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.
[MAT.14.34] And when they had crossed over, they came to the land at Gennesaret.
[MAT.14.35] And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent word into all that neighborhood and brought to him all who were sick,
[MAT.14.36] and they begged him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
[MAT.15.1] Then Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
[MAT.15.2] Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
[MAT.15.3] And he answered and said to them, Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
[MAT.15.4] For God said, Honor your father and your mother: and, He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
[MAT.15.5] But you say, Whoever shall say to father or mother, That by which you might have profited from me is given to God;
[MAT.15.6] he shall not honor his father. And you have made the word of God void because of your tradition.
[MAT.15.7] You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
[MAT.15.8] This people honors me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
[MAT.15.9] But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
[MAT.15.10] And he called to him the crowd, and said to them, Hear, and understand:
[MAT.15.11] Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the person; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the person.
[MAT.15.12] Then the disciples came, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?
[MAT.15.13] But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant, shall be rooted up.
[MAT.15.14] Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
[MAT.15.15] And Peter answered and said to him, Explain to us the parable.
[MAT.15.16] And he said, Are you also yet without understanding?
[MAT.15.17] Do you not perceive, that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is cast out into the drain?
[MAT.15.18] But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart; and they defile the person.
[MAT.15.19] For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders:
[MAT.15.20] these are the things which defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not the person.
[MAT.15.21] And Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
[MAT.15.22] And a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.
[MAT.15.23] But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us.
[MAT.15.24] But he answered and said, I was not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
[MAT.15.25] But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
[MAT.15.26] And he answered and said, It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.
[MAT.15.27] But she said, Yes, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
[MAT.15.28] Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it done to you as you will. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
[MAT.15.29] And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
[MAT.15.30] And there came to him great crowds, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and they cast them down at his feet; and he healed them:
[MAT.15.31] so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed whole, and lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel.
[MAT.15.32] And Jesus called to him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.
[MAT.15.33] And the disciples say to him, Where should we get so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a crowd?
[MAT.15.34] And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few small fish.
[MAT.15.35] And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground;
[MAT.15.36] and he took the seven loaves and the fish; and he gave thanks and broke, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
[MAT.15.37] And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up what remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.
[MAT.15.38] And they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
[MAT.15.39] And he sent away the crowds, and entered into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.
[MAT.16.1] And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
[MAT.16.2] But he answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
[MAT.16.3] And in the morning, It will be stormy today: for the sky is red and lowering. You know how to discern the face of the sky; but you cannot discern the signs of the times.
[MAT.16.4] An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign will be given it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.
[MAT.16.5] And the disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
[MAT.16.6] And Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
[MAT.16.7] And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread.
[MAT.16.8] And Jesus perceiving it said, O you of little faith, why reason you among yourselves, because you have no bread?
[MAT.16.9] Do you not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
[MAT.16.10] Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
[MAT.16.11] How is it that you do not perceive that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
[MAT.16.12] Then they understood that he told them not to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
[MAT.16.13] Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
[MAT.16.14] And they said, Some say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
[MAT.16.15] He said to them, But who do you say that I am?
[MAT.16.16] And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
[MAT.16.17] And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah: for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.16.18] And I also say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
[MAT.16.19] I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you will bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you will loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
[MAT.16.20] Then he charged the disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ.
[MAT.16.21] From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
[MAT.16.22] And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from you, Lord: this will never be to you.
[MAT.16.23] But he turned, and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan: you are a stumbling block to me: for you mind not the things of God, but the things of men.
[MAT.16.24] Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
[MAT.16.25] For whoever would save his life will lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
[MAT.16.26] For what will a man be profited, if he will gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
[MAT.16.27] For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then will he reward every man according to his deeds.
[MAT.16.28] Truly I say to you, There are some standing here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
[MAT.17.1] And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain apart:
[MAT.17.2] and he was transfigured before them; and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
[MAT.17.3] And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with him.
[MAT.17.4] And Peter answered, and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you wish, I will make here three tents; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
[MAT.17.5] While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear him.
[MAT.17.6] And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were very afraid.
[MAT.17.7] And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, and do not be afraid.
[MAT.17.8] And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus only.
[MAT.17.9] And as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus instructed them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man has risen from the dead.
[MAT.17.10] And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
[MAT.17.11] And he answered and said, Elijah indeed comes, and will restore all things:
[MAT.17.12] but I say to you, that Elijah has already come, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also will the Son of man suffer from them.
[MAT.17.13] Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.
[MAT.17.14] And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling to him, and saying,
[MAT.17.15] Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffers greatly; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
[MAT.17.16] And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.
[MAT.17.17] And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.
[MAT.17.18] And Jesus rebuked him; and the demon went out of him: and the boy was cured from that hour.
[MAT.17.19] Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why could not we cast it out?
[MAT.17.20] And he said to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there; and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
[MAT.17.21] But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
[MAT.17.22] And while they stayed in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men;
[MAT.17.23] and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up. And they were very sorry.
[MAT.17.24] And when they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Does not your teacher pay the half-shekel?
[MAT.17.25] He said, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke first to him, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?
[MAT.17.26] And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said to him, Therefore the sons are free.
[MAT.17.27] But, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first comes up; and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.
[MAT.18.1] In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
[MAT.18.2] And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them,
[MAT.18.3] and said, Truly I say to you, Except you turn, and become as little children, you shall in no way enter into the kingdom of heaven.
[MAT.18.4] Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
[MAT.18.5] And whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me:
[MAT.18.6] But whoever causes one of these little ones that believe in me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.
[MAT.18.7] Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion comes!
[MAT.18.8] And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
[MAT.18.9] And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.
[MAT.18.10] See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.18.11] [For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.]
[MAT.18.12] What do you think? if any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine, and go to the mountains, and seeks that which has gone astray?
[MAT.18.13] And if it so be that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
[MAT.18.14] Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
[MAT.18.15] And if your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother.
[MAT.18.16] But if he does not hear you, take with you one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.
[MAT.18.17] And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church: and if he refuses to hear the church also, let him be to you as the Gentile and the tax collector.
[MAT.18.18] Truly I say to you, whatever things you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever things you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
[MAT.18.19] Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.18.20] For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them.
[MAT.18.21] Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times?
[MAT.18.22] Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.
[MAT.18.23] Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, who wanted to make a reckoning with his servants.
[MAT.18.24] And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
[MAT.18.25] But as he did not have the means to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
[MAT.18.26] The servant therefore fell down and begged him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.
[MAT.18.27] And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
[MAT.18.28] But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what you owe.
[MAT.18.29] So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you.
[MAT.18.30] And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.
[MAT.18.31] So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.
[MAT.18.32] Then his lord called him to him, and says to him, You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you asked me:
[MAT.18.33] should you not also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?
[MAT.18.34] And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due.
[MAT.18.35] So shall also my heavenly Father do to you, if you do not forgive each one his brother from your hearts.
[MAT.19.1] And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan;
[MAT.19.2] and large crowds followed him; and he healed them there.
[MAT.19.3] And Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?
[MAT.19.4] And he answered and said, Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
[MAT.19.5] and said, For this reason shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cling to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
[MAT.19.6] So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
[MAT.19.7] They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?
[MAT.19.8] He said to them, Moses for your hardness of heart allowed you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it has not been so.
[MAT.19.9] And I say to you, Whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery: and he who marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
[MAT.19.10] The disciples say to him, If this is the case of a man with his wife, it is not best to marry.
[MAT.19.11] But he said to them, Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
[MAT.19.12] For there are eunuchs, who were born that way from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, who made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
[MAT.19.13] Then there were brought to him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
[MAT.19.14] But Jesus said, Allow the little children, and do not hinder them, to come to me: for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.
[MAT.19.15] And he laid his hands on them, and departed from there.
[MAT.19.16] And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing should I do, that I may have eternal life?
[MAT.19.17] And he said to him, Why do you ask me concerning what is good? One there is who is good: but if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
[MAT.19.18] He said to him, Which? And Jesus said, You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
[MAT.19.19] Honor your father and mother; and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
[MAT.19.20] The young man said to him, All these things have I observed: what do I still lack?
[MAT.19.21] Jesus said to him, If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
[MAT.19.22] But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.
[MAT.19.23] And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
[MAT.19.24] And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
[MAT.19.25] And when the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
[MAT.19.26] And Jesus looking at them said, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
[MAT.19.27] Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we have left everything, and followed you; what then shall we have?
[MAT.19.28] And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
[MAT.19.29] And everyone that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
[MAT.19.30] But many shall be last that are first; and first that are last.
[MAT.20.1] For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
[MAT.20.2] And when he had agreed with the workers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
[MAT.20.3] And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace;
[MAT.20.4] and he said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
[MAT.20.5] Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.
[MAT.20.6] And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing; and he says to them, Why do you stand here all day idle?
[MAT.20.7] They say to him, Because no one has hired us. He says to them, You also go into the vineyard.
[MAT.20.8] And when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workers, and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.
[MAT.20.9] And when those who were hired about the eleventh hour came, they received every man a denarius.
[MAT.20.10] And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received every man a denarius.
[MAT.20.11] And when they received it, they murmured against the master of the house,
[MAT.20.12] saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.
[MAT.20.13] But he answered and said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?
[MAT.20.14] Take what is yours, and go your way; I wish to give to this last, even as to you.
[MAT.20.15] Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is my own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?
[MAT.20.16] So the last will be first, and the first last.
[MAT.20.17] And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples apart, and on the way he said to them,
[MAT.20.18] Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes; and they will condemn him to death,
[MAT.20.19] and will deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he will rise again.
[MAT.20.20] Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, worshiping him, and asking something from him.
[MAT.20.21] And he said to her, What do you want? She says to him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your kingdom.
[MAT.20.22] But Jesus answered and said, You don't know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say to him, We are able.
[MAT.20.23] He says to them, My cup you will indeed drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.
[MAT.20.24] And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brothers.
[MAT.20.25] But Jesus called them to him, and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
[MAT.20.26] It will not be so among you: but whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant;
[MAT.20.27] and whoever wants to be first among you will be your servant:
[MAT.20.28] even as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
[MAT.20.29] And as they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
[MAT.20.30] And behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you son of David.
[MAT.20.31] And the crowd rebuked them, that they should hold their peace: but they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you son of David.
[MAT.20.32] And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What do you want me to do for you?
[MAT.20.33] They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
[MAT.20.34] And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately they received their sight, and followed him.
[MAT.21.1] And when they approached Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
[MAT.21.2] saying to them, Go into the village that is ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her: untie them, and bring them to me.
[MAT.21.3] And if anyone says anything to you, you will say, The Lord has need of them; and immediately he will send them.
[MAT.21.4] Now this has happened, so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,
[MAT.21.5] Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, gentle, and riding on a donkey, and on a colt the foal of a donkey.
[MAT.21.6] And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
[MAT.21.7] and brought the donkey, and the colt, and placed on them their clothes; and he sat on them.
[MAT.21.8] And most of the crowd spread their garments on the road; and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the road.
[MAT.21.9] And the crowds that went ahead, and those that followed, shouted, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
[MAT.21.10] And when he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?
[MAT.21.11] And the crowds said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
[MAT.21.12] And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all those that sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those that sold the pigeons;
[MAT.21.13] and he said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but you make it a den of robbers.
[MAT.21.14] And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple: and he healed them.
[MAT.21.15] But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children shouting in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were indignant,
[MAT.21.16] and said to him, Do you hear what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: did you never read, Out of the mouth of babies and sucklings you have perfected praise?
[MAT.21.17] And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and stayed there.
[MAT.21.18] Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he became hungry.
[MAT.21.19] And seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it, but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you again, forever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
[MAT.21.20] And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How is it that the fig tree has withered away immediately?
[MAT.21.21] And Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done.
[MAT.21.22] And all things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.
[MAT.21.23] And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?
[MAT.21.24] And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
[MAT.21.25] The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?
[MAT.21.26] But if we say, From men; we fear the crowd; for all hold John as a prophet.
[MAT.21.27] And they answered Jesus, and said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
[MAT.21.28] But what do you think? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work today in the vineyard.
[MAT.21.29] And he answered and said, I will not: but afterward he regretted it, and went.
[MAT.21.30] And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and did not go.
[MAT.21.31] Which of the two did the will of his father? They said, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
[MAT.21.32] For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him: and you, when you saw it, did not afterward repent, that you might believe him.
[MAT.21.33] Hear another parable: There was a landowner, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to farmers, and went into another country.
[MAT.21.34] And when the season of the fruits came near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruits.
[MAT.21.35] And the farmers took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
[MAT.21.36] Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did to them likewise.
[MAT.21.37] But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will respect my son.
[MAT.21.38] But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.
[MAT.21.39] And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
[MAT.21.40] When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?
[MAT.21.41] They said to him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will rent out the vineyard to other farmers, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.
[MAT.21.42] Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
[MAT.21.43] Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruits.
[MAT.21.44] And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces: but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.
[MAT.21.45] And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.
[MAT.21.46] And when they sought to lay hold of him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.
[MAT.22.1] And Jesus responded and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
[MAT.22.2] The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
[MAT.22.3] and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the feast: and they would not come.
[MAT.22.4] Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened cattle are killed, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
[MAT.22.5] But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business,
[MAT.22.6] and the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
[MAT.22.7] But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
[MAT.22.8] Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
[MAT.22.9] Go therefore to the main roads, and as many as you find, invite to the feast.
[MAT.22.10] And those servants went out into the roads, and gathered together all they found, both bad and good: and the marriage feast was filled with guests.
[MAT.22.11] But when the king came in to inspect the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment:
[MAT.22.12] and he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
[MAT.22.13] Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[MAT.22.14] For many are called, but few are chosen.
[MAT.22.15] Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might trap him in his talk.
[MAT.22.16] And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and do not care for anyone: for you do not regard the person of men.
[MAT.22.17] Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?
[MAT.22.18] But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
[MAT.22.19] Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denarius.
[MAT.22.20] And he said to them, Whose is this image and inscription?
[MAT.22.21] They said to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's.
[MAT.22.22] And when they heard it, they marveled, and went their way.
[MAT.22.23] On that day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him: and they questioned him,
[MAT.22.24] saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.
[MAT.22.25] Now there were with us seven brothers: and the first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother;
[MAT.22.26] likewise the second also, and the third, to the seventh.
[MAT.22.27] And after them all, the woman also died.
[MAT.22.28] In the resurrection therefore whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.
[MAT.22.29] But Jesus answered and said to them, You are wrong, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
[MAT.22.30] For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.
[MAT.22.31] But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
[MAT.22.32] I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
[MAT.22.33] And when the crowds heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
[MAT.22.34] But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
[MAT.22.35] And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him:
[MAT.22.36] Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
[MAT.22.37] And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
[MAT.22.38] This is the great and first commandment.
[MAT.22.39] And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
[MAT.22.40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
[MAT.22.41] Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,
[MAT.22.42] saying, What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he? They said to him, The son of David.
[MAT.22.43] He said to them, How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
[MAT.22.44] Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, till I put your enemies underneath your feet?
[MAT.22.45] If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?
[MAT.22.46] And no one was able to answer him a word, neither did anyone dare from that day forth ask him any more questions.
[MAT.23.1] Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
[MAT.23.2] saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat:
[MAT.23.3] all things therefore whatever they command you, do and observe: but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not.
[MAT.23.4] Yes, they bind heavy burdens hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
[MAT.23.5] But all their works they do to be seen by men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
[MAT.23.6] and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
[MAT.23.7] and the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
[MAT.23.8] But do not be called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all of you are brothers.
[MAT.23.9] And do not call anyone your father on the earth: for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
[MAT.23.10] Neither be called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ.
[MAT.23.11] But the greatest among you will be your servant.
[MAT.23.12] And whoever will exalt himself will be humbled; and whoever will humble himself will be exalted.
[MAT.23.13] But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
[MAT.23.14] [This verse is omitted in some manuscripts.]
[MAT.23.15] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
[MAT.23.16] Woe to you, you blind guides, that say, Whoever will swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever will swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
[MAT.23.17] You fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
[MAT.23.18] And, Whoever will swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever will swear by the gift that is on it, he is a debtor.
[MAT.23.19] You blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
[MAT.23.20] He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it.
[MAT.23.21] And he who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.
[MAT.23.22] And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
[MAT.23.23] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and anise and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these you ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
[MAT.23.24] You blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
[MAT.23.25] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
[MAT.23.26] You blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.
[MAT.23.27] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
[MAT.23.28] Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
[MAT.23.29] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
[MAT.23.30] and say, If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
[MAT.23.31] Therefore you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.
[MAT.23.32] Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
[MAT.23.33] You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?
[MAT.23.34] Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
[MAT.23.35] that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
[MAT.23.36] Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.
[MAT.23.37] Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones them that are sent to her! how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you did not want it!
[MAT.23.38] Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
[MAT.23.39] For I say to you, You will not see me from now on, till you will say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
[MAT.24.1] And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
[MAT.24.2] But he answered and said to them, Do you not see all these things? truly I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
[MAT.24.3] And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the world?
[MAT.24.4] And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no one leads you astray.
[MAT.24.5] For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and will lead many astray.
[MAT.24.6] And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not troubled: for these things must happen, but the end is not yet.
[MAT.24.7] For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in various places.
[MAT.24.8] But all these things are the beginning of travail.
[MAT.24.9] Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.
[MAT.24.10] And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
[MAT.24.11] And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.
[MAT.24.12] And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of many shall grow cold.
[MAT.24.13] But he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.
[MAT.24.14] And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end come.
[MAT.24.15] When therefore you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that reads understand),
[MAT.24.16] then let those that are in Judea flee to the mountains:
[MAT.24.17] let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house:
[MAT.24.18] and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
[MAT.24.19] But woe to those that are with child and to those that are nursing infants in those days!
[MAT.24.20] And pray that your flight is not in winter, neither on a Sabbath:
[MAT.24.21] for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
[MAT.24.22] And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
[MAT.24.23] Then if any man shall say to you, Look, here is the Christ, or, There; do not believe it.
[MAT.24.24] For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
[MAT.24.25] Look, I have told you beforehand.
[MAT.24.26] If therefore they say to you, Look, he is in the wilderness; do not go forth: Look, he is in the inner chambers; do not believe it.
[MAT.24.27] For as the lightning comes from the east, and is seen even to the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
[MAT.24.28] Wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
[MAT.24.29] But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
[MAT.24.30] and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
[MAT.24.31] And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
[MAT.24.32] Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when its branch is now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
[MAT.24.33] even so you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near, even at the doors.
[MAT.24.34] Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
[MAT.24.35] Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
[MAT.24.36] But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.
[MAT.24.37] And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
[MAT.24.38] For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
[MAT.24.39] and they did not know until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
[MAT.24.40] Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:
[MAT.24.41] two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.
[MAT.24.42] Watch therefore: for you do not know on what day your Lord comes.
[MAT.24.43] But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken through.
[MAT.24.44] Therefore you also be ready; for in an hour that you do not expect, the Son of man comes.
[MAT.24.45] Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
[MAT.24.46] Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.
[MAT.24.47] Truly I say to you, that he will set him over all that he has.
[MAT.24.48] But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming;
[MAT.24.49] and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
[MAT.24.50] the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour when he does not know it,
[MAT.24.51] and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
[MAT.25.1] Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.
[MAT.25.2] And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
[MAT.25.3] For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:
[MAT.25.4] but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
[MAT.25.5] Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
[MAT.25.6] But at midnight there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.
[MAT.25.7] Then all those virgins arose, and arranged their lamps.
[MAT.25.8] And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.
[MAT.25.9] But the wise answered, saying, perhaps there will not be enough for us and you; go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.
[MAT.25.10] And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.
[MAT.25.11] Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
[MAT.25.12] But he answered and said, Truly I say to you, I do not know you.
[MAT.25.13] Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
[MAT.25.14] For it is as when a man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.
[MAT.25.15] To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his ability; and he went on his journey.
[MAT.25.16] Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five talents more.
[MAT.25.17] In the same way he who received the two gained two more.
[MAT.25.18] But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
[MAT.25.19] Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and settled accounts with them.
[MAT.25.20] And he who had received the five talents came and brought five talents more, saying, Lord, you delivered to me five talents: see, I have gained five talents more.
[MAT.25.21] His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
[MAT.25.22] And he also who received the two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents: see, I have gained two talents more.
[MAT.25.23] His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.
[MAT.25.24] And he also who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter;
[MAT.25.25] and I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth: see, you have what is yours.
[MAT.25.26] But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter;
[MAT.25.27] you should therefore have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received my own with interest.
[MAT.25.28] Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
[MAT.25.29] For to everyone who has shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him who does not have, even what he has shall be taken away.
[MAT.25.30] And cast out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[MAT.25.31] But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
[MAT.25.32] and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
[MAT.25.33] and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
[MAT.25.34] Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
[MAT.25.35] for I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
[MAT.25.36] naked, and you clothed me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.
[MAT.25.37] Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? or thirsty, and give you drink?
[MAT.25.38] And when did we see you a stranger, and took you in? or naked, and clothed you?
[MAT.25.39] And when did we see you sick, or in prison, and came to you?
[MAT.25.40] And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of these my brethren, even these least, you did it to me.
[MAT.25.41] Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels:
[MAT.25.42] for I was hungry, and you did not give me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
[MAT.25.43] I was a stranger, and you did not take me in; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.
[MAT.25.44] Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?
[MAT.25.45] Then shall he answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of these least, you did not do it to me.
[MAT.25.46] And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
[MAT.26.1] And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,
[MAT.26.2] You know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.
[MAT.26.3] Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;
[MAT.26.4] and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.
[MAT.26.5] But they said, Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people.
[MAT.26.6] Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
[MAT.26.7] a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it upon his head, as he sat at the table.
[MAT.26.8] But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, Why this waste?
[MAT.26.9] For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
[MAT.26.10] But Jesus, knowing it, said to them, Why do you trouble the woman? for she has done a good work for me.
[MAT.26.11] For you always have the poor with you; but me you do not always have.
[MAT.26.12] For in that she poured this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
[MAT.26.13] Truly I say to you, where this gospel is preached in the whole world, that also which this woman has done will be spoken of, in memory of her.
[MAT.26.14] Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,
[MAT.26.15] and said, What are you willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
[MAT.26.16] And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
[MAT.26.17] Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the passover?
[MAT.26.18] And he said, Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples.
[MAT.26.19] And the disciples did as Jesus directed them; and they prepared the passover.
[MAT.26.20] Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples;
[MAT.26.21] and as they were eating, he said, Truly I say to you, that one of you will betray me.
[MAT.26.22] And they were very sorrowful, and began to say to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord?
[MAT.26.23] And he answered and said, He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.
[MAT.26.24] The Son of man goes, even as it is written of him: but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! it would have been good for that man if he had not been born.
[MAT.26.25] And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Teacher? He said to him, You have said it.
[MAT.26.26] And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
[MAT.26.27] And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink from it, all of you;
[MAT.26.28] for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for remission of sins.
[MAT.26.29] But I say to you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine, from now on, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
[MAT.26.30] And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
[MAT.26.31] Then Jesus said to them, All you will be made to stumble because of me this night: for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad.
[MAT.26.32] But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.
[MAT.26.33] But Peter answered and said to him, If all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.
[MAT.26.34] Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.
[MAT.26.35] Peter said to him, Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you. Likewise also said all the disciples.
[MAT.26.36] Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, Sit here, while I go there and pray.
[MAT.26.37] And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very troubled.
[MAT.26.38] Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death; stay here, and watch with me.
[MAT.26.39] And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.
[MAT.26.40] And he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour?
[MAT.26.41] Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
[MAT.26.42] Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away, unless I drink it, your will be done.
[MAT.26.43] And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
[MAT.26.44] And he left them again, and went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.
[MAT.26.45] Then he came to the disciples, and said to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
[MAT.26.46] Arise, let us be going: behold, he who betrays me is at hand.
[MAT.26.47] And while he yet spoke, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
[MAT.26.48] Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I will kiss, is he: take him.
[MAT.26.49] And immediately he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Rabbi; and kissed him.
[MAT.26.50] And Jesus said to him, Friend, do what you came for. Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
[MAT.26.51] And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
[MAT.26.52] Then Jesus said to him, Put back your sword into its place: for all they that take the sword will perish with the sword.
[MAT.26.53] Or do you think that I cannot ask my Father, and he will now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
[MAT.26.54] How then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
[MAT.26.55] In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, Are you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you took me not.
[MAT.26.56] But all this has happened, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
[MAT.26.57] And they that had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.
[MAT.26.58] But Peter followed him afar off, to the court of the high priest, and entered in, and sat with the officers, to see the end.
[MAT.26.59] Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
[MAT.26.60] and they found none, even though many false witnesses came. But afterward came two,
[MAT.26.61] and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
[MAT.26.62] And the high priest stood up, and said to him, Do you answer nothing? what is it which these witness against you?
[MAT.26.63] But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him, I ask you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.
[MAT.26.64] Jesus said to him, You have said: nevertheless I say to you, From now on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.
[MAT.26.65] Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy: what further need do we have of witnesses? behold, now you have heard the blasphemy:
[MAT.26.66] what think you? They answered and said, He is worthy of death.
[MAT.26.67] Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists: and some slapped him,
[MAT.26.68] saying, Prophesy to us, you Christ: who is he that struck you?
[MAT.26.69] Now Peter was sitting outside in the court: and a maid came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus the Galilean.
[MAT.26.70] But he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what you say.
[MAT.26.71] And when he went out to the porch, another saw him, and said to those who were there, This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.
[MAT.26.72] And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
[MAT.26.73] And after a little while they that stood by came and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them; for your speech betrays you.
[MAT.26.74] Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately the rooster crowed.
[MAT.26.75] And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
[MAT.27.1] Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
[MAT.27.2] and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor.
[MAT.27.3] Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
[MAT.27.4] saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? See thou to it.
[MAT.27.5] And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and went away and hanged himself.
[MAT.27.6] And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
[MAT.27.7] And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
[MAT.27.8] Therefore that field was called, The field of blood, to this day.
[MAT.27.9] Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom certain of the children of Israel did value;
[MAT.27.10] and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
[MAT.27.11] Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say.
[MAT.27.12] And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
[MAT.27.13] Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?
[MAT.27.14] And he answered him not even one word; so that the governor marveled greatly.
[MAT.27.15] Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they wanted.
[MAT.27.16] And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
[MAT.27.17] When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
[MAT.27.18] For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.
[MAT.27.19] And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
[MAT.27.20] Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
[MAT.27.21] But the governor answered and said to them, Which of the two do you want me to release to you? And they said, Barabbas.
[MAT.27.22] Pilate said to them, What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.
[MAT.27.23] And he said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.
[MAT.27.24] So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person; see to it yourselves.
[MAT.27.25] And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
[MAT.27.26] Then he released to them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.
[MAT.27.27] Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered to him the whole band.
[MAT.27.28] And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
[MAT.27.29] And they plaited a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
[MAT.27.30] And they spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
[MAT.27.31] And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put on him his garments, and led him away to crucify him.
[MAT.27.32] And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
[MAT.27.33] And when they came to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull,
[MAT.27.34] they gave him wine to drink mixed with gall: and when he tasted it, he would not drink.
[MAT.27.35] And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots;
[MAT.27.36] and they sat and watched him there.
[MAT.27.37] And they set up over his head his accusation written, This is Jesus the King of the Jews.
[MAT.27.38] Then are there crucified with him two robbers, one on the right hand and one on the left.
[MAT.27.39] And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,
[MAT.27.40] and saying, You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
[MAT.27.41] In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
[MAT.27.42] He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.
[MAT.27.43] He trusts in God; let him deliver him now, if he wants him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
[MAT.27.44] And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
[MAT.27.45] Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
[MAT.27.46] And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
[MAT.27.47] And some of them that stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls Elijah.
[MAT.27.48] And immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
[MAT.27.49] But the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah comes to save him.
[MAT.27.50] And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and gave up his spirit.
[MAT.27.51] And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth shook; and the rocks were split;
[MAT.27.52] and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;
[MAT.27.53] and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
[MAT.27.54] Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
[MAT.27.55] And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him;
[MAT.27.56] among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
[MAT.27.57] And when evening came, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
[MAT.27.58] this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.
[MAT.27.59] And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
[MAT.27.60] and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and went away.
[MAT.27.61] And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
[MAT.27.62] Now on the next day, the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,
[MAT.27.63] saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.
[MAT.27.64] Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people, He has risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.
[MAT.27.65] Pilate said to them, You have a guard: go, make it as secure as you can.
[MAT.27.66] So they went, and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.
[MAT.28.1] Now late on the Sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
[MAT.28.2] And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
[MAT.28.3] His appearance was as lightning and his clothing white as snow,
[MAT.28.4] and for fear of him the guards shook and became as dead.
[MAT.28.5] And the angel said to the women, Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
[MAT.28.6] He is not here, for he has risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
[MAT.28.7] And go quickly and tell his disciples, He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him. Behold, I have told you.
[MAT.28.8] And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to bring his disciples word.
[MAT.28.9] And behold, Jesus met them, saying, Greetings. And they came and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.
[MAT.28.10] Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid; go tell my brothers that they go into Galilee, and there they will see me.
[MAT.28.11] Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
[MAT.28.12] And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a lot of money to the soldiers,
[MAT.28.13] saying, Say, His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.
[MAT.28.14] And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and free you from worry.
[MAT.28.15] So they took the money and did as they were taught, and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and is so until this day.
[MAT.28.16] But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
[MAT.28.17] And when they saw him, they worshiped, but some doubted.
[MAT.28.18] And Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
[MAT.28.19] Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
[MAT.28.20] teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
[MAR.1.1] The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
[MAR.1.2] Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.
[MAR.1.3] The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight;
[MAR.1.4] John came, baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
[MAR.1.5] And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
[MAR.1.6] And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
[MAR.1.7] And he preached, saying, There comes after me he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
[MAR.1.8] I baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
[MAR.1.9] And it happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
[MAR.1.10] And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens split and the Spirit descending upon him as a dove;
[MAR.1.11] and a voice came from heaven, You are my beloved Son, in you I am well pleased.
[MAR.1.12] And immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.
[MAR.1.13] And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to him.
[MAR.1.14] Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,
[MAR.1.15] and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel.
[MAR.1.16] And passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
[MAR.1.17] And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of people.
[MAR.1.18] And immediately they left the nets, and followed him.
[MAR.1.19] And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets.
[MAR.1.20] And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him.
[MAR.1.21] And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath he entered into the synagogue and taught.
[MAR.1.22] And they were astonished at his teaching; for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
[MAR.1.23] And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,
[MAR.1.24] saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.
[MAR.1.25] And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be quiet, and come out of him.
[MAR.1.26] And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
[MAR.1.27] And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? A new teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
[MAR.1.28] And immediately the report of him went out everywhere into all the surrounding region of Galilee.
[MAR.1.29] And immediately, having come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
[MAR.1.30] Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever; and immediately they told him about her;
[MAR.1.31] and he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and the fever left her, and she served them.
[MAR.1.32] And at evening, when the sun set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were demon-possessed.
[MAR.1.33] And all the city was gathered at the door.
[MAR.1.34] And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
[MAR.1.35] And early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and there prayed.
[MAR.1.36] And Simon and those who were with him searched for him;
[MAR.1.37] and they found him, and said to him, Everyone is looking for you.
[MAR.1.38] And he said to them, Let us go somewhere else into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for to this purpose I came forth.
[MAR.1.39] And he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
[MAR.1.40] And a leper came to him, begging him, and kneeling down, said to him, If you want, you can make me clean.
[MAR.1.41] And being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, I want to; be made clean.
[MAR.1.42] And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
[MAR.1.43] And he strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,
[MAR.1.44] and said to him, See that you say nothing to anyone; but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
[MAR.1.45] But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread abroad the matter, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter into a city, but was outside in deserted places; and they came to him from everywhere.
[MAR.2.1] And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
[MAR.2.2] And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door: and he spoke the word to them.
[MAR.2.3] And they came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four.
[MAR.2.4] And when they could not come close to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed on which the paralyzed man lay.
[MAR.2.5] And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralyzed man, Child, your sins are forgiven.
[MAR.2.6] But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
[MAR.2.7] Why does this man speak this way? He blasphemes: who can forgive sins but one, Jehovah?
[MAR.2.8] And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they reasoned this way within themselves, said to them, Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
[MAR.2.9] Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?
[MAR.2.10] But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralyzed man),
[MAR.2.11] I say to you, Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.
[MAR.2.12] And he arose, and immediately took up the bed, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it like this.
[MAR.2.13] And he went out again by the seaside; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
[MAR.2.14] And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
[MAR.2.15] And it happened, that he was sitting at food in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
[MAR.2.16] And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he ate with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?
[MAR.2.17] And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, Those who are healthy have no need of a doctor, but the sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
[MAR.2.18] And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?
[MAR.2.19] And Jesus said to them, Can the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
[MAR.2.20] But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
[MAR.2.21] No one sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment: otherwise that which should fill it up takes from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.
[MAR.2.22] And no man puts new wine into old wineskins: else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perishes, and the skins: but they put new wine into fresh wineskins.
[MAR.2.23] And it came to pass, that he went on the Sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.
[MAR.2.24] And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful?
[MAR.2.25] And he said to them, Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he and those who were with him?
[MAR.2.26] How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?
[MAR.2.27] And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath:
[MAR.2.28] so that the Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
[MAR.3.1] And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had a withered hand.
[MAR.3.2] And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
[MAR.3.3] And he says to the man who had his hand withered, Stand up.
[MAR.3.4] And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they were silent.
[MAR.3.5] And when he had looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored.
[MAR.3.6] And the Pharisees went out, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
[MAR.3.7] And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judea,
[MAR.3.8] and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
[MAR.3.9] And he spoke to his disciples, that a small boat should wait on him because of the crowd, so they wouldn't crush him:
[MAR.3.10] for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed on him that they might touch him.
[MAR.3.11] And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.
[MAR.3.12] And he strongly ordered them that they shouldn't make him known.
[MAR.3.13] And he goes up unto the mountain, and calls to him those whom he wanted; and they went to him.
[MAR.3.14] And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
[MAR.3.15] and to have authority to cast out demons:
[MAR.3.16] and Simon he surnamed Peter;
[MAR.3.17] and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:
[MAR.3.18] and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
[MAR.3.19] and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. And he comes into a house.
[MAR.3.20] And the multitude comes together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
[MAR.3.21] And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, He is out of his mind.
[MAR.3.22] And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.
[MAR.3.23] And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
[MAR.3.24] And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
[MAR.3.25] And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
[MAR.3.26] And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but has an end.
[MAR.3.27] But no one can enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
[MAR.3.28] Truly I say to you, All their sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may speak:
[MAR.3.29] but whoever will blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin:
[MAR.3.30] because they said, He has an unclean spirit.
[MAR.3.31] And his mother and his brothers come; and, standing outside, they sent to him, calling him.
[MAR.3.32] And a multitude was sitting around him; and they said to him, Look, your mother and your brothers are outside seeking you.
[MAR.3.33] And he answers them, saying, Who is my mother and my brothers?
[MAR.3.34] And looking around at those who sat around him, he says, Behold, my mother and my brothers!
[MAR.3.35] For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
[MAR.4.1] And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there gathered to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.
[MAR.4.2] And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching,
[MAR.4.3] Listen: Behold, the sower went out to sow:
[MAR.4.4] and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
[MAR.4.5] And other fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil:
[MAR.4.6] and when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
[MAR.4.7] And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
[MAR.4.8] And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirty times, sixty times, and a hundred times.
[MAR.4.9] And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
[MAR.4.10] And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked about the parables.
[MAR.4.11] And he said to them, To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to those that are outside, all things are done in parables:
[MAR.4.12] that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
[MAR.4.13] And he said to them, Don't you know this parable? and how shall you know all the parables?
[MAR.4.14] The sower sows the word.
[MAR.4.15] And these are they by the road, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
[MAR.4.16] And these in the same way are they that are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy;
[MAR.4.17] and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.
[MAR.4.18] And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word,
[MAR.4.19] and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
[MAR.4.20] And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, thirty times, sixty times, and a hundred times.
[MAR.4.21] And he said to them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the basket, or under the bed, and not to be put on the stand?
[MAR.4.22] For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be revealed; nor was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
[MAR.4.23] If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.
[MAR.4.24] And he said to them, Take heed what you hear: with what measure you use, it shall be measured to you; and more shall be given to you.
[MAR.4.25] For he that has, to him shall be given: and he that has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he has.
[MAR.4.26] And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
[MAR.4.27] and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.
[MAR.4.28] The earth produces fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
[MAR.4.29] But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.
[MAR.4.30] And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what parable shall we set it forth?
[MAR.4.31] It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
[MAR.4.32] yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under its shadow.
[MAR.4.33] And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it;
[MAR.4.34] and without a parable he did not speak to them: but privately to his own disciples he explained all things.
[MAR.4.35] And on that day, when evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.
[MAR.4.36] And leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.
[MAR.4.37] And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was now filling.
[MAR.4.38] And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion: and they wake him, and say to him, Teacher, don't you care that we perish?
[MAR.4.39] And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
[MAR.4.40] And he said to them, Why are you fearful? have you not faith?
[MAR.4.41] And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
[MAR.5.1] And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.
[MAR.5.2] When he had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him from the tombs.
[MAR.5.3] He had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
[MAR.5.4] Because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces: and no one had the strength to subdue him.
[MAR.5.5] Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
[MAR.5.6] And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him;
[MAR.5.7] and cried out with a loud voice, and said, What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you by God, do not torment me.
[MAR.5.8] Because he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.
[MAR.5.9] And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, My name is Legion; for we are many.
[MAR.5.10] And he begged him greatly that he would not send them away out of the country.
[MAR.5.11] Now there was there on the mountainside a great herd of pigs feeding.
[MAR.5.12] And they begged him, saying, Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.
[MAR.5.13] And he granted them permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the pigs: and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and they were drowned in the sea.
[MAR.5.14] And those who fed them fled, and reported it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had happened.
[MAR.5.15] And they came to Jesus, and saw the man that had been possessed with devils sitting, clothed and in his right mind, the one who had the legion: and they were afraid.
[MAR.5.16] And those who saw it described to them how it happened to him that was possessed with devils, and about the pigs.
[MAR.5.17] And they began to plead with him to depart from their region.
[MAR.5.18] As he left in the boat, he that had been possessed with devils begged him that he might be with him.
[MAR.5.19] And he did not let him, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had compassion on you.
[MAR.5.20] And he departed, and began to announce in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men marveled.
[MAR.5.21] And when Jesus had passed over again in the boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
[MAR.5.22] And there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
[MAR.5.23] and begged him greatly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: come and lay your hands on her, that she may be healed; and she will live.
[MAR.5.24] And he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed tightly around him.
[MAR.5.25] And a woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,
[MAR.5.26] and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,
[MAR.5.27] having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind him, and touched his garment.
[MAR.5.28] For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I will be healed.
[MAR.5.29] Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
[MAR.5.30] And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and said, Who touched my clothes?
[MAR.5.31] And his disciples said to him, You see the multitude pressing around you, and do you say, Who touched me?
[MAR.5.32] And he looked around to see her who had done this thing.
[MAR.5.33] But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
[MAR.5.34] And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.
[MAR.5.35] While he was still speaking, they came from the ruler of the synagogue's house saying, Your daughter is dead: why trouble the Teacher any further?
[MAR.5.36] But Jesus, not heeding the report, said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be afraid, only believe.
[MAR.5.37] And he allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
[MAR.5.38] And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he saw a commotion, people weeping and greatly wailing.
[MAR.5.39] And when he had entered in, he said to them, Why do you make a commotion, and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.
[MAR.5.40] And they laughed at him scornfully. But he put them all out, and took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.
[MAR.5.41] And taking the child by the hand, he said to her, Talitha cumi; which means, Little girl, I say to you, get up.
[MAR.5.42] And immediately the little girl got up, and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were immediately astonished with great amazement.
[MAR.5.43] And he charged them strictly that no one should know this: and told them to give her something to eat.
[MAR.6.1] And he went out from there; and he came into his hometown; and his disciples follow him.
[MAR.6.2] And when the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From where has this man these things? and, What is the wisdom that is given to this man, and such mighty works done by his hands?
[MAR.6.3] Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
[MAR.6.4] And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own town, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.
[MAR.6.5] And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people, and healed them.
[MAR.6.6] And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching.
[MAR.6.7] And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;
[MAR.6.8] and he charged them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only; no bread, no bag, no money in their purse;
[MAR.6.9] but to wear sandals: and do not put on two coats.
[MAR.6.10] And he said to them, Where you enter into a house, stay there until you leave that place.
[MAR.6.11] And whatever place will not receive you, and they do not hear you, as you leave there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them.
[MAR.6.12] And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
[MAR.6.13] And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
[MAR.6.14] And King Herod heard about it, for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers work in him.
[MAR.6.15] But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.
[MAR.6.16] But Herod, when he heard about it, said, It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen.
[MAR.6.17] For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.
[MAR.6.18] For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
[MAR.6.19] And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;
[MAR.6.20] for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and protected him. And when he heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and he heard him gladly.
[MAR.6.21] And an opportune day came, when Herod on his birthday gave a feast for his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
[MAR.6.22] and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those who sat at dinner with him; and the king said to the girl, Ask of me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.
[MAR.6.23] And he vowed to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.
[MAR.6.24] And she went out, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
[MAR.6.25] And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I want you to give me immediately the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
[MAR.6.26] And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at dinner with him, he would not reject her.
[MAR.6.27] And immediately the king sent an executioner, commanded him to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
[MAR.6.28] and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
[MAR.6.29] And when his disciples heard about it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
[MAR.6.30] And the apostles gathered together to Jesus; and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
[MAR.6.31] And he said to them, Come by yourselves into a lonely place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they did not have an opportunity even to eat.
[MAR.6.32] And they went away in the boat to a solitary place.
[MAR.6.33] And the people saw them going, and many knew them, and they ran there on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.
[MAR.6.34] And he came out, saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
[MAR.6.35] And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, and said, This place is desolate, and the hour is now late;
[MAR.6.36] send them away, so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages, and buy themselves something to eat.
[MAR.6.37] But he answered and said to them, You give them something to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?
[MAR.6.38] And he said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fish.
[MAR.6.39] And he commanded them to make all sit down by groups on the green grass.
[MAR.6.40] And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
[MAR.6.41] And he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke the loaves; and he gave to the disciples to set before them; and he divided the two fish among them all.
[MAR.6.42] And they all ate, and were filled.
[MAR.6.43] And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fish.
[MAR.6.44] And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
[MAR.6.45] And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.
[MAR.6.46] And after he had taken leave of them, he went into the mountain to pray.
[MAR.6.47] And when evening came, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.
[MAR.6.48] And seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have passed by them;
[MAR.6.49] but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
[MAR.6.50] for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, Take courage: it is I; do not be afraid.
[MAR.6.51] And he went up to them into the boat; and the wind ceased: and they were greatly amazed in themselves beyond measure, and marveled;
[MAR.6.52] for they had not understood about the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
[MAR.6.53] And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.
[MAR.6.54] And when they came out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
[MAR.6.55] and ran around that whole region, and began to carry about on their pallets those who were sick, where they heard he was.
[MAR.6.56] And wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch if it were just the fringe of his garment: and as many as touched it were made well.
[MAR.7.1] And the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem,
[MAR.7.2] and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands.
[MAR.7.3] (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands diligently, holding the tradition of the elders;
[MAR.7.4] and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves: and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and bronze vessels.)
[MAR.7.5] And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?
[MAR.7.6] And he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honor me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
[MAR.7.7] But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
[MAR.7.8] You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.
[MAR.7.9] And he said to them, Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
[MAR.7.10] For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
[MAR.7.11] but you say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That by which you might have been helped by me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God;
[MAR.7.12] you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother;
[MAR.7.13] making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have delivered: and many such like things you do.
[MAR.7.14] And he called to him the crowd again, and said to them, Hear me all of you, and understand:
[MAR.7.15] there is nothing from outside the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
[MAR.7.16] If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.
[MAR.7.17] And when he was entered into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.
[MAR.7.18] And he said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever from outside goes into the man, it cannot defile him;
[MAR.7.19] because it goes not into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine? (This he said, making all foods clean.)
[MAR.7.20] And he said, That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
[MAR.7.21] For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
[MAR.7.22] covetings, wickednesses, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
[MAR.7.23] all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.
[MAR.7.24] And from there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and wanted no man to know it; and he could not be hidden.
[MAR.7.25] But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
[MAR.7.26] Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she pleaded with him that he would cast out the demon out of her daughter.
[MAR.7.27] And he said to her, Let the children first be filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.
[MAR.7.28] But she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
[MAR.7.29] And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.
[MAR.7.30] And she went away to her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.
[MAR.7.31] And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
[MAR.7.32] And they bring to him one who was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beg him to lay his hand upon him.
[MAR.7.33] And he took him aside from the crowd privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;
[MAR.7.34] and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
[MAR.7.35] And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his speech was loosed, and he spoke plainly.
[MAR.7.36] And he ordered them that they should tell no man: but the more he ordered them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
[MAR.7.37] And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He has done all things well; he makes even the deaf to hear, and the mute to speak.
[MAR.8.1] In those days, when there was again a great crowd, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them,
[MAR.8.2] I have compassion on the crowd, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:
[MAR.8.3] and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from far.
[MAR.8.4] And his disciples answered him, Where can one satisfy these people with bread here in a desolate place?
[MAR.8.5] And he asked them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven.
[MAR.8.6] And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them, and gave to his disciples to serve; and they served the crowd.
[MAR.8.7] And they had a few small fish: and having blessed them, he commanded to serve these also.
[MAR.8.8] And they ate, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets.
[MAR.8.9] And they were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
[MAR.8.10] And right away he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
[MAR.8.11] And the Pharisees came out, and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
[MAR.8.12] And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, there will not be a sign given to this generation.
[MAR.8.13] And he left them, and again entering into the boat departed to the other side.
[MAR.8.14] And they forgot to take bread; and they had not more than one loaf in the boat with them.
[MAR.8.15] And he directed them, saying, Mindfully watch out for the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
[MAR.8.16] And they discussed one with another, saying, We have no bread.
[MAR.8.17] And Jesus, aware of it, said to them, Why discuss because you have no bread? Do you not perceive nor understand? Have you your heart hardened?
[MAR.8.18] Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, do you not hear? and do you not remember?
[MAR.8.19] When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.
[MAR.8.20] And when the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? And they said, Seven.
[MAR.8.21] And he said to them, Do you not yet understand?
[MAR.8.22] And they arrived at Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man, and entreat him to touch him.
[MAR.8.23] And he took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, Do you see anything?
[MAR.8.24] And he looked up, and said, I see the men; for I see them as trees, walking.
[MAR.8.25] Then again he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked steadfastly, and was restored, and saw all things clearly.
[MAR.8.26] And he sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village.
[MAR.8.27] And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi: and on the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, Who do men say that I am?
[MAR.8.28] And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.
[MAR.8.29] And he asked them, But who do you say that I am? Peter answered and said to him, You are the Christ.
[MAR.8.30] And he directed them that they should tell no one about him.
[MAR.8.31] And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
[MAR.8.32] And he spoke the saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
[MAR.8.33] But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, Get behind me, Satan; for you mind not the things of God, but the things of men.
[MAR.8.34] And he called to him the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
[MAR.8.35] For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
[MAR.8.36] For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
[MAR.8.37] For what should a man give in exchange for his life?
[MAR.8.38] For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
[MAR.9.1] And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some standing here, who will not taste of death, until they see the kingdom of God come with power.
[MAR.9.2] And after six days Jesus took with him Peter, and James, and John, and brought them up into a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was transfigured before them;
[MAR.9.3] and his clothes became glistening, exceedingly white, so as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
[MAR.9.4] And Elijah with Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
[MAR.9.5] And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
[MAR.9.6] For he did not know what to say; for they were very afraid.
[MAR.9.7] And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: listen to him.
[MAR.9.8] And suddenly looking around, they saw no one anymore, but Jesus only with themselves.
[MAR.9.9] And as they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one the things which they had seen, until the Son of man had risen again from the dead.
[MAR.9.10] And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.
[MAR.9.11] And they asked him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
[MAR.9.12] And he said to them, Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things: and how it is written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt.
[MAR.9.13] But I say to you, that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted, even as it is written of him.
[MAR.9.14] And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes questioning with them.
[MAR.9.15] And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.
[MAR.9.16] And he asked them, What are you questioning with them?
[MAR.9.17] And one of the crowd answered him, Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
[MAR.9.18] and wherever it takes him, it dashes him down: and he foams, and grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid: and I spoke to your disciples that they should cast it out; and they were not able.
[MAR.9.19] And he answered them and said, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? bring him to me.
[MAR.9.20] And they brought him to him: and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him grievously; and he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming.
[MAR.9.21] And he asked his father, How long is it since this came to him? And he said, From childhood.
[MAR.9.22] And often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him: but if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.
[MAR.9.23] And Jesus said to him, If you can! All things are possible to him that believes.
[MAR.9.24] Immediately the father of the child cried out, and said, I believe; help my unbelief.
[MAR.9.25] And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
[MAR.9.26] And having cried out, and convulsed him much, it came out: and he became as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
[MAR.9.27] But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
[MAR.9.28] And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast it out?
[MAR.9.29] And he said to them, This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer.
[MAR.9.30] And they went out from there, and passed through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know it.
[MAR.9.31] For he taught his disciples, and said to them, The Son of man is delivered up into hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.
[MAR.9.32] But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
[MAR.9.33] And they came to Capernaum: and when he was in the house he asked them, What were you arguing about on the way?
[MAR.9.34] But they held their peace: for they had argued with one another on the way, who was the greatest.
[MAR.9.35] And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.
[MAR.9.36] And he took a little child, and set him in the midst of them: and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
[MAR.9.37] Whoever shall receive one of such little children in my name, receives me: and whoever receives me, receives not me, but him that sent me.
[MAR.9.38] John said to him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he did not follow us.
[MAR.9.39] But Jesus said, Do not forbid him: for there is no man who shall do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
[MAR.9.40] For he that is not against us is for us.
[MAR.9.41] For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink, because you belong to Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.
[MAR.9.42] And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
[MAR.9.43] And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having your two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
[MAR.9.44]
[MAR.9.45] And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life lame, than having your two feet to be cast into hell.
[MAR.9.46]
[MAR.9.47] And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out: it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell;
[MAR.9.48] where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
[MAR.9.49] For everyone shall be salted with fire.
[MAR.9.50] Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
[MAR.10.1] And he arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan: and crowds came together to him again; and, as he usually did, he taught them again.
[MAR.10.2] And Pharisees came and asked him, testing him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?
[MAR.10.3] And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?
[MAR.10.4] And they said, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.
[MAR.10.5] But Jesus said to them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
[MAR.10.6] But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female he made them.
[MAR.10.7] For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife;
[MAR.10.8] and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
[MAR.10.9] What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.
[MAR.10.10] And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.
[MAR.10.11] And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her:
[MAR.10.12] And if she herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.
[MAR.10.13] And they were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them.
[MAR.10.14] But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, Allow the little children to come to me; do not stop them: for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
[MAR.10.15] Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no way enter it.
[MAR.10.16] And he took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.
[MAR.10.17] And as he was going forth into the way, one ran to him, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
[MAR.10.18] And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? none is good except one, God.
[MAR.10.19] You know the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.
[MAR.10.20] And he said to him, Teacher, all these things have I observed from my youth.
[MAR.10.21] And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
[MAR.10.22] But his face fell at the saying, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great possessions.
[MAR.10.23] And Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, How difficult it will be for those that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
[MAR.10.24] And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again, and said to them, Children, how difficult it is to enter into the kingdom of God!
[MAR.10.25] It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
[MAR.10.26] And they were astonished exceedingly, saying to him, Then who can be saved?
[MAR.10.27] Jesus looking upon them said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.
[MAR.10.28] Peter began to say to him, Look, we have left all, and have followed you.
[MAR.10.29] Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no one that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel's sake,
[MAR.10.30] but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
[MAR.10.31] But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
[MAR.10.32] And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were about to happen to him,
[MAR.10.33] saying, Look, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
[MAR.10.34] and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.
[MAR.10.35] And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached him, saying to him, Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.
[MAR.10.36] And he said to them, What do you want me to do for you?
[MAR.10.37] And they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your glory.
[MAR.10.38] But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
[MAR.10.39] And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, The cup that I drink you shall drink; and with the baptism that I am baptized, you shall be baptized:
[MAR.10.40] but to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.
[MAR.10.41] And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant concerning James and John.
[MAR.10.42] And Jesus called them to him, and said to them, You know that they which are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.
[MAR.10.43] But it is not to be this way among you: but whoever would become great among you, shall be your servant:
[MAR.10.44] and whoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.
[MAR.10.45] For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
[MAR.10.46] And they came to Jericho: and as he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.
[MAR.10.47] And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, you Son of David, have mercy on me.
[MAR.10.48] And many rebuked him, that he should be quiet: but he cried out more a great deal, You Son of David, have mercy on me.
[MAR.10.49] And Jesus stood still, and said, Call him. And they called the blind man, saying to him, Be of good comfort: arise, he calls you.
[MAR.10.50] And he, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.
[MAR.10.51] And Jesus answered him, and said, What do you want me to do for you? And the blind man said to him, Rabbi, I want to receive my sight.
[MAR.10.52] And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has made you well. And immediately he received his sight, and followed him in the way.
[MAR.11.1] And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
[MAR.11.2] and said to them, Go into the village opposite you: and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat; untie it and bring it.
[MAR.11.3] And if anyone asks you, Why are you doing this? say, The Lord needs it; and immediately he will send it back here.
[MAR.11.4] And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door outside in the open street; and they untied it.
[MAR.11.5] And some of those who stood there said to them, What are you doing, untying the colt?
[MAR.11.6] And they said to them just as Jesus had said: and they let them go.
[MAR.11.7] And they brought the colt to Jesus, and put on it their garments; and he sat on it.
[MAR.11.8] And many spread their garments on the road; and others branches, which they had cut from the fields.
[MAR.11.9] And those who went before, and those who followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord:
[MAR.11.10] blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David: Hosanna in the highest.
[MAR.11.11] And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple; and when he had looked around at everything, the hour being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
[MAR.11.12] And on the next day, when they had left Bethany, he was hungry.
[MAR.11.13] And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find something on it: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.
[MAR.11.14] And he said to it, No one will eat fruit from you from now on forever. And his disciples heard it.
[MAR.11.15] And they came to Jerusalem: and he entered into the temple, and began to cast out those that sold and those that bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves;
[MAR.11.16] and he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.
[MAR.11.17] And he taught, and said to them, Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a den of robbers.
[MAR.11.18] And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
[MAR.11.19] And every evening he left the city.
[MAR.11.20] And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
[MAR.11.21] And Peter calling to remembrance said to him, Rabbi, look, the fig tree which you cursed has withered away.
[MAR.11.22] And Jesus answering said to them, Have faith in God.
[MAR.11.23] Truly I say to you, Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea; and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says happens; he will have it.
[MAR.11.24] Therefore I say to you, All things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you will have them.
[MAR.11.25] And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
[MAR.11.26] [But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespasses.]
[MAR.11.27] And they came again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there came to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;
[MAR.11.28] and they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you this authority to do these things?
[MAR.11.29] And Jesus said to them, I will ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
[MAR.11.30] The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.
[MAR.11.31] And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?
[MAR.11.32] But if we shall say, From men—they feared the people: for all truly held John to be a prophet.
[MAR.11.33] And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. And Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
[MAR.12.1] And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into another country.
[MAR.12.2] And at the proper season he sent a servant to the farmers, to receive from the farmers the fruits of the vineyard.
[MAR.12.3] And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
[MAR.12.4] And again he sent to them another servant; and they wounded him in the head, and handled him shamefully.
[MAR.12.5] And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
[MAR.12.6] He still had one, a beloved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will respect my son.
[MAR.12.7] But those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
[MAR.12.8] And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
[MAR.12.9] What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
[MAR.12.10] Have you not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
[MAR.12.11] This was from Jehovah, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
[MAR.12.12] And they sought to arrest him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
[MAR.12.13] And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in speech.
[MAR.12.14] And when they had come, they say to him, Teacher, we know that you are true, and care not for anyone; for you do not regard the person of men, but of a truth teach the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
[MAR.12.15] Should we give, or should we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you test me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.
[MAR.12.16] And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose is this image and inscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.
[MAR.12.17] And Jesus said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marveled greatly at him.
[MAR.12.18] And there come to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
[MAR.12.19] Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring to his brother.
[MAR.12.20] There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no offspring;
[MAR.12.21] and the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring behind him; and the third likewise:
[MAR.12.22] and the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.
[MAR.12.23] In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her as wife.
[MAR.12.24] Jesus said to them, Is it not for this cause that you are mistaken, that you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
[MAR.12.25] For when they will rise from the dead, they do not marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
[MAR.12.26] But concerning the dead, that they are raised; have you not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
[MAR.12.27] He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly mistaken.
[MAR.12.28] And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
[MAR.12.29] Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; Jehovah our God, Jehovah is one:
[MAR.12.30] and you shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
[MAR.12.31] The second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
[MAR.12.32] And the scribe said to him, Truly, teacher, you have well said that he is one; and there is none other but he;
[MAR.12.33] and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
[MAR.12.34] And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared ask him any more questions.
[MAR.12.35] And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?
[MAR.12.36] David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, Till I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.
[MAR.12.37] David himself calls him Lord; and how should he be his son? And the large crowd heard him gladly.
[MAR.12.38] And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and to have greetings in the marketplaces,
[MAR.12.39] and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:
[MAR.12.40] they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.
[MAR.12.41] And he sat down opposite the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
[MAR.12.42] And a poor widow came, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
[MAR.12.43] And he called his disciples to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury:
[MAR.12.44] for they all cast in gifts from their abundance; but she from her poverty cast in all that she had, even all her living.
[MAR.13.1] And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings!
[MAR.13.2] And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.
[MAR.13.3] And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
[MAR.13.4] Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?
[MAR.13.5] And Jesus began to say to them, Take heed that no one leads you astray.
[MAR.13.6] Many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and shall lead many astray.
[MAR.13.7] And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: these things must happen; but the end is not yet.
[MAR.13.8] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in various places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of labor pains.
[MAR.13.9] But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to courts; and you shall be beaten in synagogues; and you shall stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.
[MAR.13.10] And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
[MAR.13.11] And when they lead you to judgment, and deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand what you shall speak: but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
[MAR.13.12] And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
[MAR.13.13] And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.
[MAR.13.14] But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not (let him who reads understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains:
[MAR.13.15] and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to fetch anything out of his house:
[MAR.13.16] and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.
[MAR.13.17] But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse in those days!
[MAR.13.18] And pray that it may not happen in winter.
[MAR.13.19] For those days shall be tribulation, such as there has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.
[MAR.13.20] And unless Jehovah had shortened the days, no flesh would be saved; but for the chosen's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
[MAR.13.21] And then if any man shall say to you, Look, here is the Christ; or, Look, there; believe it not:
[MAR.13.22] for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the chosen.
[MAR.13.23] But take heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
[MAR.13.24] But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light,
[MAR.13.25] and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
[MAR.13.26] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
[MAR.13.27] And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
[MAR.13.28] Now from the fig tree learn its parable: when its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
[MAR.13.29] even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that it is near, even at the doors.
[MAR.13.30] Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.
[MAR.13.31] Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
[MAR.13.32] But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.
[MAR.13.33] Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is.
[MAR.13.34] It is like a man traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
[MAR.13.35] Watch therefore: for you do not know when the lord of the house comes, whether at evening, or midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
[MAR.13.36] lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
[MAR.13.37] And what I say to you I say to all, Watch.
[MAR.14.1] Now after two days was the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by stealth, and kill him:
[MAR.14.2] for they said, Not during the feast, lest perhaps there should be a riot of the people.
[MAR.14.3] And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at the table, there came a woman having an alabaster jar of ointment of very costly perfume of pure spikenard; and she broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
[MAR.14.4] But there were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose has this waste of the ointment been made?
[MAR.14.5] For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
[MAR.14.6] But Jesus said, Leave her alone; why do you trouble her? she has done a good work on me.
[MAR.14.7] For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do them good: but me you do not always have.
[MAR.14.8] She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for the burial.
[MAR.14.9] Truly I say to you, Wherever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman has done shall be spoken of as a memorial of her.
[MAR.14.10] And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him to them.
[MAR.14.11] And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
[MAR.14.12] And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover, his disciples say to him, Where do you want us to go and make ready that you may eat the passover?
[MAR.14.13] And he sends two of his disciples, and says to them, Go into the city, and there will meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him;
[MAR.14.14] and wherever he shall enter in, say to the master of the house, The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
[MAR.14.15] And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready: and there make ready for us.
[MAR.14.16] And the disciples went out, and came into the city, and found it just as he had said to them: and they made ready the passover.
[MAR.14.17] And when it was evening he comes with the twelve.
[MAR.14.18] And as they reclined and were eating, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will betray me, one who eats with me.
[MAR.14.19] They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one, Is it I?
[MAR.14.20] And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who dips with me in the dish.
[MAR.14.21] For the Son of man goes, even as it is written of him: but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not been born.
[MAR.14.22] And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, Take; this is my body.
[MAR.14.23] And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
[MAR.14.24] And he said to them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
[MAR.14.25] Truly I say to you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
[MAR.14.26] And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives.
[MAR.14.27] And Jesus said to them, All you will be made to stumble: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.
[MAR.14.28] However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.
[MAR.14.29] But Peter said to him, Even if all shall be made to stumble, yet I will not.
[MAR.14.30] And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, will deny me three times.
[MAR.14.31] But he spoke exceedingly vehemently, If I must die with you, I will not deny you. And in like manner also said they all.
[MAR.14.32] And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit here, while I pray.
[MAR.14.33] And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and distressed.
[MAR.14.34] And he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful even to death: stay here, and watch.
[MAR.14.35] And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
[MAR.14.36] And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; remove this cup from me: yet not what I will, but what you will.
[MAR.14.37] And he comes, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Simon, do you sleep? could you not watch one hour?
[MAR.14.38] Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
[MAR.14.39] And again he went away, and prayed, saying the same words.
[MAR.14.40] And again he came, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer him.
[MAR.14.41] And he comes the third time, and says to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
[MAR.14.42] Arise, let us be going: see, the one who betrays me is at hand.
[MAR.14.43] And immediately, while he yet spoke, comes Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
[MAR.14.44] Now he that betrayed him had given them a signal, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, that is he; seize him, and lead him away safely.
[MAR.14.45] And when he had come, immediately he came to him, and said, Rabbi; and kissed him.
[MAR.14.46] And they laid hands on him, and seized him.
[MAR.14.47] But a certain one of them that stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
[MAR.14.48] And Jesus answered and said to them, Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to seize me?
[MAR.14.49] I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me: but this is done that the scriptures might be fulfilled.
[MAR.14.50] And they all left him, and fled.
[MAR.14.51] And a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth thrown about him, over his naked body: and they seize him;
[MAR.14.52] but he left the linen cloth, and fled naked.
[MAR.14.53] And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes come together.
[MAR.14.54] And Peter had followed him from a distance, even into the court of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
[MAR.14.55] Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and did not find it.
[MAR.14.56] For many bore false witness against him, and their witness did not agree together.
[MAR.14.57] And there stood up certain ones, and bore false witness against him, saying,
[MAR.14.58] We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.
[MAR.14.59] And not even so did their witness agree together.
[MAR.14.60] And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Do you not answer anything? what is it which these witness against you?
[MAR.14.61] But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
[MAR.14.62] And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.
[MAR.14.63] And the high priest tore his clothes, and said, What further need do we have of witnesses?
[MAR.14.64] You have heard the blasphemy: what do you think? And they all condemned him to be worthy of death.
[MAR.14.65] And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.
[MAR.14.66] And as Peter was beneath in the court, there comes one of the maids of the high priest;
[MAR.14.67] and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.
[MAR.14.68] But he denied, saying, I do not know, nor understand what you say: and he went out into the entryway; and the rooster crowed.
[MAR.14.69] And the maid saw him, and began again to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
[MAR.14.70] But he again denied it. And after a little while again they that stood by said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; for you are a Galilean.
[MAR.14.71] But he began to curse, and to swear, I do not know this man of whom you speak.
[MAR.14.72] And immediately the rooster crowed the second time. And Peter recalled the words that Jesus said to him, Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And when he thought about it, he wept.
[MAR.15.1] And early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, immediately held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
[MAR.15.2] And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answered him, You say it.
[MAR.15.3] And the chief priests accused him of many things.
[MAR.15.4] And Pilate again asked him, saying, Do you answer nothing? Look how many things they testify against you.
[MAR.15.5] But Jesus still didn’t answer anything; so Pilate was amazed.
[MAR.15.6] Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
[MAR.15.7] And there was one named Barabbas, lying bound with those who had made rebellion, men who in the rebellion had committed murder.
[MAR.15.8] And the crowd went up and began to ask him to do as he always did for them.
[MAR.15.9] And Pilate answered them, saying, Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?
[MAR.15.10] For he knew that because of envy the chief priests had delivered him up.
[MAR.15.11] But the chief priests moved the crowd, that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
[MAR.15.12] And Pilate again answered and said to them, What then should I do with the one you call the King of the Jews?
[MAR.15.13] And they cried out again, Crucify him.
[MAR.15.14] And Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out exceedingly, Crucify him.
[MAR.15.15] And Pilate, willing to satisfy the crowd, released to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
[MAR.15.16] And the soldiers led him away inside the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole band.
[MAR.15.17] And they dressed him in purple, and, weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on him;
[MAR.15.18] and they began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
[MAR.15.19] And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bowing their knees, paid homage to him.
[MAR.15.20] And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own garments on him. And they led him out to crucify him.
[MAR.15.21] And they compelled one passing by, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up his cross.
[MAR.15.22] And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a Skull.
[MAR.15.23] And they offer him wine mixed with myrrh: but he didn’t take it.
[MAR.15.24] And they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, what each should take.
[MAR.15.25] And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
[MAR.15.26] And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[MAR.15.27] And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.
[MAR.15.28] And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And he was numbered with transgressors.
[MAR.15.29] And those passing by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying, Aha! you who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
[MAR.15.30] save yourself, and come down from the cross.
[MAR.15.31] In the same way also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
[MAR.15.32] Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And those who were crucified with him reproached him.
[MAR.15.33] And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
[MAR.15.34] And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
[MAR.15.35] And some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, Look, he calls Elijah.
[MAR.15.36] And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let him be; let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down.
[MAR.15.37] And Jesus uttered a loud voice, and breathed his last.
[MAR.15.38] And the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.
[MAR.15.39] And when the centurion, who stood across from him, saw that he so breathed his last, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
[MAR.15.40] And there were also women watching from afar: among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
[MAR.15.41] who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
[MAR.15.42] And when evening had now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
[MAR.15.43] Joseph of Arimathaea, a respectable counselor, who also himself was looking for the kingdom of God, came; and he took courage, and went in to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
[MAR.15.44] And Pilate marveled if he was already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
[MAR.15.45] And when he learned it from the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
[MAR.15.46] And he bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, he wrapped him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
[MAR.15.47] And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses watched where he was laid.
[MAR.16.1] And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, brought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
[MAR.16.2] And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun had risen.
[MAR.16.3] And they were saying among themselves, Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?
[MAR.16.4] And looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was very large.
[MAR.16.5] And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were amazed.
[MAR.16.6] And he says to them, Do not be amazed: you seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified: he has risen; he is not here: see the place where they laid him!
[MAR.16.7] But go, tell his disciples and Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, just as he said to you.
[MAR.16.8] And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them: and they said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.
[MAR.16.9] Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
[MAR.16.10] She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
[MAR.16.11] And they, when they heard that he was alive, and had been seen by her, disbelieved.
[MAR.16.12] And after these things he was revealed in another form to two of them, as they walked, on their way into the country.
[MAR.16.13] And they went away and told it to the rest: neither did they believe them.
[MAR.16.14] And afterward he was revealed to the eleven themselves as they sat at food; and he reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
[MAR.16.15] And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
[MAR.16.16] He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
[MAR.16.17] And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
[MAR.16.18] they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.
[MAR.16.19] So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
[MAR.16.20] And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
[LUK.1.1] Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
[LUK.1.2] even as they delivered them to us, who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
[LUK.1.3] it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
[LUK.1.4] that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
[LUK.1.5] There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
[LUK.1.6] And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
[LUK.1.7] And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were advanced in years.
[LUK.1.8] Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,
[LUK.1.9] according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
[LUK.1.10] And the whole crowd of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
[LUK.1.11] And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
[LUK.1.12] And Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
[LUK.1.13] But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zacharias: because your supplication is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.
[LUK.1.14] And you will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.
[LUK.1.15] For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will not drink wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
[LUK.1.16] And many of the children of Israel will he turn to the Lord their God.
[LUK.1.17] And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.
[LUK.1.18] And Zacharias said to the angel, How will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her years.
[LUK.1.19] And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
[LUK.1.20] And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their season.
[LUK.1.21] And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled while he lingered in the temple.
[LUK.1.22] And when he came out, he could not speak to them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: and he continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
[LUK.1.23] And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
[LUK.1.24] And after these days Elizabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,
[LUK.1.25] Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among people.
[LUK.1.26] Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
[LUK.1.27] to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
[LUK.1.28] And he came in to her, and said, Hail, favored one, the Lord is with you.
[LUK.1.29] But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and pondered in her mind what kind of greeting this might be.
[LUK.1.30] And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary: for you have found favor with God.
[LUK.1.31] And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and will call his name Jesus.
[LUK.1.32] He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David:
[LUK.1.33] and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.
[LUK.1.34] And Mary said to the angel, How will this be, since I know not a man?
[LUK.1.35] And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you: therefore also the holy thing which is born will be called the Son of God.
[LUK.1.36] And behold, Elizabeth your relative, she also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
[LUK.1.37] For nothing will be impossible with God.
[LUK.1.38] And Mary said, Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her.
[LUK.1.39] And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;
[LUK.1.40] and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
[LUK.1.41] And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;
[LUK.1.42] and she lifted her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
[LUK.1.43] And how has this come to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
[LUK.1.44] For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.
[LUK.1.45] And blessed is she who believed; for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.
[LUK.1.46] And Mary said, My soul exalts the Lord,
[LUK.1.47] and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
[LUK.1.48] For he has looked upon the low estate of his servant: for behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed.
[LUK.1.49] For he who is mighty has done to me great things; and holy is his name.
[LUK.1.50] And his mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear him.
[LUK.1.51] He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
[LUK.1.52] He has put down rulers from their thrones, and has exalted those of low degree.
[LUK.1.53] The hungry he has filled with good things; and the rich he has sent away empty.
[LUK.1.54] He has helped Israel his servant, that he might remember mercy
[LUK.1.55] (as he spoke to our fathers) toward Abraham and his descendants forever.
[LUK.1.56] And Mary stayed with her about three months, and returned to her house.
[LUK.1.57] Now Elizabeth's full time came that she should deliver; and she gave birth to a son.
[LUK.1.58] And her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her.
[LUK.1.59] And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
[LUK.1.60] And his mother answered and said, No; but he will be called John.
[LUK.1.61] And they said to her, There is none of your relatives that is called by this name.
[LUK.1.62] And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
[LUK.1.63] And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled.
[LUK.1.64] And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
[LUK.1.65] And fear came on all that lived around them: and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
[LUK.1.66] And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
[LUK.1.67] And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
[LUK.1.68] Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; For he has visited and performed redemption for his people,
[LUK.1.69] and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
[LUK.1.70] (as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
[LUK.1.71] salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
[LUK.1.72] to show mercy toward our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
[LUK.1.73] the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
[LUK.1.74] to grant to us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies should serve him without fear,
[LUK.1.75] in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
[LUK.1.76] Yes and you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High: for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
[LUK.1.77] to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the remission of their sins,
[LUK.1.78] because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,
[LUK.1.79] to shine on those that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.
[LUK.1.80] And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing to Israel.
[LUK.2.1] Now it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.
[LUK.2.2] This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
[LUK.2.3] All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
[LUK.2.4] Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;
[LUK.2.5] to enroll himself with Mary, who was engaged to him, being great with child.
[LUK.2.6] While they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should give birth.
[LUK.2.7] She gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
[LUK.2.8] There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
[LUK.2.9] An angel of Jehovah stood by them, and the glory of Jehovah shone around them: and they were very afraid.
[LUK.2.10] The angel said to them, Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:
[LUK.2.11] for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
[LUK.2.12] This is the sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.
[LUK.2.13] Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,
[LUK.2.14] Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men in whom he is pleased.
[LUK.2.15] It came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
[LUK.2.16] They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.
[LUK.2.17] When they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
[LUK.2.18] All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
[LUK.2.19] But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
[LUK.2.20] The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told to them.
[LUK.2.21] When eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus, which was so named by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
[LUK.2.22] When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord
[LUK.2.23] (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),
[LUK.2.24] and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
[LUK.2.25] Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
[LUK.2.26] It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
[LUK.2.27] He came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
[LUK.2.28] then he took him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
[LUK.2.29] Now let your servant depart, Lord, According to your word, in peace;
[LUK.2.30] For my eyes have seen your salvation,
[LUK.2.31] Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
[LUK.2.32] A light for revelation to the nations, And the glory of your people Israel.
[LUK.2.33] His father and his mother were marveling at the things which were said concerning him;
[LUK.2.34] and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
[LUK.2.35] yes and a sword shall pierce through your own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.
[LUK.2.36] There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
[LUK.2.37] and she had been a widow even to eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and supplications night and day.
[LUK.2.38] Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
[LUK.2.39] When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
[LUK.2.40] The child grew, and became strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
[LUK.2.41] His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
[LUK.2.42] When he was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the feast;
[LUK.2.43] when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem; his parents didn't know it;
[LUK.2.44] but supposing him to be in the group, they went a day's journey; and they sought for him among their relatives and acquaintances;
[LUK.2.45] when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking diligently for him.
[LUK.2.46] It came to pass, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions:
[LUK.2.47] all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
[LUK.2.48] When they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said to him, Son, why have you dealt with us this way? Behold, your father and I were seeking you anxiously.
[LUK.2.49] He said to them, Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?
[LUK.2.50] They didn't understand the saying which he spoke to them.
[LUK.2.51] He went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject to them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
[LUK.2.52] Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
[LUK.3.1] Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
[LUK.3.2] in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
[LUK.3.3] And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
[LUK.3.4] as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
[LUK.3.5] Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
[LUK.3.6] And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
[LUK.3.7] He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized by him, You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
[LUK.3.8] Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
[LUK.3.9] And even now the ax also lies at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
[LUK.3.10] And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we do?
[LUK.3.11] And he answered and said to them, He that has two coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
[LUK.3.12] And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?
[LUK.3.13] And he said to them, Collect no more than that which is appointed you.
[LUK.3.14] And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what shall we do? And he said to them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully; and be content with your wages.
[LUK.3.15] And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ;
[LUK.3.16] John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there comes he that is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
[LUK.3.17] whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
[LUK.3.18] With many other exhortations therefore he preached good tidings to the people;
[LUK.3.19] but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
[LUK.3.20] added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
[LUK.3.21] Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized and praying, the heaven was opened,
[LUK.3.22] and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.
[LUK.3.23] And Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Eli,
[LUK.3.24] the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
[LUK.3.25] the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
[LUK.3.26] the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
[LUK.3.27] the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
[LUK.3.28] the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
[LUK.3.29] the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
[LUK.3.30] the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
[LUK.3.31] the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
[LUK.3.32] the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
[LUK.3.33] the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
[LUK.3.34] the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
[LUK.3.35] the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
[LUK.3.36] the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
[LUK.3.37] the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
[LUK.3.38] the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
[LUK.4.1] And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness
[LUK.4.2] for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he was hungry.
[LUK.4.3] And the devil said to him, If you are the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread.
[LUK.4.4] And Jesus answered him, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone.
[LUK.4.5] And he led him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
[LUK.4.6] And the devil said to him, To you will I give all this authority, and the glory of them: for it has been delivered to me; and to whomever I will I give it.
[LUK.4.7] If you therefore will worship me, it will all be yours.
[LUK.4.8] And Jesus answered and said to him, It is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.
[LUK.4.9] And he led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here:
[LUK.4.10] for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, to guard you:
[LUK.4.11] and, On their hands they shall bear you up, lest perhaps you dash your foot against a stone.
[LUK.4.12] And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not test the Lord your God.
[LUK.4.13] And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season.
[LUK.4.14] And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee: and a report went out concerning him through all the surrounding area.
[LUK.4.15] And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
[LUK.4.16] And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
[LUK.4.17] And there was given to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
[LUK.4.18] The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: he has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
[LUK.4.19] to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
[LUK.4.20] And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
[LUK.4.21] And he began to say to them, Today has this scripture been fulfilled in your hearing.
[LUK.4.22] And all spoke well of him, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
[LUK.4.23] And he said to them, Doubtless you will say to me this parable, Physician, heal yourself: what we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your own country.
[LUK.4.24] And he said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
[LUK.4.25] But truly I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
[LUK.4.26] and to none of them was Elijah sent, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
[LUK.4.27] And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
[LUK.4.28] And they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
[LUK.4.29] and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill where their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.
[LUK.4.30] But he passing through the midst of them went his way.
[LUK.4.31] And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath day:
[LUK.4.32] and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
[LUK.4.33] And in the synagogue there was a man, who had a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice,
[LUK.4.34] Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.
[LUK.4.35] And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
[LUK.4.36] And amazement came upon all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, What is this word? for with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.
[LUK.4.37] And there went forth a rumor concerning him into every place of the surrounding region.
[LUK.4.38] And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
[LUK.4.39] And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she rose up and ministered to them.
[LUK.4.40] And when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with varied diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
[LUK.4.41] And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God. But he rebuked them, and did not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
[LUK.4.42] And when it was day, he came out and went into a deserted place: and the crowds sought him, and came to him, and would have kept him away, that he should not go from them.
[LUK.4.43] But he said to them, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also: for I was sent for this purpose.
[LUK.4.44] And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
[LUK.5.1] Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he stood by the lake of Gennesaret;
[LUK.5.2] and he saw two boats standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
[LUK.5.3] And he entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
[LUK.5.4] And when he had stopped speaking, he said to Simon, Push out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.
[LUK.5.5] And Simon answered and said, Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets.
[LUK.5.6] And when they had done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fish; and their nets were breaking;
[LUK.5.7] and they signaled to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
[LUK.5.8] But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
[LUK.5.9] For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the catch of the fish which they had taken;
[LUK.5.10] and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch people.
[LUK.5.11] And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
[LUK.5.12] And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, look, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.
[LUK.5.13] And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, I am willing; be clean. And immediately the leprosy left him.
[LUK.5.14] And he ordered him to tell no one: but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
[LUK.5.15] But so much the more the report went abroad concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their diseases.
[LUK.5.16] But he withdrew himself into the deserts, and prayed.
[LUK.5.17] And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
[LUK.5.18] And look, men brought on a bed a man that was paralyzed: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
[LUK.5.19] And not finding how they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his bed into the midst before Jesus.
[LUK.5.20] And seeing their faith, he said, Man, your sins are forgiven.
[LUK.5.21] And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
[LUK.5.22] But Jesus perceiving their thoughts, answered and said to them, Why do you reason in your hearts?
[LUK.5.23] Which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Rise and walk?
[LUK.5.24] But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (he said to him that was paralyzed), I say to you, Arise, and take up your bed, and go to your house.
[LUK.5.25] And immediately he rose up before them, and took up what he lay on, and went to his house, glorifying God.
[LUK.5.26] And amazement took hold of all, and they glorified God; and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.
[LUK.5.27] And after these things he went out, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of tax, and said to him, Follow me.
[LUK.5.28] And he left everything, and rose up and followed him.
[LUK.5.29] And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great crowd of publicans and of others that were reclining with them.
[LUK.5.30] And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?
[LUK.5.31] And Jesus answered and said to them, Those who are well need not a physician; but those who are sick.
[LUK.5.32] I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
[LUK.5.33] And they said to him, The disciples of John fast often, and offer prayers; and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but yours eat and drink.
[LUK.5.34] And Jesus said to them, Can you make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?
[LUK.5.35] But the days will come; and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.
[LUK.5.36] And he spoke also a parable to them: No man tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.
[LUK.5.37] And no man puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will perish.
[LUK.5.38] But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
[LUK.5.39] And no man having drunk old wine desires new; for he says, The old is good.
[LUK.6.1] Now it happened on a sabbath, that he was going through the grainfields; and his disciples plucked the ears, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.
[LUK.6.2] But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?
[LUK.6.3] And Jesus answering them said, Have you not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;
[LUK.6.4] how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the showbread, and gave also to those who were with him; which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?
[LUK.6.5] And he said to them, The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
[LUK.6.6] And it happened on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
[LUK.6.7] And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.
[LUK.6.8] But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had his hand withered, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
[LUK.6.9] And Jesus said to them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it?
[LUK.6.10] And he looked around on them all, and said to him, Stretch forth your hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored.
[LUK.6.11] But they were filled with anger; and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
[LUK.6.12] And it happened in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
[LUK.6.13] And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:
[LUK.6.14] Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,
[LUK.6.15] and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,
[LUK.6.16] and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor;
[LUK.6.17] and he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
[LUK.6.18] and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.
[LUK.6.19] And all the multitude sought to touch him; for power came forth from him, and healed them all.
[LUK.6.20] And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
[LUK.6.21] Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.
[LUK.6.22] Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
[LUK.6.23] Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same way did their fathers to the prophets.
[LUK.6.24] But woe to you that are rich! for you have received your consolation.
[LUK.6.25] Woe to you, you that are full now! for you shall hunger. Woe to you, you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.
[LUK.6.26] Woe, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same way did their fathers to the false prophets.
[LUK.6.27] But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
[LUK.6.28] bless those who curse you, pray for those who despitefully use you.
[LUK.6.29] To him that strikes you on the one cheek, offer also the other; and from him that takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.
[LUK.6.30] Give to every one that asks you; and of him that takes away your goods do not ask for them again.
[LUK.6.31] And as you would that men should do to you, do also to them likewise.
[LUK.6.32] And if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? for even sinners love those that love them.
[LUK.6.33] And if you do good to those that do good to you, what thanks do you have? for even sinners do the same.
[LUK.6.34] And if you lend to those of whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
[LUK.6.35] But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
[LUK.6.36] Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
[LUK.6.37] And judge not, and you shall not be judged: and condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: release, and you shall be released:
[LUK.6.38] give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure you measure it shall be measured to you again.
[LUK.6.39] And he spoke also a parable to them: Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?
[LUK.6.40] The disciple is not above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher.
[LUK.6.41] And why do you behold the speck that is in your brother's eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye?
[LUK.6.42] Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me cast out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to cast out the speck that is in your brother's eye.
[LUK.6.43] For there is no good tree that brings forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that brings forth good fruit.
[LUK.6.44] For each tree is known by its own fruit. For from thorns men do not gather figs, nor from a bramble bush gather they grapes.
[LUK.6.45] The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
[LUK.6.46] And why call me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
[LUK.6.47] Every one that comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like:
[LUK.6.48] he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well built.
[LUK.6.49] But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.
[LUK.7.1] After he had completed all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
[LUK.7.2] A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
[LUK.7.3] When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.
[LUK.7.4] When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, He is worthy for you to do this for him;
[LUK.7.5] for he loves our nation, and he built us our synagogue.
[LUK.7.6] Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, Lord, do not trouble yourself; for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof:
[LUK.7.7] therefore I did not even think myself worthy to come to you: but say a word, and my servant will be healed.
[LUK.7.8] For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself: and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
[LUK.7.9] When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that followed him, I say to you, I haven't found such great faith, no, not in Israel.
[LUK.7.10] They that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole.
[LUK.7.11] It came to pass afterward, that he went to a city called Nain; and his disciples went with him, and a large crowd.
[LUK.7.12] Now when he came near to the gate of the city, a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and many people of the city were with her.
[LUK.7.13] When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Do not weep.
[LUK.7.14] He came near and touched the bier: and they that carried it stood still. He said, Young man, I say to you, arise.
[LUK.7.15] He that was dead sat up, and began to speak. He gave him to his mother.
[LUK.7.16] Fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has arisen among us: and, God has visited his people.
[LUK.7.17] This report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judea, and all the surrounding region.
[LUK.7.18] The disciples of John told him of all these things.
[LUK.7.19] John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Are you he that comes, or do we look for another?
[LUK.7.20] When the men had come to him, they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he that comes, or do we look for another?
[LUK.7.21] In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and on many that were blind he bestowed sight.
[LUK.7.22] He answered and said to them, Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleaned, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.
[LUK.7.23] Blessed is he who finds no occasion of stumbling in me.
[LUK.7.24] When the messengers of John departed, he began to say to the crowds concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
[LUK.7.25] But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, they that are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' palaces.
[LUK.7.26] But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.
[LUK.7.27] This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, Who will prepare your way before you.
[LUK.7.28] I say to you, Among those who are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
[LUK.7.29] All the people when they heard, and the tax collectors, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
[LUK.7.30] But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him.
[LUK.7.31] To what then shall I liken the people of this generation, and to what are they like?
[LUK.7.32] They are like children that sit in the marketplace, and call to one another; who say, We piped to you, and you did not dance; we mourned, and you did not weep.
[LUK.7.33] For John the Baptist has come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He has a demon.
[LUK.7.34] The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and you say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!
[LUK.7.35] Wisdom is justified by all her children.
[LUK.7.36] One of the Pharisees desired him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat.
[LUK.7.37] Behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; when she knew that he was sitting at food in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
[LUK.7.38] standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
[LUK.7.39] Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said within himself, If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what manner of woman this is who touches him, for she is a sinner.
[LUK.7.40] Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. He said, Teacher, say on.
[LUK.7.41] A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
[LUK.7.42] When they had nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?
[LUK.7.43] Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave most. He said to him, You have rightly judged.
[LUK.7.44] Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.
[LUK.7.45] You gave me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
[LUK.7.46] You did not anoint my head with oil: but she has anointed my feet with perfume.
[LUK.7.47] Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.
[LUK.7.48] He said to her, Your sins are forgiven.
[LUK.7.49] They that sat at food with him began to say among themselves, Who is this that even forgives sins?
[LUK.7.50] He said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
[LUK.8.1] And it came to pass soon afterward, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve,
[LUK.8.2] and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary that was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
[LUK.8.3] and Joanna the wife of Chuzas Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them from their possessions.
[LUK.8.4] And when a great crowd came together, and they of every city resorted to him, he spoke by a parable:
[LUK.8.5] The sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the road; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
[LUK.8.6] And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
[LUK.8.7] And other fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
[LUK.8.8] And other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
[LUK.8.9] And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.
[LUK.8.10] And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
[LUK.8.11] Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
[LUK.8.12] And those by the road are they that have heard; then comes the devil, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
[LUK.8.13] And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
[LUK.8.14] And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
[LUK.8.15] And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
[LUK.8.16] And no man, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that they who enter in may see the light.
[LUK.8.17] For nothing is hidden, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.
[LUK.8.18] Take heed therefore how you hear: for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever does not have, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.
[LUK.8.19] And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.
[LUK.8.20] And it was told him, Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you.
[LUK.8.21] But he answered and said to them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.
[LUK.8.22] Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the lake: and they launched forth.
[LUK.8.23] But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy.
[LUK.8.24] And they came to him and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. And he awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
[LUK.8.25] And he said to them, Where is your faith? And being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?
[LUK.8.26] And they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is over against Galilee.
[LUK.8.27] And when he came forth on the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and did not live in any house, but in the tombs.
[LUK.8.28] And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.
[LUK.8.29] For he commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For often he had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the deserts.
[LUK.8.30] And Jesus asked him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for many demons had entered into him.
[LUK.8.31] And they begged him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.
[LUK.8.32] Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain: and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into them. And he allowed them.
[LUK.8.33] And the demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were drowned.
[LUK.8.34] And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
[LUK.8.35] And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.
[LUK.8.36] And they that saw it told them how he that was possessed with demons was made whole.
[LUK.8.37] And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes round about asked him to depart from them; for they were held with great fear: and he entered into a boat, and returned.
[LUK.8.38] But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying,
[LUK.8.39] Return to your house, and declare how great things God has done for you. And he went his way, publishing throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.
[LUK.8.40] And as Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him; for they were all waiting for him.
[LUK.8.41] And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and begged him to come into his house;
[LUK.8.42] for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay dying. But as he went the crowds pressed against him.
[LUK.8.43] And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed of any,
[LUK.8.44] came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately the issue of her blood stanched.
[LUK.8.45] And Jesus said, Who is it that touched me? And when all denied, Peter said, and they that were with him, Master, the multitudes press you and crush you.
[LUK.8.46] But Jesus said, Someone did touch me; for I perceived that power has gone forth from me.
[LUK.8.47] And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people the reason she touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
[LUK.8.48] And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace.
[LUK.8.49] While he yet spoke, there came one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead; trouble not the Teacher.
[LUK.8.50] But Jesus hearing it, answered him, Fear not: only believe, and she shall be made whole.
[LUK.8.51] And when he came to the house, he allowed no man to enter in with him, except Peter, and John, and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.
[LUK.8.52] And all were weeping, and bewailing her: but he said, Weep not; for she is not dead, but sleeps.
[LUK.8.53] And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
[LUK.8.54] But he, taking her by the hand, called, saying, Child, arise.
[LUK.8.55] And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that something be given her to eat.
[LUK.8.56] And her parents were amazed: but he charged them to tell no man what had been done.
[LUK.9.1] And he called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
[LUK.9.2] And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
[LUK.9.3] And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats.
[LUK.9.4] And into whatever house you enter, there stay, and from there depart.
[LUK.9.5] And as many as do not receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
[LUK.9.6] And they departed, and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news, and healing everywhere.
[LUK.9.7] Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was perplexed, because it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;
[LUK.9.8] and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
[LUK.9.9] And Herod said, John I beheaded: but who is this, about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
[LUK.9.10] And the apostles, when they had returned, declared to him what things they had done. And he took them, and withdrew apart to a city called Bethsaida.
[LUK.9.11] But the crowds, perceiving it, followed him: and he welcomed them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and those who needed healing he cured.
[LUK.9.12] And the day began to decline; and the twelve came, and said to him, Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside, and lodge, and get provisions: for we are here in a deserted place.
[LUK.9.13] But he said to them, You give them something to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish; unless we should go and buy food for all this people.
[LUK.9.14] For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.
[LUK.9.15] And they did so, and made them all sit down.
[LUK.9.16] And he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave to the disciples to set before the crowd.
[LUK.9.17] And they ate, and were all filled: and there was taken up that which remained over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.
[LUK.9.18] And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Who do the crowds say that I am?
[LUK.9.19] And they answering said, John the Baptist; but others say, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
[LUK.9.20] And he said to them, But who do you say that I am? And Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
[LUK.9.21] But he charged them, and commanded them to tell this to no one;
[LUK.9.22] saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
[LUK.9.23] And he said to all, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
[LUK.9.24] For whoever would save his life will lose it; but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
[LUK.9.25] For what does it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
[LUK.9.26] For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in his own glory, and the Father's, and of the holy angels.
[LUK.9.27] But I tell you truthfully, there are some standing here, who will not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
[LUK.9.28] And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.
[LUK.9.29] And as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.
[LUK.9.30] And behold, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elijah;
[LUK.9.31] who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
[LUK.9.32] Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep: but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.
[LUK.9.33] And it came to pass, as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: not knowing what he said.
[LUK.9.34] And while he said these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
[LUK.9.35] And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Son, my chosen: listen to him.
[LUK.9.36] And when the voice came, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
[LUK.9.37] And it came to pass, on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
[LUK.9.38] And behold, a man from the crowd cried, saying, Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son; for he is my only child:
[LUK.9.39] and behold, a spirit takes him, and he suddenly cries out; and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him sorely.
[LUK.9.40] And I begged your disciples to cast it out; and they could not.
[LUK.9.41] And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you, and bear with you? Bring your son here.
[LUK.9.42] And as he was coming, the demon tore him and convulsed him grievously. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
[LUK.9.43] And they were all amazed at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,
[LUK.9.44] Let these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man will be delivered up into the hands of men.
[LUK.9.45] But they understood not this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they should not perceive it: and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
[LUK.9.46] And there arose a reasoning among them, which of them was the greatest.
[LUK.9.47] But when Jesus saw the reasoning of their heart, he took a little child, and set him by his side,
[LUK.9.48] and said to them, Whoever will receive this little child in my name receives me: and whoever receives me receives him who sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same is great.
[LUK.9.49] And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.
[LUK.9.50] But Jesus said to him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against you is for you.
[LUK.9.51] And it came to pass, when the days were close for him to be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
[LUK.9.52] and sent messengers ahead of him: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
[LUK.9.53] And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.
[LUK.9.54] And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them?
[LUK.9.55] But he turned, and rebuked them.
[LUK.9.56] And they went to another village.
[LUK.9.57] And as they went on the way, a certain man said to him, I will follow you wherever you go.
[LUK.9.58] And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.
[LUK.9.59] And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.
[LUK.9.60] But he said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go and proclaim the kingdom of God.
[LUK.9.61] And another also said, I will follow you, Lord; but first allow me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.
[LUK.9.62] But Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
[LUK.10.1] Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two before him into every city and place, where he himself was about to come.
[LUK.10.2] And he said to them, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few: pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.
[LUK.10.3] Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
[LUK.10.4] Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.
[LUK.10.5] And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
[LUK.10.6] And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall return to you.
[LUK.10.7] And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.
[LUK.10.8] And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
[LUK.10.9] and heal the sick that are there, and say to them, The kingdom of God has come near to you.
[LUK.10.10] But into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
[LUK.10.11] Even the dust from your city, that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.
[LUK.10.12] I say to you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
[LUK.10.13] Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
[LUK.10.14] But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.
[LUK.10.15] And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to heaven? you shall be brought down to Hades.
[LUK.10.16] The one that hears you hears me; and the one that rejects you rejects me; and the one that rejects me rejects the one that sent me.
[LUK.10.17] And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name.
[LUK.10.18] And he said to them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
[LUK.10.19] Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any way hurt you.
[LUK.10.20] Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
[LUK.10.21] In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I praise you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you did hide these things from the wise and understanding, and did reveal them to babes: yes, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.
[LUK.10.22] All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is, except the Father; and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
[LUK.10.23] And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see:
[LUK.10.24] for I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which you hear, and heard them not.
[LUK.10.25] And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
[LUK.10.26] And he said to him, What is written in the law? how do you read it?
[LUK.10.27] And he answered and said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
[LUK.10.28] And he said to him, You have answered correctly: do this, and you shall live.
[LUK.10.29] But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
[LUK.10.30] Jesus made an answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
[LUK.10.31] And by coincidence a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
[LUK.10.32] And in the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
[LUK.10.33] But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion,
[LUK.10.34] and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
[LUK.10.35] And on the next day he took out two denarii, and gave them to the innkeeper, and said, Take care of him; and whatever you spend more, on my return I will repay you.
[LUK.10.36] Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to him that fell among the robbers?
[LUK.10.37] And he said, The one that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do likewise.
[LUK.10.38] Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
[LUK.10.39] And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word.
[LUK.10.40] But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? tell her therefore to help me.
[LUK.10.41] But the Lord answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things:
[LUK.10.42] but one thing is necessary: for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
[LUK.11.1] And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
[LUK.11.2] And he said to them, When you pray, say, Father, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.
[LUK.11.3] Give us day by day our daily bread.
[LUK.11.4] And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.
[LUK.11.5] And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
[LUK.11.6] for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;
[LUK.11.7] and he from within shall answer and say, Do not bother me: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you?
[LUK.11.8] I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
[LUK.11.9] And I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
[LUK.11.10] For everyone that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.
[LUK.11.11] And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?
[LUK.11.12] Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
[LUK.11.13] If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
[LUK.11.14] And he was casting out a demon that was mute. And it came to pass, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds marveled.
[LUK.11.15] But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casts he out demons.
[LUK.11.16] And others, testing him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
[LUK.11.17] But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falls.
[LUK.11.18] And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.
[LUK.11.19] And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
[LUK.11.20] But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
[LUK.11.21] When the strong man fully armed guards his own court, his goods are in peace:
[LUK.11.22] but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he takes from him his whole armor where he trusted, and divides his spoils.
[LUK.11.23] He that is not with me is against me; and he that does not gather with me scatters.
[LUK.11.24] The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, I will return to my house where I came out.
[LUK.11.25] And when he has come, he finds it swept and put in order.
[LUK.11.26] Then goes he, and takes to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
[LUK.11.27] And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which you have sucked.
[LUK.11.28] But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
[LUK.11.29] And when the crowds were gathering together to him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah.
[LUK.11.30] For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
[LUK.11.31] The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
[LUK.11.32] The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
[LUK.11.33] No man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they that enter in may see the light.
[LUK.11.34] The lamp of your body is your eye: when your eye is sound, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
[LUK.11.35] Look therefore whether the light that is in you is not darkness.
[LUK.11.36] If your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.
[LUK.11.37] Now as he spoke, a Pharisee asks him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
[LUK.11.38] And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.
[LUK.11.39] And the Lord said to him, Now do you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
[LUK.11.40] You foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
[LUK.11.41] But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean to you.
[LUK.11.42] But woe to you Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
[LUK.11.43] Woe to you Pharisees! for you love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
[LUK.11.44] Woe to you! for you are as the tombs which do not appear, and the men that walk over them know it not.
[LUK.11.45] And one of the lawyers answered and said to him, Teacher, in saying this you reproach us also.
[LUK.11.46] And he said, Woe to you lawyers also! for you load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
[LUK.11.47] Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
[LUK.11.48] So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
[LUK.11.49] Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute;
[LUK.11.50] that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
[LUK.11.51] from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
[LUK.11.52] Woe to you lawyers! for you took away the key of knowledge: you did not enter in yourselves, and them that were entering in you hindered.
[LUK.11.53] And when he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak many things;
[LUK.11.54] laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.
[LUK.12.1] In the meantime, when the crowd gathered together in thousands, so that they stomped on one another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
[LUK.12.2] But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed; and hidden, that will not be known.
[LUK.12.3] Therefore, whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
[LUK.12.4] And I say to you my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
[LUK.12.5] But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say, fear him.
[LUK.12.6] Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
[LUK.12.7] But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear: you are of more value than many sparrows.
[LUK.12.8] And I say to you, Everyone who confesses me before humans, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
[LUK.12.9] but he who denies me in the presence of humans will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
[LUK.12.10] And every one who speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him: but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven.
[LUK.12.11] And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say:
[LUK.12.12] for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.
[LUK.12.13] And one out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
[LUK.12.14] But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
[LUK.12.15] And he said to them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for not in abundance is a person's life made secure from possessions.
[LUK.12.16] And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
[LUK.12.17] and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere to store my crops?
[LUK.12.18] And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there will I store all my grain and my goods.
[LUK.12.19] And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
[LUK.12.20] But God said to him, Foolish one, this night your soul will be required of you; and the things which you have prepared, whose will they be?
[LUK.12.21] So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
[LUK.12.22] And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on.
[LUK.12.23] For the life is more than food, and the body than clothing.
[LUK.12.24] Consider the ravens, that they do not sow nor reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feeds them: how much of more value are you than the birds!
[LUK.12.25] And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his life span?
[LUK.12.26] If then you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you anxious concerning the rest?
[LUK.12.27] Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil, neither do they spin; yet I say to you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
[LUK.12.28] But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
[LUK.12.29] And do not seek what you shall eat, and what you shall drink, neither be of doubtful mind.
[LUK.12.30] For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knows that you need these things.
[LUK.12.31] Yet seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
[LUK.12.32] Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
[LUK.12.33] Sell what you have, and give alms; make for yourselves wallets that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief comes near, neither moth destroys.
[LUK.12.34] For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.
[LUK.12.35] Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
[LUK.12.36] and be yourselves like men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
[LUK.12.37] Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to eat, and shall come and serve them.
[LUK.12.38] And if he shall come in the second watch, or the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
[LUK.12.39] But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
[LUK.12.40] You also be ready: for in an hour that you do not expect, the Son of man comes.
[LUK.12.41] And Peter said, Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or to everyone?
[LUK.12.42] And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
[LUK.12.43] Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.
[LUK.12.44] Truly I say to you, that he will set him over all that he has.
[LUK.12.45] But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
[LUK.12.46] the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he does not expect, and in an hour when he does not know, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
[LUK.12.47] And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not make ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
[LUK.12.48] but he who did not know, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
[LUK.12.49] I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
[LUK.12.50] But I have a baptism to undergo; and how am I constrained till it be accomplished!
[LUK.12.51] Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, No; but rather division:
[LUK.12.52] for from now on there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
[LUK.12.53] They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
[LUK.12.54] And he said also to the crowds, When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, A shower comes; and so it happens.
[LUK.12.55] And when a south wind blows, you say, There will be a scorching heat; and it happens.
[LUK.12.56] You hypocrites, you know how to interpret the face of the earth and the sky; but how is it that you do not know how to interpret this time?
[LUK.12.57] And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
[LUK.12.58] For as you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, on the way make an effort to be rid of him; lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge shall deliver you to the officer, and the officer shall cast you into prison.
[LUK.12.59] I say to you, You shall in no way come out from there, till you have paid the very last penny.
[LUK.13.1] Now there were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
[LUK.13.2] And he answered and said to them, Do you think that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they have suffered these things?
[LUK.13.3] I tell you, No: but, unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
[LUK.13.4] Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, do you think that they were offenders above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
[LUK.13.5] I tell you, No: but, unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
[LUK.13.6] And he spoke this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
[LUK.13.7] And he said to the gardener, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground?
[LUK.13.8] And he answering said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I shall dig around it, and manure it:
[LUK.13.9] and if it bears fruit next year, well: but if not, you shall cut it down.
[LUK.13.10] And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
[LUK.13.11] And behold, a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years; and she was bent double, and could in no way lift herself up.
[LUK.13.12] And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said to her, Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.
[LUK.13.13] And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
[LUK.13.14] And the ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd, There are six days on which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.
[LUK.13.15] But the Lord answered him, and said, You hypocrites, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead him away to water it?
[LUK.13.16] And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, these eighteen years, to have been loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?
[LUK.13.17] And as he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame: and all the crowd rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
[LUK.13.18] He said therefore, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?
[LUK.13.19] It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.
[LUK.13.20] And again he said, To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?
[LUK.13.21] It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.
[LUK.13.22] And he went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and journeying on to Jerusalem.
[LUK.13.23] And someone said to him, Lord, are there few that are saved? And he said to them,
[LUK.13.24] Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
[LUK.13.25] When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he will answer and say to you, I do not know you where you are from;
[LUK.13.26] then shall you begin to say, We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets;
[LUK.13.27] and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you where you are from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.
[LUK.13.28] There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast out.
[LUK.13.29] And they will come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and will sit down in the kingdom of God.
[LUK.13.30] And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.
[LUK.13.31] In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get out, and go hence: for Herod wants to kill you.
[LUK.13.32] And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am perfected.
[LUK.13.33] Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
[LUK.13.34] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you would not!
[LUK.13.35] Behold, your house is left to you desolate: and I say to you, You will not see me, until you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
[LUK.14.1] And it happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him closely.
[LUK.14.2] And look, there was a certain man in front of him who had dropsy.
[LUK.14.3] And Jesus responded and said to the lawyers and Pharisees, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?
[LUK.14.4] But they kept silent. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.
[LUK.14.5] And he said to them, Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?
[LUK.14.6] And they could not answer back to these things.
[LUK.14.7] And he spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the chief seats, saying to them,
[LUK.14.8] When you are invited by someone to a marriage feast, do not sit down in the chief seat; lest a more honorable man than you be invited by him,
[LUK.14.9] and he who invited both you and him will come and say to you, Give this man place; and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.
[LUK.14.10] But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place; that when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher: then you will have glory in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
[LUK.14.11] For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled; and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
[LUK.14.12] And he also said to him who invited him, When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your siblings, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors; lest they also invite you back, and a repayment be made to you.
[LUK.14.13] But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
[LUK.14.14] and you will be blessed; because they do not have the means to repay you: for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.
[LUK.14.15] And when one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.
[LUK.14.16] But he said to him, A certain man made a great supper; and he invited many:
[LUK.14.17] and he sent out his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come; for all things are now ready.
[LUK.14.18] And they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I need to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused.
[LUK.14.19] And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am on my way to test them out; I beg you, have me excused.
[LUK.14.20] And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
[LUK.14.21] And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and maimed and blind and lame.
[LUK.14.22] And the servant said, Lord, what you commanded is done, and there is still room.
[LUK.14.23] And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
[LUK.14.24] For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited will taste my supper.
[LUK.14.25] Now great multitudes went with him: and he turned, and said to them,
[LUK.14.26] If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and siblings, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
[LUK.14.27] Whoever does not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
[LUK.14.28] For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to finish it?
[LUK.14.29] Lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see begin to ridicule him,
[LUK.14.30] saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
[LUK.14.31] Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
[LUK.14.32] Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation, and asks for conditions of peace.
[LUK.14.33] So therefore whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.
[LUK.14.34] Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned?
[LUK.14.35] It is neither fit for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
[LUK.15.1] Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to hear him.
[LUK.15.2] And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them.
[LUK.15.3] And he spoke this parable to them, saying,
[LUK.15.4] What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
[LUK.15.5] And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
[LUK.15.6] And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
[LUK.15.7] I say to you, that even so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous people, who need no repentance.
[LUK.15.8] Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she loses one piece, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it?
[LUK.15.9] And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost.
[LUK.15.10] Even so, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.
[LUK.15.11] And he said, A certain man had two sons:
[LUK.15.12] and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me. And he divided his living between them.
[LUK.15.13] And not many days later, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his property with reckless living.
[LUK.15.14] And when he had spent everything, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in need.
[LUK.15.15] And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
[LUK.15.16] And he eagerly wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.
[LUK.15.17] But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!
[LUK.15.18] I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight:
[LUK.15.19] I am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me as one of your hired servants.
[LUK.15.20] And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
[LUK.15.21] And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight: I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
[LUK.15.22] But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
[LUK.15.23] and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and be merry:
[LUK.15.24] for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
[LUK.15.25] Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
[LUK.15.26] And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.
[LUK.15.27] And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him safe and sound.
[LUK.15.28] But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.
[LUK.15.29] But he answered and said to his father, Look, these many years do I serve you, and I never broke a commandment of yours: yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
[LUK.15.30] but when this your son came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fattened calf.
[LUK.15.31] And he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
[LUK.15.32] But it was suitable to make merry and be glad: for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
[LUK.16.1] And he also said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a manager; and this manager was accused to him of wasting his goods.
[LUK.16.2] And he called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your management; for you can no longer be manager.
[LUK.16.3] And the manager said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my master takes away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
[LUK.16.4] I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the management, they may receive me into their houses.
[LUK.16.5] And calling to him each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my master?
[LUK.16.6] And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.
[LUK.16.7] Then said he to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.
[LUK.16.8] And his master commended the unrighteous manager because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
[LUK.16.9] And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it will fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.
[LUK.16.10] He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.
[LUK.16.11] If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
[LUK.16.12] And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
[LUK.16.13] No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
[LUK.16.14] And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
[LUK.16.15] And he said to them, You are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
[LUK.16.16] The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man enters violently into it.
[LUK.16.17] But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter of the law to fall.
[LUK.16.18] Everyone that divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and he that marries one that is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
[LUK.16.19] Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day:
[LUK.16.20] and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,
[LUK.16.21] and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table; yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
[LUK.16.22] And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
[LUK.16.23] And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
[LUK.16.24] And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.
[LUK.16.25] But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
[LUK.16.26] And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from here to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.
[LUK.16.27] And he said, I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;
[LUK.16.28] for I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
[LUK.16.29] But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
[LUK.16.30] And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.
[LUK.16.31] And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if someone rise from the dead.
[LUK.17.1] And he said to his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe to him, through whom they come!
[LUK.17.2] It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
[LUK.17.3] Take heed to yourselves: if your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
[LUK.17.4] And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him.
[LUK.17.5] And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.
[LUK.17.6] And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this sycamine tree, Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea; and it would obey you.
[LUK.17.7] But which of you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come immediately and sit down to eat;
[LUK.17.8] and will not rather say to him, Make ready something for my supper, and clothe yourself properly, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunk; and afterward you shall eat and drink?
[LUK.17.9] Does he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?
[LUK.17.10] Even so you also, when you shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unworthy servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.
[LUK.17.11] And it came to pass, as they went to Jerusalem, that he was passing through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
[LUK.17.12] And as he entered into a certain village, ten men that were lepers met him, who stood afar off:
[LUK.17.13] and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
[LUK.17.14] And when he saw them, he said to them, Go and show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.
[LUK.17.15] And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God;
[LUK.17.16] and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
[LUK.17.17] And Jesus answered and said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
[LUK.17.18] Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?
[LUK.17.19] And he said to him, Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole.
[LUK.17.20] And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God came, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation:
[LUK.17.21] neither shall they say, Look here! or, There! for behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
[LUK.17.22] And he said to the disciples, The days will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see it.
[LUK.17.23] And they shall say to you, Look there! Look here! do not go away, nor follow after them:
[LUK.17.24] for as the lightning, when it lightens out of the one part under the heaven, shines to the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.
[LUK.17.25] But first must he suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
[LUK.17.26] And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
[LUK.17.27] They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
[LUK.17.28] Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
[LUK.17.29] but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
[LUK.17.30] after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
[LUK.17.31] In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.
[LUK.17.32] Remember Lot's wife.
[LUK.17.33] Whoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
[LUK.17.34] I say to you, in that night there shall be two men on one bed; one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
[LUK.17.35] There shall be two women grinding together; one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
[LUK.17.36] [This verse is not included in some ancient manuscripts.]
[LUK.17.37] And they answered and said to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together.
[LUK.18.1] And he spoke a parable to them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to lose heart;
[LUK.18.2] saying, In a certain city there was a judge, who did not fear God, and did not regard man:
[LUK.18.3] and there was a widow in that city; and she came often to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
[LUK.18.4] And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man;
[LUK.18.5] yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.
[LUK.18.6] And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
[LUK.18.7] And will not God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, and he is patient with them?
[LUK.18.8] I say to you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
[LUK.18.9] And he spoke also this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nothing:
[LUK.18.10] Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector.
[LUK.18.11] The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself thus: God, I thank you, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
[LUK.18.12] I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
[LUK.18.13] But the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote his chest, saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner.
[LUK.18.14] I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled; but he who humbles himself will be exalted.
[LUK.18.15] And they were bringing to him also their babies, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
[LUK.18.16] But Jesus called them to him, saying, Allow the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them: for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
[LUK.18.17] Truly I say to you, Whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he will in no way enter it.
[LUK.18.18] And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what will I do to inherit eternal life?
[LUK.18.19] And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? None is good, except one, that is, God.
[LUK.18.20] You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.
[LUK.18.21] And he said, All these things have I observed from my youth up.
[LUK.18.22] And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, One thing you lack yet: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
[LUK.18.23] But when he heard these things, he became very sorrowful; for he was very rich.
[LUK.18.24] And Jesus looking at him said, How hardly will they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
[LUK.18.25] For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
[LUK.18.26] And they that heard it said, Then who can be saved?
[LUK.18.27] But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
[LUK.18.28] And Peter said, Look, we have left our own, and followed you.
[LUK.18.29] And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man that has left house, or wife, or siblings, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
[LUK.18.30] who will not receive many times in this time, and in the world to come eternal life.
[LUK.18.31] And he took apart the twelve, and said to them, Look, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets will be accomplished to the Son of man.
[LUK.18.32] For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, and will be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:
[LUK.18.33] and they will scourge and kill him: and the third day he will rise again.
[LUK.18.34] And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not perceive the things that were said.
[LUK.18.35] And it came to pass, as he came near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road begging:
[LUK.18.36] and hearing a multitude go by, he asked what this meant.
[LUK.18.37] And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
[LUK.18.38] And he cried, saying, Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me.
[LUK.18.39] And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out much more, You son of David, have mercy on me.
[LUK.18.40] And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought to him: and when he had come near, he asked him,
[LUK.18.41] What do you want me to do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
[LUK.18.42] And Jesus said to him, Receive your sight; your faith has made you whole.
[LUK.18.43] And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
[LUK.19.1] And he entered and was passing through Jericho.
[LUK.19.2] And a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
[LUK.19.3] And he was trying to see who Jesus was; and could not see because of the crowd, for he was of small stature.
[LUK.19.4] And he ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; because he was to pass that way.
[LUK.19.5] And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, hurry, and come down; for today I must stay at your house.
[LUK.19.6] And he hurried, and came down, and received him joyfully.
[LUK.19.7] And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone in to stay with a man who is a sinner.
[LUK.19.8] And Zacchaeus stood, and said to the Lord, Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully taken anything from anyone, I restore fourfold.
[LUK.19.9] And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
[LUK.19.10] For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
[LUK.19.11] And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.
[LUK.19.12] He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
[LUK.19.13] And he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas, and said to them, Trade with these until I come.
[LUK.19.14] But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
[LUK.19.15] And it happened, when he returned, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.
[LUK.19.16] And the first came, saying, Lord, your mina has made ten minas more.
[LUK.19.17] And he said to him, Well done, good servant: because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.
[LUK.19.18] And the second came, saying, Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.
[LUK.19.19] And he said to this one also, Be over five cities.
[LUK.19.20] And another came, saying, Lord, look, here is your mina, which I kept laid up in a napkin:
[LUK.19.21] For I feared you, because you are a hard man: you take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.
[LUK.19.22] He said to him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I am a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow;
[LUK.19.23] then why did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I should have required it with interest?
[LUK.19.24] And he said to those who stood by, Take away from him the mina, and give it to him who has the ten minas.
[LUK.19.25] And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.
[LUK.19.26] I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; but from him who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away.
[LUK.19.27] But these my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and slay them before me.
[LUK.19.28] And when he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
[LUK.19.29] And it happened, when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,
[LUK.19.30] saying, Go your way into the village opposite; in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat: untie it, and bring it.
[LUK.19.31] And if anyone asks you, Why do you untie it? you will say this: The Lord has need of it.
[LUK.19.32] And those who were sent went away, and found even as he had said to them.
[LUK.19.33] And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, Why do you untie the colt?
[LUK.19.34] And they said, The Lord has need of it.
[LUK.19.35] And they brought it to Jesus: and they threw their garments upon the colt, and set Jesus on it.
[LUK.19.36] And as he went, they spread their garments in the way.
[LUK.19.37] And as he was drawing near, even at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen;
[LUK.19.38] saying, Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
[LUK.19.39] And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples.
[LUK.19.40] And he answered and said, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.
[LUK.19.41] And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
[LUK.19.42] saying, If you had known, in this day, even you, the things which belong to peace! but now they are hidden from your eyes.
[LUK.19.43] For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you, and surround you, and keep you in on every side,
[LUK.19.44] and will dash you to the ground, and your children within you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another; because you did not know the time of your visitation.
[LUK.19.45] And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold,
[LUK.19.46] saying to them, It is written, My house will be a house of prayer: but you have made it a den of robbers.
[LUK.19.47] And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him:
[LUK.19.48] and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung on to hear him.
[LUK.20.1] And it happened on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, there came the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;
[LUK.20.2] and they spoke to him, saying, Tell us: By what authority do you do these things? or who is he that gave you this authority?
[LUK.20.3] And he answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing; and you answer me:
[LUK.20.4] The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?
[LUK.20.5] And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not believe him?
[LUK.20.6] But if we say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
[LUK.20.7] And they answered, that they did not know where it was from.
[LUK.20.8] And Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
[LUK.20.9] And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
[LUK.20.10] And at the season he sent a servant to the farmers, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.
[LUK.20.11] And he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
[LUK.20.12] And he sent yet a third: and him also they wounded, and cast him out.
[LUK.20.13] And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will respect him.
[LUK.20.14] But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
[LUK.20.15] And they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
[LUK.20.16] He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
[LUK.20.17] But he looked at them, and said, What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner?
[LUK.20.18] Every one that falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.
[LUK.20.19] And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spoke this parable against them.
[LUK.20.20] And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.
[LUK.20.21] And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach correctly, and do not accept the person of any, but of a truth teach the way of God:
[LUK.20.22] Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
[LUK.20.23] But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,
[LUK.20.24] Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription does it have? And they said, Caesar's.
[LUK.20.25] And he said to them, Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
[LUK.20.26] And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marveled at his answer and held their peace.
[LUK.20.27] And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection;
[LUK.20.28] and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if a man's brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
[LUK.20.29] There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died childless;
[LUK.20.30] and the second;
[LUK.20.31] and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.
[LUK.20.32] Afterward the woman also died.
[LUK.20.33] In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them will she be? for the seven had her as wife.
[LUK.20.34] And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
[LUK.20.35] but they that are considered worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
[LUK.20.36] for neither can they die anymore: for they are equal to the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
[LUK.20.37] But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
[LUK.20.38] Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.
[LUK.20.39] And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, you have well said.
[LUK.20.40] For they did not have courage to ask him any more questions.
[LUK.20.41] And he said to them, How say they that the Christ is David's son?
[LUK.20.42] For David himself says in the book of Psalms, Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand,
[LUK.20.43] Till I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.
[LUK.20.44] David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?
[LUK.20.45] And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,
[LUK.20.46] Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and best seats in the synagogues, and best places at feasts;
[LUK.20.47] who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.
[LUK.21.1] And he looked up, and saw the rich men putting their gifts into the treasury.
[LUK.21.2] And he saw a certain poor widow putting in two mites.
[LUK.21.3] And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow put in more than all of them:
[LUK.21.4] for all these put in gifts out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had.
[LUK.21.5] And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, he said,
[LUK.21.6] As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.
[LUK.21.7] And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when therefore will these things be? and what will be the sign when these things are about to happen?
[LUK.21.8] And he said, Watch out that you are not led astray: for many will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is at hand: do not go after them.
[LUK.21.9] And when you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified: for these things must happen first; but the end is not immediately.
[LUK.21.10] Then he said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
[LUK.21.11] and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
[LUK.21.12] But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
[LUK.21.13] It will turn out to you for a testimony.
[LUK.21.14] Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:
[LUK.21.15] for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
[LUK.21.16] But you will be delivered up even by parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends; and some of you they will cause to be put to death.
[LUK.21.17] And you will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
[LUK.21.18] But a hair of your head will not perish.
[LUK.21.19] In your patience you will win your souls.
[LUK.21.20] But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that her desolation is near.
[LUK.21.21] Then let those that are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let those that are in her midst depart; and let not those that are in the countryside enter in there.
[LUK.21.22] For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
[LUK.21.23] Woe to those that are with child and to those that are nursing in those days! for there will be great distress on the land, and wrath to this people.
[LUK.21.24] And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
[LUK.21.25] And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars; and on the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
[LUK.21.26] men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
[LUK.21.27] And then will they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
[LUK.21.28] But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draws near.
[LUK.21.29] And he told them a parable: See the fig tree, and all the trees:
[LUK.21.30] when they now shoot forth, you see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now near.
[LUK.21.31] Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
[LUK.21.32] Truly I say to you, This generation will not pass away, till all things are accomplished.
[LUK.21.33] Heaven and earth will pass away: but my words will not pass away.
[LUK.21.34] But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with dissipation, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
[LUK.21.35] for so will it come upon all those that dwell on the face of all the earth.
[LUK.21.36] But watch at every season, making supplication, that you may prevail to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
[LUK.21.37] And every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.
[LUK.21.38] And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.
[LUK.22.1] Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
[LUK.22.2] And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.
[LUK.22.3] And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
[LUK.22.4] And he went away, and discussed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray him to them.
[LUK.22.5] And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
[LUK.22.6] And he agreed, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the crowd.
[LUK.22.7] And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover had to be sacrificed.
[LUK.22.8] And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare for us the Passover, that we may eat.
[LUK.22.9] And they said to him, Where will you have us prepare?
[LUK.22.10] And he said to them, Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man will meet you carrying a jar of water; follow him into the house where he enters.
[LUK.22.11] And say to the owner of the house, The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?
[LUK.22.12] And he will show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
[LUK.22.13] And they went, and found as he had told them: and they made ready the Passover.
[LUK.22.14] And when the hour had come, he sat down, and the apostles with him.
[LUK.22.15] And he said to them, I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer:
[LUK.22.16] for I say to you, I will not eat it again, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
[LUK.22.17] And he received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
[LUK.22.18] for I say to you, I will not drink from the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God comes.
[LUK.22.19] And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me.
[LUK.22.20] And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
[LUK.22.21] But behold, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table.
[LUK.22.22] For the Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined: but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!
[LUK.22.23] And they began to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing.
[LUK.22.24] And there arose also a dispute among them, which of them was considered to be the greatest.
[LUK.22.25] And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and those who have authority over them are called benefactors.
[LUK.22.26] But you will not be so: but the one who is the greatest among you, let him be as the youngest; and the one who is chief, as the one who serves.
[LUK.22.27] For who is greater, the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? is it not the one who sits at the table? but I am among you as the one who serves.
[LUK.22.28] But you are those who have continued with me in my trials;
[LUK.22.29] and I appoint to you a kingdom, as my Father has appointed to me,
[LUK.22.30] that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
[LUK.22.31] Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:
[LUK.22.32] but I made supplication for you, that your faith may not fail: and when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.
[LUK.22.33] And he said to him, Lord, with you I am ready to go both to prison and to death.
[LUK.22.34] And he said, I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you will deny three times that you know me.
[LUK.22.35] And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything? And they said, Nothing.
[LUK.22.36] And he said to them, But now, the one who has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet; and the one who has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
[LUK.22.37] For I say to you, that this which is written must be fulfilled in me, And he was counted with transgressors: for that which concerns me has an end.
[LUK.22.38] And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough.
[LUK.22.39] And he came out, and went, as his custom was, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed him.
[LUK.22.40] And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray that you do not enter into temptation.
[LUK.22.41] And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw; and he knelt down and prayed,
[LUK.22.42] saying, Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.
[LUK.22.43] And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.
[LUK.22.44] And being in agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
[LUK.22.45] And when he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping for sorrow,
[LUK.22.46] and said to them, Why do you sleep? rise and pray, that you do not enter into temptation.
[LUK.22.47] While he was still speaking, behold, a crowd, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was going before them; and he drew near to Jesus to kiss him.
[LUK.22.48] But Jesus said to him, Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?
[LUK.22.49] And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, Lord, will we strike with the sword?
[LUK.22.50] And a certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
[LUK.22.51] But Jesus answered and said, Allow this much. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
[LUK.22.52] And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who had come against him, Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and staves?
[LUK.22.53] When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
[LUK.22.54] And they seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off.
[LUK.22.55] And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and had sat down together, Peter sat in the midst of them.
[LUK.22.56] And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light of the fire, and looking steadfastly on him, said, This man also was with him.
[LUK.22.57] But he denied, saying, Woman, I don't know him.
[LUK.22.58] And after a little while another saw him, and said, You also are one of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.
[LUK.22.59] And after the space of about one hour another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean.
[LUK.22.60] But Peter said, Man, I don't know what you are saying. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
[LUK.22.61] And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, Before the rooster crows today you will deny me three times.
[LUK.22.62] And he went out, and wept bitterly.
[LUK.22.63] And the men who held Jesus mocked him, and beat him.
[LUK.22.64] And they blindfolded him, and asked him, saying, Prophesy: who is the one who struck you?
[LUK.22.65] And many other things they said against him, reviling him.
[LUK.22.66] And as soon as it was day, the council of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying,
[LUK.22.67] If you are the Christ, tell us. But he said to them, If I tell you, you will not believe:
[LUK.22.68] and if I ask you, you will not answer.
[LUK.22.69] But from henceforth the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
[LUK.22.70] And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? And he said to them, You say that I am.
[LUK.22.71] And they said, What need do we have of further witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.
[LUK.23.1] And the whole company of them rose up, and brought him before Pilate.
[LUK.23.2] And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.
[LUK.23.3] And Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, You say it.
[LUK.23.4] And Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, I find no fault in this man.
[LUK.23.5] But they were urgent, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, and beginning from Galilee even to this place.
[LUK.23.6] But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
[LUK.23.7] And when he knew that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also himself was at Jerusalem in those days.
[LUK.23.8] Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad: for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.
[LUK.23.9] And he questioned him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
[LUK.23.10] And the chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
[LUK.23.11] And Herod with his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and dressed him in gorgeous apparel, and sent him back to Pilate.
[LUK.23.12] And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
[LUK.23.13] And Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
[LUK.23.14] and said to them, You brought this man to me, as one that perverts the people: and behold, I, having examined him before you, found no fault with this man touching those things of which you accuse him:
[LUK.23.15] no, nor yet Herod: for he sent him back to us; and behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.
[LUK.23.16] I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
[LUK.23.17] [Additional text variant often included here: Now he must release one to them at the feast. (Referencing other sources)]
[LUK.23.18] But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas:
[LUK.23.19] one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.
[LUK.23.20] And Pilate spoke to them again, desiring to release Jesus;
[LUK.23.21] but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.
[LUK.23.22] And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil has this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise and release him.
[LUK.23.23] But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.
[LUK.23.24] And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.
[LUK.23.25] And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
[LUK.23.26] And when they led him away, they laid hold on one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.
[LUK.23.27] And there followed him a great crowd of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.
[LUK.23.28] But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
[LUK.23.29] For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.
[LUK.23.30] Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
[LUK.23.31] For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
[LUK.23.32] And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
[LUK.23.33] And when they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
[LUK.23.34] And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
[LUK.23.35] And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.
[LUK.23.36] And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar,
[LUK.23.37] and saying, If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself.
[LUK.23.38] And there was also a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[LUK.23.39] And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Are you not the Christ? save yourself and us.
[LUK.23.40] But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Do you not even fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation?
[LUK.23.41] And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss.
[LUK.23.42] And he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
[LUK.23.43] And he said to him, Truly I say to you, Today you shall be with me in Paradise.
[LUK.23.44] And it was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,
[LUK.23.45] the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
[LUK.23.46] And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into your hands I commit my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the spirit.
[LUK.23.47] And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
[LUK.23.48] And all the multitudes that came together to this sight, when they beheld the things that were done, returned striking their chests.
[LUK.23.49] And all his acquaintances, and the women that followed with him from Galilee, stood at a distance, seeing these things.
[LUK.23.50] And behold, a man named Joseph, who was a council member, a good man and a righteous
[LUK.23.51] (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), a man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was looking for the kingdom of God:
[LUK.23.52] this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.
[LUK.23.53] And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
[LUK.23.54] And it was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near.
[LUK.23.55] And the women, who had come with him out of Galilee, followed after, and beheld the tomb, and how his body was laid.
[LUK.23.56] And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
[LUK.24.1] But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
[LUK.24.2] And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
[LUK.24.3] And they entered in, and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
[LUK.24.4] And it happened, while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel:
[LUK.24.5] and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead?
[LUK.24.6] He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee,
[LUK.24.7] saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
[LUK.24.8] And they remembered his words,
[LUK.24.9] and returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.
[LUK.24.10] Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James: and the other women with them told these things to the apostles.
[LUK.24.11] And these words seemed to them as idle talk; and they did not believe them.
[LUK.24.12] But Peter arose, and ran to the tomb; and stooping and looking in, he sees the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home, wondering at that which had happened.
[LUK.24.13] And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
[LUK.24.14] And they discussed with each other about all these things which had happened.
[LUK.24.15] And while they discussed and questioned together, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
[LUK.24.16] But their eyes were held that they should not recognize him.
[LUK.24.17] And he said to them, What are these discussions that you have one with another, as you walk? And they stood still, looking sad.
[LUK.24.18] And one of them, named Cleopas, answering said to him, Do you alone stay as a stranger in Jerusalem and not know the things which have happened there in these days?
[LUK.24.19] And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
[LUK.24.20] and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
[LUK.24.21] But we hoped that it was he who would redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
[LUK.24.22] Moreover certain women of our company amazed us, having been early at the tomb;
[LUK.24.23] and when they did not find his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
[LUK.24.24] And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they did not see.
[LUK.24.25] And he said to them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
[LUK.24.26] Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?
[LUK.24.27] And beginning from Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
[LUK.24.28] And they drew near to the village, where they were going: and he acted as though he would go further.
[LUK.24.29] But they begged him, saying, Stay with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to stay with them.
[LUK.24.30] And it happened, when he had sat down with them to eat, he took the bread and blessed it; and breaking it he gave to them.
[LUK.24.31] And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight.
[LUK.24.32] And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he spoke to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?
[LUK.24.33] And they rose up that very hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
[LUK.24.34] saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon.
[LUK.24.35] And they rehearsed the things that happened on the road, and how he was known by them in the breaking of the bread.
[LUK.24.36] And as they spoke these things, he himself stood in the middle of them, and says to them, Peace be to you.
[LUK.24.37] But they were frightened and became terrified, and thought that they saw a spirit.
[LUK.24.38] And he said to them, Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your heart?
[LUK.24.39] See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.
[LUK.24.40] And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
[LUK.24.41] And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have you anything to eat here?
[LUK.24.42] And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
[LUK.24.43] And he took it, and ate before them.
[LUK.24.44] And he said to them, These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
[LUK.24.45] Then he opened their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;
[LUK.24.46] and he said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;
[LUK.24.47] and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
[LUK.24.48] You are witnesses of these things.
[LUK.24.49] And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you: but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high.
[LUK.24.50] And he led them out until they were near Bethany: and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
[LUK.24.51] And it happened, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.
[LUK.24.52] And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
[LUK.24.53] and were continually in the temple, blessing God.
[JOH.1.1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
[JOH.1.2] He was in the beginning with God.
[JOH.1.3] All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that has been made.
[JOH.1.4] In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
[JOH.1.5] And the light shines in the darkness; and the darkness has not overcome it.
[JOH.1.6] There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
[JOH.1.7] The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.
[JOH.1.8] He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.
[JOH.1.9] There was the true light, even the light which lights every person, coming into the world.
[JOH.1.10] He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.
[JOH.1.11] He came to his own, and those who were his own did not receive him.
[JOH.1.12] But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, to those who believe in his name:
[JOH.1.13] who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
[JOH.1.14] And the Word became flesh, and dwelled among us (and we saw his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
[JOH.1.15] John testified about him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me has become before me: for he was before me.
[JOH.1.16] For of his fullness we all received, and grace upon grace.
[JOH.1.17] For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
[JOH.1.18] No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
[JOH.1.19] And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?
[JOH.1.20] And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
[JOH.1.21] And they asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered, No.
[JOH.1.22] They said therefore to him, Who are you? that we may give an answer to those that sent us. What do you say about yourself?
[JOH.1.23] He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
[JOH.1.24] And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
[JOH.1.25] And they asked him, and said to him, Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
[JOH.1.26] John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you stands one whom you do not know,
[JOH.1.27] even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.
[JOH.1.28] These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
[JOH.1.29] The next day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
[JOH.1.30] This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who has become before me: for he was before me.
[JOH.1.31] And I did not know him; but that he should be made known to Israel, for this reason, I came baptizing in water.
[JOH.1.32] And John testified, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it remained on him.
[JOH.1.33] And I did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, Upon whomsoever you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.
[JOH.1.34] And I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.
[JOH.1.35] Again the next day John was standing, and two of his disciples;
[JOH.1.36] and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God!
[JOH.1.37] And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
[JOH.1.38] And Jesus turned, and saw them following, and says to them, What do you seek? And they said to him, Rabbi (which means, Teacher), where do you stay?
[JOH.1.39] He says to them, Come, and you shall see. They came therefore and saw where he stayed; and they stayed with him that day: it was about the tenth hour.
[JOH.1.40] One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
[JOH.1.41] He finds first his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which means, Christ).
[JOH.1.42] He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, You are Simon the son of John: you shall be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter).
[JOH.1.43] The next day he wanted to go forth into Galilee, and he finds Philip: and Jesus says to him, Follow me.
[JOH.1.44] Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
[JOH.1.45] Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
[JOH.1.46] And Nathanael said to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
[JOH.1.47] Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!
[JOH.1.48] Nathanael says to him, From where do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.
[JOH.1.49] Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are King of Israel.
[JOH.1.50] Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to you, I saw you underneath the fig tree, do you believe? you shall see greater things than these.
[JOH.1.51] And he says to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, You shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
[JOH.2.1] On the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
[JOH.2.2] and Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage.
[JOH.2.3] And when the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.
[JOH.2.4] And Jesus said to her, Woman, what does that have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.
[JOH.2.5] His mother said to the servants, Whatever he tells you, do it.
[JOH.2.6] Now there were six stone water jars set there after the Jews' custom of purifying, containing two or three firkins each.
[JOH.2.7] Jesus said to them, Fill the jars with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
[JOH.2.8] And he said to them, Draw some out now, and take it to the ruler of the feast. And they took it.
[JOH.2.9] And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,
[JOH.2.10] and said to him, Every person sets out the good wine first; and when people have drunk freely, then that which is worse: you have kept the good wine until now.
[JOH.2.11] This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
[JOH.2.12] After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples; and they stayed there a few days.
[JOH.2.13] And the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
[JOH.2.14] And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting.
[JOH.2.15] And he made a scourge of cords, and drove all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables;
[JOH.2.16] and to those who sold the doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise.
[JOH.2.17] His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house will consume me.
[JOH.2.18] The Jews then answered and said to him, What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?
[JOH.2.19] Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
[JOH.2.20] The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days?
[JOH.2.21] But he spoke of the temple of his body.
[JOH.2.22] When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spoke this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
[JOH.2.23] Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, at the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs which he did.
[JOH.2.24] But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all people,
[JOH.2.25] and because he did not need for anyone to testify about others; for he himself knew what was in people.
[JOH.3.1] Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
[JOH.3.2] this man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.
[JOH.3.3] Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
[JOH.3.4] Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
[JOH.3.5] Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
[JOH.3.6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
[JOH.3.7] Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born anew.
[JOH.3.8] The wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound of it, but do not know from where it comes, and where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.
[JOH.3.9] Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?
[JOH.3.10] Jesus answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?
[JOH.3.11] Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know, and testify of what we have seen; and you do not receive our witness.
[JOH.3.12] If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
[JOH.3.13] And no one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.
[JOH.3.14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
[JOH.3.15] that whoever believes in him should have eternal life.
[JOH.3.16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
[JOH.3.17] For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
[JOH.3.18] He that believes in him is not judged: he that does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
[JOH.3.19] And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
[JOH.3.20] For everyone that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
[JOH.3.21] But he that does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.
[JOH.3.22] After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized.
[JOH.3.23] And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
[JOH.3.24] For John was not yet cast into prison.
[JOH.3.25] There arose therefore a discussion on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification.
[JOH.3.26] And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him.
[JOH.3.27] John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it has been given him from heaven.
[JOH.3.28] You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I have been sent before him.
[JOH.3.29] He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
[JOH.3.30] He must increase, but I must decrease.
[JOH.3.31] He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaks: he that comes from heaven is above all.
[JOH.3.32] What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no man receives his testimony.
[JOH.3.33] He that has received his testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.
[JOH.3.34] For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for he gives not the Spirit by measure.
[JOH.3.35] The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
[JOH.3.36] He that believes in the Son has eternal life; but he that disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God stays on him.
[JOH.4.1] When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
[JOH.4.2] (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples),
[JOH.4.3] he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
[JOH.4.4] And he needed to pass through Samaria.
[JOH.4.5] So he comes to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:
[JOH.4.6] and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
[JOH.4.7] There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.
[JOH.4.8] For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
[JOH.4.9] The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask drink from me, who is a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
[JOH.4.10] Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
[JOH.4.11] The woman says to him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from where then have you that living water?
[JOH.4.12] Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his children, and his cattle?
[JOH.4.13] Jesus answered and said to her, Every one that drinks of this water will thirst again:
[JOH.4.14] but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.
[JOH.4.15] The woman says to him, Sir, give me this water, that I do not thirst, neither come all the way here to draw.
[JOH.4.16] Jesus says to her, Go, call your husband, and come here.
[JOH.4.17] The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have well said, I have no husband:
[JOH.4.18] for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband: this you have said truly.
[JOH.4.19] The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
[JOH.4.20] Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and you say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
[JOH.4.21] Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
[JOH.4.22] You worship that which you do not know: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
[JOH.4.23] But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such worshipers does the Father seek to be his worshipers.
[JOH.4.24] God is spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
[JOH.4.25] The woman said to him, I know that Messiah comes (who is called Christ): when he is come, he will declare to us all things.
[JOH.4.26] Jesus said to her, I that speak to you am he.
[JOH.4.27] And upon this came his disciples; and they marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What do you seek? or, Why do you speak with her?
[JOH.4.28] So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and says to the people,
[JOH.4.29] Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?
[JOH.4.30] They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
[JOH.4.31] In the meantime the disciples urged him, saying, Rabbi, eat.
[JOH.4.32] But he said to them, I have food to eat that you do not know.
[JOH.4.33] The disciples therefore said one to another, Has any man brought him anything to eat?
[JOH.4.34] Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
[JOH.4.35] Do you not say, There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.
[JOH.4.36] He that reaps receives a reward, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.
[JOH.4.37] For herein is the saying true, One sows, and another reaps.
[JOH.4.38] I sent you to reap that whereon you have not labored: others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
[JOH.4.39] And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that I ever did.
[JOH.4.40] So when the Samaritans came to him, they besought him to stay with them: and he stayed there two days.
[JOH.4.41] And many more believed because of his word;
[JOH.4.42] and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of your speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.
[JOH.4.43] And after the two days he went forth from there into Galilee.
[JOH.4.44] For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
[JOH.4.45] So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went to the feast.
[JOH.4.46] He came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
[JOH.4.47] When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him that he would come down, and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.
[JOH.4.48] Jesus therefore said to him, Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.
[JOH.4.49] The nobleman said to him, Sir, come down before my child dies.
[JOH.4.50] Jesus said to him, Go your way; your son lives. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
[JOH.4.51] And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son lived.
[JOH.4.52] So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
[JOH.4.53] So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, Your son lives: and he believed, and his whole house.
[JOH.4.54] This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
[JOH.5.1] After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
[JOH.5.2] Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.
[JOH.5.3] In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
[JOH.5.4] For an angel went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whoever then first stepped in after the troubling of the water was made whole, whatever disease they had.
[JOH.5.5] And a certain man was there, who had been thirty-eight years in his infirmity.
[JOH.5.6] When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been a long time in that condition, he said to him, Do you want to be made whole?
[JOH.5.7] The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no one, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steps down before me.
[JOH.5.8] Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk.
[JOH.5.9] Immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
[JOH.5.10] So the Jews said to him who was cured, It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.
[JOH.5.11] But he answered them, The one who made me whole, that man said to me, Take up your bed, and walk.
[JOH.5.12] They asked him, Who is the man who said to you, Take up your bed, and walk?
[JOH.5.13] But he who was healed did not know who it was; for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
[JOH.5.14] Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, See, you are made whole: sin no more, so nothing worse happens to you.
[JOH.5.15] The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.
[JOH.5.16] For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
[JOH.5.17] But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work.
[JOH.5.18] For this reason the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
[JOH.5.19] Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing by himself, but what he sees the Father doing: for whatever things he does, these the Son also does in like manner.
[JOH.5.20] For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he does: and greater works than these will he show him, that you may marvel.
[JOH.5.21] For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he will.
[JOH.5.22] For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son;
[JOH.5.23] that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
[JOH.5.24] Truly, truly, I say to you, He who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
[JOH.5.25] Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
[JOH.5.26] For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself:
[JOH.5.27] and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.
[JOH.5.28] Do not marvel at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
[JOH.5.29] and will come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
[JOH.5.30] I can do nothing by myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
[JOH.5.31] If I bear witness about myself, my witness is not true.
[JOH.5.32] It is another who bears witness about me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses about me is true.
[JOH.5.33] You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
[JOH.5.34] But the witness which I receive is not from man: but these things I say, that you may be saved.
[JOH.5.35] He was the lamp that burns and shines; and you were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
[JOH.5.36] But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I do, bear witness about me, that the Father has sent me.
[JOH.5.37] And the Father who sent me, he has borne witness about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
[JOH.5.38] And you do not have his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him you do not believe.
[JOH.5.39] You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they that bear witness about me;
[JOH.5.40] and you are unwilling to come to me, that you may have life.
[JOH.5.41] I do not receive glory from men.
[JOH.5.42] But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.
[JOH.5.43] I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me: if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
[JOH.5.44] How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
[JOH.5.45] Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
[JOH.5.46] For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
[JOH.5.47] But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?
[JOH.6.1] After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
[JOH.6.2] And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were sick.
[JOH.6.3] And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
[JOH.6.4] Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
[JOH.6.5] Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude comes to him, said to Philip, Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
[JOH.6.6] And this he said to test him: for he himself knew what he would do.
[JOH.6.7] Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings worth of bread is not enough for them, that every one may take a little.
[JOH.6.8] One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
[JOH.6.9] There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves, and two fish: but what are these among so many?
[JOH.6.10] Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
[JOH.6.11] Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that sat down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
[JOH.6.12] And when they were filled, he said to his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.
[JOH.6.13] So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over to those who had eaten.
[JOH.6.14] When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that comes into the world.
[JOH.6.15] Jesus therefore perceiving that they intended to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone.
[JOH.6.16] And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea;
[JOH.6.17] and they entered into a boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
[JOH.6.18] And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.
[JOH.6.19] When therefore they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat: and they were afraid.
[JOH.6.20] But he said to them, It is I; do not be afraid.
[JOH.6.21] They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat: and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
[JOH.6.22] On the next day the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there had been no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus entered not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone
[JOH.6.23] (howbeit there came boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):
[JOH.6.24] when the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
[JOH.6.25] And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when did you come here?
[JOH.6.26] Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
[JOH.6.27] Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides to eternal life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him the Father, even God, has sealed.
[JOH.6.28] They said therefore to him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?
[JOH.6.29] Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.
[JOH.6.30] They said therefore to him, What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? what do you work?
[JOH.6.31] Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
[JOH.6.32] Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
[JOH.6.33] For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.
[JOH.6.34] They said therefore to him, Lord, always give us this bread.
[JOH.6.35] Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall not hunger, and he that believes in me shall never thirst.
[JOH.6.36] But I said to you, that you have seen me, and yet do not believe.
[JOH.6.37] All that which the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will not cast out.
[JOH.6.38] For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
[JOH.6.39] And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
[JOH.6.40] For this is the will of my Father, that everyone that beholds the Son, and believes on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
[JOH.6.41] The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.
[JOH.6.42] And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how does he now say, I have come down out of heaven?
[JOH.6.43] Jesus answered and said to them, Do not murmur among yourselves.
[JOH.6.44] No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.
[JOH.6.45] It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught by God. Every one that has heard from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
[JOH.6.46] Not that any man has seen the Father, except he that is from God, he has seen the Father.
[JOH.6.47] Truly, truly, I say to you, He that believes has eternal life.
[JOH.6.48] I am the bread of life.
[JOH.6.49] Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
[JOH.6.50] This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.
[JOH.6.51] I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: yes and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
[JOH.6.52] The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
[JOH.6.53] Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
[JOH.6.54] He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
[JOH.6.55] For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
[JOH.6.56] He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
[JOH.6.57] As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eats me, he also shall live because of me.
[JOH.6.58] This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eats this bread shall live forever.
[JOH.6.59] These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
[JOH.6.60] Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
[JOH.6.61] But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, Does this cause you to stumble?
[JOH.6.62] What then if you should see the Son of man ascending where he was before?
[JOH.6.63] It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.
[JOH.6.64] But there are some of you that do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe, and who it was that should betray him.
[JOH.6.65] And he said, For this cause have I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it be given to him by the Father.
[JOH.6.66] Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
[JOH.6.67] Jesus said therefore to the twelve, Would you also go away?
[JOH.6.68] Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life.
[JOH.6.69] And we have believed and know that you are the Holy One of God.
[JOH.6.70] Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?
[JOH.6.71] Now he spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was to betray him.
[JOH.7.1] And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
[JOH.7.2] Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
[JOH.7.3] His brothers therefore said to him, Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see the works that you do.
[JOH.7.4] For no man does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.
[JOH.7.5] For even his brothers did not believe in him.
[JOH.7.6] Jesus therefore said to them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
[JOH.7.7] The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
[JOH.7.8] Go up to the feast yourselves: I do not go up to this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.
[JOH.7.9] And having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
[JOH.7.10] But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
[JOH.7.11] The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
[JOH.7.12] And there was much murmuring among the crowds concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, No, but he leads the crowd astray.
[JOH.7.13] Yet no man spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
[JOH.7.14] But when it was now the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
[JOH.7.15] The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How does this man know letters, having never learned?
[JOH.7.16] Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
[JOH.7.17] If any man is willing to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or I speak from myself.
[JOH.7.18] He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory: but he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
[JOH.7.19] Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?
[JOH.7.20] The crowd answered, You have a demon: who seeks to kill you?
[JOH.7.21] Jesus answered and said to them, I did one work, and you all marvel because of it.
[JOH.7.22] Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers); and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.
[JOH.7.23] If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you angry with me, because I made a man entirely whole on the Sabbath?
[JOH.7.24] Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
[JOH.7.25] Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
[JOH.7.26] And see, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
[JOH.7.27] However, we know this man where he is from: but when the Christ comes, no one knows where he is from.
[JOH.7.28] Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, You both know me, and know where I am from; and I have not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom you do not know.
[JOH.7.29] I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
[JOH.7.30] They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
[JOH.7.31] But of the crowd many believed in him; and they said, When the Christ shall come, will he do more signs than those which this man has done?
[JOH.7.32] The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to take him.
[JOH.7.33] Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him that sent me.
[JOH.7.34] You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, you cannot come.
[JOH.7.35] The Jews therefore said among themselves, Where will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
[JOH.7.36] What is this word that he said, You shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come?
[JOH.7.37] Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink.
[JOH.7.38] He that believes in me, as the scripture has said, from within him shall flow rivers of living water.
[JOH.7.39] But this he spoke of the Spirit, which they that believed in him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
[JOH.7.40] Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is truly the prophet.
[JOH.7.41] Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
[JOH.7.42] Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
[JOH.7.43] So there arose a division in the crowd because of him.
[JOH.7.44] And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
[JOH.7.45] The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, Why did you not bring him?
[JOH.7.46] The officers answered, Never did man speak like this man.
[JOH.7.47] The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are you also led astray?
[JOH.7.48] Has any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
[JOH.7.49] But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.
[JOH.7.50] Nicodemus said to them (he that came to him before, being one of them),
[JOH.7.51] Does our law judge a man, except it first hear from him and know what he does?
[JOH.7.52] They answered and said to him, Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.
[JOH.7.53] And they went every man to his own home.
[JOH.8.1] But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
[JOH.8.2] And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down, and taught them.
[JOH.8.3] And the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery; and having set her in the midst,
[JOH.8.4] they said to him, Teacher, this woman has been taken in adultery, in the very act.
[JOH.8.5] Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then do you say?
[JOH.8.6] And this they said, testing him, that they might have something to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
[JOH.8.7] But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.
[JOH.8.8] And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
[JOH.8.9] And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
[JOH.8.10] And Jesus lifted himself up, and said to her, Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?
[JOH.8.11] And she said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, Neither do I condemn you: go your way; from now on sin no more.
[JOH.8.12] Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.
[JOH.8.13] The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear witness of yourself; your witness is not true.
[JOH.8.14] Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know where I came from, and where I go; but you do not know where I come from, or where I go.
[JOH.8.15] You judge after the flesh; I judge no one.
[JOH.8.16] Yes and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
[JOH.8.17] Yes and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true.
[JOH.8.18] I am he that bears witness of myself, and the Father that sent me bears witness of me.
[JOH.8.19] They said therefore to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You know neither me, nor my Father: if you knew me, you would know my Father also.
[JOH.8.20] These words spoke he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man arrested him; because his hour had not yet come.
[JOH.8.21] He said therefore again to them, I go away, and you will seek me, and will die in your sin: where I go, you cannot come.
[JOH.8.22] The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go, you cannot come?
[JOH.8.23] And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.
[JOH.8.24] I said therefore to you, that you will die in your sins: for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.
[JOH.8.25] They said therefore to him, Who are you? Jesus said to them, Even that which I have also spoken to you from the beginning.
[JOH.8.26] I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: yes and he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I to the world.
[JOH.8.27] They did not perceive that he spoke to them of the Father.
[JOH.8.28] Jesus therefore said, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then will you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.
[JOH.8.29] And he that sent me is with me; he has not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
[JOH.8.30] As he spoke these things, many believed on him.
[JOH.8.31] Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples;
[JOH.8.32] and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.
[JOH.8.33] They answered to him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how say you, You will be made free?
[JOH.8.34] Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, every one that commits sin is the slave of sin.
[JOH.8.35] And the slave does not remain in the house forever: the son remains forever.
[JOH.8.36] If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
[JOH.8.37] I know that you are Abraham's descendants; yet you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.
[JOH.8.38] I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and you also do the things which you heard from your father.
[JOH.8.39] They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
[JOH.8.40] But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
[JOH.8.41] You do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
[JOH.8.42] Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
[JOH.8.43] Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.
[JOH.8.44] You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
[JOH.8.45] But because I say the truth, you do not believe me.
[JOH.8.46] Which of you convicts me of sin? If I say truth, why do you not believe me?
[JOH.8.47] He that is of God hears the words of God: for this cause you do not hear them, because you are not of God.
[JOH.8.48] The Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?
[JOH.8.49] Jesus answered, I have no demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
[JOH.8.50] But I do not seek my own glory: there is one that seeks and judges.
[JOH.8.51] Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he will never see death.
[JOH.8.52] The Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.
[JOH.8.53] Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom do you make yourself?
[JOH.8.54] Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifies me; of whom you say, that he is your God;
[JOH.8.55] and you have not known him: but I know him; and if I say, I do not know him, I will be like you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.
[JOH.8.56] Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
[JOH.8.57] The Jews therefore said to him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?
[JOH.8.58] Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
[JOH.8.59] They took up stones therefore to throw at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
[JOH.9.1] And as he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
[JOH.9.2] And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?
[JOH.9.3] Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be revealed in him.
[JOH.9.4] We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night is coming, when no one can work.
[JOH.9.5] When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
[JOH.9.6] When he had said this, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,
[JOH.9.7] and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
[JOH.9.8] The neighbors therefore, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, said, Is not this he who sat and begged?
[JOH.9.9] Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.
[JOH.9.10] They said therefore to him, How then were your eyes opened?
[JOH.9.11] He answered, The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam, and wash: so I went away and washed, and I received sight.
[JOH.9.12] And they said to him, Where is he? He said, I do not know.
[JOH.9.13] They bring to the Pharisees him that once was blind.
[JOH.9.14] Now it was the Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
[JOH.9.15] Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.
[JOH.9.16] Some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.
[JOH.9.17] They said therefore to the blind man again, What do you say of him, since he has opened your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
[JOH.9.18] But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
[JOH.9.19] and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?
[JOH.9.20] His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
[JOH.9.21] but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself.
[JOH.9.22] These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
[JOH.9.23] Therefore his parents said, He is of age; ask him.
[JOH.9.24] So they called the man that was blind a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner.
[JOH.9.25] He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I do not know: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
[JOH.9.26] They said therefore to him, What did he to you? How did he open your eyes?
[JOH.9.27] He answered them, I told you already, and you did not hear; why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?
[JOH.9.28] And they reviled him, and said, You are his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
[JOH.9.29] We know that God has spoken to Moses: but as for this man, we do not know where he is from.
[JOH.9.30] The man answered and said to them, Why, herein is the marvel, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.
[JOH.9.31] We know that God does not hear sinners: but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, him he hears.
[JOH.9.32] Since the world began it was never heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.
[JOH.9.33] If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
[JOH.9.34] They answered and said to him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.
[JOH.9.35] Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Do you believe on the Son of God?
[JOH.9.36] He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?
[JOH.9.37] Jesus said to him, You have both seen him, and he it is that speaks with you.
[JOH.9.38] And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
[JOH.9.39] And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that those who see not may see; and that those who see may become blind.
[JOH.9.40] Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, Are we also blind?
[JOH.9.41] Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see: your sin remains.
[JOH.10.1] Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, that person is a thief and a robber.
[JOH.10.2] But the one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
[JOH.10.3] To him the gatekeeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
[JOH.10.4] When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
[JOH.10.5] And they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: for they do not know the voice of strangers.
[JOH.10.6] This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they did not understand what things they were which he spoke to them.
[JOH.10.7] Jesus therefore said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
[JOH.10.8] All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
[JOH.10.9] I am the door; by me if anyone enters in, they will be saved, and will go in and out, and will find pasture.
[JOH.10.10] The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
[JOH.10.11] I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
[JOH.10.12] The hireling, and not the shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees, and the wolf snatches them, and scatters them.
[JOH.10.13] The hireling flees because he is a hireling, and doesn't care for the sheep.
[JOH.10.14] I am the good shepherd; and I know my own, and my own know me,
[JOH.10.15] even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
[JOH.10.16] And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice; and they will become one flock, one shepherd.
[JOH.10.17] Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
[JOH.10.18] No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I received from my Father.
[JOH.10.19] There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.
[JOH.10.20] And many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad; why do you listen to him?
[JOH.10.21] Others said, These are not the words of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
[JOH.10.22] It was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:
[JOH.10.23] it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.
[JOH.10.24] The Jews therefore came around him, and said to him, How long do you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.
[JOH.10.25] Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me.
[JOH.10.26] But you do not believe, for you are not of my sheep.
[JOH.10.27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
[JOH.10.28] and I give to them eternal life; and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
[JOH.10.29] My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one can snatch them out of the Father's hand.
[JOH.10.30] I and the Father are one.
[JOH.10.31] The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
[JOH.10.32] Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from the Father; for which of those works do you stone me?
[JOH.10.33] The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a human, make yourself God.
[JOH.10.34] Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, you are gods?
[JOH.10.35] If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
[JOH.10.36] do you say of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme; because I said, I am the Son of God?
[JOH.10.37] If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
[JOH.10.38] But if I do them, though you do not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
[JOH.10.39] They sought again to seize him: and he went forth out of their hand.
[JOH.10.40] And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at first baptizing; and there he stayed.
[JOH.10.41] And many came to him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatever John spoke of this man were true.
[JOH.10.42] And many believed in him there.
[JOH.11.1] Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
[JOH.11.2] And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
[JOH.11.3] The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, he whom you love is sick.
[JOH.11.4] But when Jesus heard it, he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.
[JOH.11.5] Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
[JOH.11.6] When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed then two days in the place where he was.
[JOH.11.7] Then after this he says to the disciples, Let us go into Judea again.
[JOH.11.8] The disciples say to him, Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?
[JOH.11.9] Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
[JOH.11.10] But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
[JOH.11.11] These things he spoke: and after this he says to them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awaken him out of sleep.
[JOH.11.12] The disciples therefore said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.
[JOH.11.13] Now Jesus had spoken of his death: but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
[JOH.11.14] Then Jesus therefore said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
[JOH.11.15] And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; nevertheless let us go to him.
[JOH.11.16] Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
[JOH.11.17] So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
[JOH.11.18] Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off;
[JOH.11.19] and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
[JOH.11.20] Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary stayed in the house.
[JOH.11.21] Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
[JOH.11.22] And even now I know that, whatever you will ask of God, God will give you.
[JOH.11.23] Jesus says to her, Your brother will rise again.
[JOH.11.24] Martha says to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
[JOH.11.25] Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live;
[JOH.11.26] and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?
[JOH.11.27] She says to him, Yes, Lord: I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God, even he who comes into the world.
[JOH.11.28] And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and calls for you.
[JOH.11.29] And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went to him.
[JOH.11.30] Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met him.
[JOH.11.31] The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
[JOH.11.32] Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
[JOH.11.33] When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
[JOH.11.34] and said, Where have you laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.
[JOH.11.35] Jesus wept.
[JOH.11.36] The Jews therefore said, See how he loved him!
[JOH.11.37] But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have caused that this man also should not die?
[JOH.11.38] Jesus therefore again groaning in himself comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
[JOH.11.39] Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, says to him, Lord, by this time the body decays; for he has been dead four days.
[JOH.11.40] Jesus says to her, Didn't I say to you, that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?
[JOH.11.41] So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank you that you heard me.
[JOH.11.42] And I knew that you always hear me: but because of the multitude that stands around I said it, that they may believe that you sent me.
[JOH.11.43] And when he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out.
[JOH.11.44] He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and let him go.
[JOH.11.45] Many therefore of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what he did, believed in him.
[JOH.11.46] But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.
[JOH.11.47] The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we do? for this man does many signs.
[JOH.11.48] If we let him thus alone, all men will believe in him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
[JOH.11.49] But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, You know nothing at all,
[JOH.11.50] nor do you take account that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish.
[JOH.11.51] Now this he said not of himself: but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;
[JOH.11.52] and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
[JOH.11.53] So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.
[JOH.11.54] Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there he stayed with the disciples.
[JOH.11.55] Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.
[JOH.11.56] They therefore sought for Jesus, and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?
[JOH.11.57] Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he was, he should report it, that they might take him.
[JOH.12.1] Jesus therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
[JOH.12.2] So they made him a supper there, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
[JOH.12.3] Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
[JOH.12.4] But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, who should betray him, said,
[JOH.12.5] Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred shillings, and given to poor people?
[JOH.12.6] Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, took what was put into it.
[JOH.12.7] Jesus therefore said, Allow her to keep it against the day of my burial.
[JOH.12.8] For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have me.
[JOH.12.9] The large crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
[JOH.12.10] But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;
[JOH.12.11] because by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed in Jesus.
[JOH.12.12] On the next day the large crowd that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
[JOH.12.13] took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.
[JOH.12.14] And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,
[JOH.12.15] Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt.
[JOH.12.16] These things his disciples did not understand at first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
[JOH.12.17] The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness.
[JOH.12.18] For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.
[JOH.12.19] The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, You see that you are gaining nothing: behold, the world has gone after him.
[JOH.12.20] Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:
[JOH.12.21] these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and requested of him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
[JOH.12.22] Philip comes and tells Andrew: Andrew comes, and Philip, and they tell Jesus.
[JOH.12.23] And Jesus answers them, saying, The hour has come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
[JOH.12.24] Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
[JOH.12.25] He that loves his life loses it; and he that hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
[JOH.12.26] If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also will my servant be: if anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
[JOH.12.27] Now my soul has become troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came to this hour.
[JOH.12.28] Father, glorify your name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
[JOH.12.29] The multitude therefore, that stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel has spoken to him.
[JOH.12.30] Jesus answered and said, This voice has not come for my sake, but for your sakes.
[JOH.12.31] Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the ruler of this world be cast out.
[JOH.12.32] And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.
[JOH.12.33] But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.
[JOH.12.34] The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever: and how do you say, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
[JOH.12.35] Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while the light is among you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you: and he that walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
[JOH.12.36] While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and he departed and hid himself from them.
[JOH.12.37] But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him:
[JOH.12.38] that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
[JOH.12.39] For this cause they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,
[JOH.12.40] He has blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and should turn, and I should heal them.
[JOH.12.41] These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spoke of him.
[JOH.12.42] Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed in him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
[JOH.12.43] for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.
[JOH.12.44] And Jesus cried and said, He that believes in me, believes not in me, but in him that sent me.
[JOH.12.45] And he that sees me sees him that sent me.
[JOH.12.46] I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
[JOH.12.47] And if anyone hears my sayings, and does not keep them, I do not judge him: for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
[JOH.12.48] He that rejects me, and does not receive my sayings, has one that judges him: the word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.
[JOH.12.49] For I did not speak from myself; but the Father that sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
[JOH.12.50] And I know that his commandment is eternal life: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
[JOH.13.1] Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them to the end.
[JOH.13.2] And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
[JOH.13.3] Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and goes to God,
[JOH.13.4] rose from supper, and laid aside his garments; and he took a towel, and girded himself.
[JOH.13.5] Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that he was girded with.
[JOH.13.6] So he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, Lord, do you wash my feet?
[JOH.13.7] Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you do not know now; but you shall know later.
[JOH.13.8] Peter said to him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with me.
[JOH.13.9] Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
[JOH.13.10] Jesus said to him, He that is bathed is clean all over, and you are clean, but not all.
[JOH.13.11] For he knew him that would betray him; therefore he said, You are not all clean.
[JOH.13.12] So when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have done to you?
[JOH.13.13] You call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and you say well; for so I am.
[JOH.13.14] If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
[JOH.13.15] For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.
[JOH.13.16] Truly, truly, I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.
[JOH.13.17] If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
[JOH.13.18] I do not speak of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats my bread lifted up his heel against me.
[JOH.13.19] From now on I tell you before it comes to pass, that, when it has come to pass, you may believe that I am he.
[JOH.13.20] Truly, truly, I say to you, He that receives whomever I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him that sent me.
[JOH.13.21] When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you shall betray me.
[JOH.13.22] The disciples looked at one another, doubting of whom he spoke.
[JOH.13.23] There was at the table reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
[JOH.13.24] Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.
[JOH.13.25] He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast said to him, Lord, who is it?
[JOH.13.26] Jesus therefore answered, He it is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and give it to him. So when he had dipped the sop, he took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
[JOH.13.27] And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore said to him, What you do, do quickly.
[JOH.13.28] Now no one at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him.
[JOH.13.29] For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said to him, Buy what things we need for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
[JOH.13.30] He then having received the sop went out immediately: and it was night.
[JOH.13.31] When therefore he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him;
[JOH.13.32] and God shall glorify him in himself, and immediately shall he glorify him.
[JOH.13.33] Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me: and as I said to the Jews, Where I go, you cannot come; so now I say to you.
[JOH.13.34] A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
[JOH.13.35] By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
[JOH.13.36] Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where do you go? Jesus answered, Where I go, you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow afterwards.
[JOH.13.37] Peter said to him, Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.
[JOH.13.38] Jesus answered, Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, The rooster shall not crow, till you have denied me three times.
[JOH.14.1] Do not let your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
[JOH.14.2] In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
[JOH.14.3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be also.
[JOH.14.4] And where I go, you know the way.
[JOH.14.5] Thomas says to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going; how do we know the way?
[JOH.14.6] Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father, but by me.
[JOH.14.7] If you had known me, you would have known my Father also: from now on you know him, and have seen him.
[JOH.14.8] Philip says to him, Lord, show us the Father, and that is enough for us.
[JOH.14.9] Jesus says to him, Have I been so long with you, and do you not know me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; how do you say, Show us the Father?
[JOH.14.10] Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say to you I do not speak from myself: but the Father who stays in me does his works.
[JOH.14.11] Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe for the very works' sake.
[JOH.14.12] Truly, truly, I say to you, he that believes in me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to the Father.
[JOH.14.13] And whatever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
[JOH.14.14] If you shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.
[JOH.14.15] If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
[JOH.14.16] And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, that he may be with you forever,
[JOH.14.17] even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it does not see him, neither know him: you know him; for he stays with you, and shall be in you.
[JOH.14.18] I will not leave you desolate: I come to you.
[JOH.14.19] Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also.
[JOH.14.20] In that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
[JOH.14.21] He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
[JOH.14.22] Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, Lord, what has happened that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?
[JOH.14.23] Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loves me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our dwelling with him.
[JOH.14.24] He that does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
[JOH.14.25] These things have I spoken to you, while staying with you.
[JOH.14.26] But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your memory all that I said to you.
[JOH.14.27] Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
[JOH.14.28] You heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
[JOH.14.29] And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it happens, you may believe.
[JOH.14.30] I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of the world comes: and he has nothing in me;
[JOH.14.31] but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
[JOH.15.1] I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
[JOH.15.2] Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, that it may bear more fruit.
[JOH.15.3] You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
[JOH.15.4] Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it remains in the vine; so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
[JOH.15.5] I am the vine, you are the branches: He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit: for apart from me you can do nothing.
[JOH.15.6] If a man does not remain in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
[JOH.15.7] If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
[JOH.15.8] Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
[JOH.15.9] As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: remain in my love.
[JOH.15.10] If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.
[JOH.15.11] These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
[JOH.15.12] This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
[JOH.15.13] Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
[JOH.15.14] You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
[JOH.15.15] No longer do I call you servants; for the servant does not know what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
[JOH.15.16] You did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
[JOH.15.17] These things I command you, that you may love one another.
[JOH.15.18] If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
[JOH.15.19] If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
[JOH.15.20] Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
[JOH.15.21] But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know him who sent me.
[JOH.15.22] If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.
[JOH.15.23] He who hates me hates my Father also.
[JOH.15.24] If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
[JOH.15.25] But this comes to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a reason.
[JOH.15.26] But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will testify of me:
[JOH.15.27] and you also bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
[JOH.16.1] These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.
[JOH.16.2] They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming, that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
[JOH.16.3] And these things they will do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
[JOH.16.4] But these things I have spoken to you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
[JOH.16.5] But now I go to him that sent me; and none of you asks me, Where are you going?
[JOH.16.6] But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
[JOH.16.7] Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him to you.
[JOH.16.8] And when he has come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
[JOH.16.9] of sin, because they do not believe in me;
[JOH.16.10] of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you see me no more;
[JOH.16.11] of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
[JOH.16.12] I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
[JOH.16.13] However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all the truth: for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he shall hear, he will speak: and he will show you things to come.
[JOH.16.14] He will glorify me: for he will receive from me, and will show it to you.
[JOH.16.15] All things that the Father has are mine: therefore I said, that he takes from me, and will show it to you.
[JOH.16.16] A little while, and you will not see me; and again, a little while, and you will see me.
[JOH.16.17] Some of his disciples then said among themselves, What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me; and again, a little while, and you will see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
[JOH.16.18] They said therefore, What is this that he says, A little while? We do not know what he speaks about.
[JOH.16.19] Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, and said to them, Do you inquire among yourselves about what I said, A little while, and you will not see me; and again, a little while, and you will see me?
[JOH.16.20] Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
[JOH.16.21] A woman when she is in labor has sorrow, because her hour has come: but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being is born into the world.
[JOH.16.22] And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.
[JOH.16.23] And in that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, If you ask anything from the Father, he will give it you in my name.
[JOH.16.24] Until now you have asked nothing in my name: ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
[JOH.16.25] These things I have spoken to you in parables: the time comes when I will no longer speak to you in parables, but will show you plainly about the Father.
[JOH.16.26] In that day you will ask in my name: and I do not say to you, that I will pray the Father for you;
[JOH.16.27] for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from the Father.
[JOH.16.28] I came from the Father, and have come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
[JOH.16.29] His disciples said, See, now you speak plainly, and speak no parable.
[JOH.16.30] Now we know that you know all things, and do not need that anyone should ask you: by this we believe that you came from God.
[JOH.16.31] Jesus answered them, Do you now believe?
[JOH.16.32] Behold, the hour comes, yes, is now come, that you will be scattered, every man to his own, and will leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
[JOH.16.33] These things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
[JOH.17.1] These things spoke Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, that the Son may glorify you:
[JOH.17.2] even as you gave him authority over all flesh, that to all whom you have given him, he would give eternal life.
[JOH.17.3] And this is life eternal, that they should know you the only true God, and him whom you sent, even Jesus Christ.
[JOH.17.4] I glorified you on the earth, having accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
[JOH.17.5] And now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was.
[JOH.17.6] I manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world: they were yours, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word.
[JOH.17.7] Now they know that all things whatever you have given me are from you:
[JOH.17.8] for the words which you gave me I have given to them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from you, and they believed that you sent me.
[JOH.17.9] I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom you have given me; for they are yours:
[JOH.17.10] and all things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine: and I am glorified in them.
[JOH.17.11] And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
[JOH.17.12] While I was with them, I kept them in your name which you have given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
[JOH.17.13] But now I come to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
[JOH.17.14] I have given them your word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
[JOH.17.15] I do not pray that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil one.
[JOH.17.16] They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
[JOH.17.17] Sanctify them in the truth: your word is truth.
[JOH.17.18] As you sent me into the world, even so I sent them into the world.
[JOH.17.19] And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
[JOH.17.20] Neither for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word;
[JOH.17.21] that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that you sent me.
[JOH.17.22] And the glory which you have given me I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one;
[JOH.17.23] I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.
[JOH.17.24] Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
[JOH.17.25] O righteous Father, the world knew you not, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me;
[JOH.17.26] and I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.
[JOH.18.1] When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, and his disciples.
[JOH.18.2] Now Judas also, who betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus often met there with his disciples.
[JOH.18.3] Judas then, having received the cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
[JOH.18.4] Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and said to them, Whom do you seek?
[JOH.18.5] They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
[JOH.18.6] When therefore he said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
[JOH.18.7] Again therefore he asked them, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
[JOH.18.8] Jesus answered, I told you that I am he; if therefore you seek me, let these go their way:
[JOH.18.9] that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, Of those whom you have given me I lost not one.
[JOH.18.10] Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchus.
[JOH.18.11] Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put the sword into its sheath: the cup which the Father has given me, shall I not drink it?
[JOH.18.12] So the cohort and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
[JOH.18.13] and led him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
[JOH.18.14] Now Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
[JOH.18.15] And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;
[JOH.18.16] but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the maid that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
[JOH.18.17] The maid therefore that kept the door said to Peter, Are you also one of this man's disciples? He said, I am not.
[JOH.18.18] Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals; for it was cold; and they were warming themselves: and Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.
[JOH.18.19] The high priest therefore asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his teaching.
[JOH.18.20] Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and in secret spoke I nothing.
[JOH.18.21] Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me, what I spoke to them: behold, these know the things which I said.
[JOH.18.22] And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Do you answer the high priest so?
[JOH.18.23] Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why do you strike me?
[JOH.18.24] Annas therefore sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
[JOH.18.25] Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, Are you also one of his disciples? He denied, and said, I am not.
[JOH.18.26] One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did I not see you in the garden with him?
[JOH.18.27] Peter therefore denied again: and immediately the rooster crowed.
[JOH.18.28] They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
[JOH.18.29] Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, What accusation do you bring against this man?
[JOH.18.30] They answered and said to him, If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered him up to you.
[JOH.18.31] Pilate therefore said to them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
[JOH.18.32] that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should die.
[JOH.18.33] Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, and called Jesus, and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?
[JOH.18.34] Jesus answered, Do you say this of yourself, or did others tell you about me?
[JOH.18.35] Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me: what have you done?
[JOH.18.36] Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from here.
[JOH.18.37] Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason have I come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.
[JOH.18.38] Pilate said to him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, I find no crime in him.
[JOH.18.39] But you have a custom, that I should release to you one at the Passover: do you desire therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?
[JOH.18.40] They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
[JOH.19.1] Then Pilate took Jesus, and flogged him.
[JOH.19.2] And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe.
[JOH.19.3] And they came to him, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they struck him with their hands.
[JOH.19.4] And Pilate went out again, and said to them, See, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no crime in him.
[JOH.19.5] Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Look, the man!
[JOH.19.6] When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him: for I find no crime in him.
[JOH.19.7] The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
[JOH.19.8] When Pilate therefore heard this saying, he was more afraid;
[JOH.19.9] and he went into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, Where are you from? But Jesus gave him no answer.
[JOH.19.10] Pilate therefore said to him, Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?
[JOH.19.11] Jesus answered him, You would have no power against me, except it were given you from above: therefore he that delivered me to you has greater sin.
[JOH.19.12] Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend: every one that makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.
[JOH.19.13] When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
[JOH.19.14] Now it was the Preparation of the Passover: it was about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, Look, your King!
[JOH.19.15] They therefore cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
[JOH.19.16] Then he delivered him to them to be crucified.
[JOH.19.17] They took Jesus therefore: and he went out, bearing the cross for himself, to the place called The Skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha:
[JOH.19.18] where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.
[JOH.19.19] And Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. And it was written, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
[JOH.19.20] This title therefore read many of the Jews, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and in Latin, and in Greek.
[JOH.19.21] The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews; but, that he said, I am King of the Jews.
[JOH.19.22] Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
[JOH.19.23] The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
[JOH.19.24] They said therefore to one another, Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it will be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments among them, and upon my clothing they cast lots.
[JOH.19.25] These things therefore the soldiers did. But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
[JOH.19.26] When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he said to his mother, Woman, look, your son!
[JOH.19.27] Then he said to the disciple, Look, your mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
[JOH.19.28] After this, Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, said, I thirst.
[JOH.19.29] A vessel full of vinegar stood there: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth.
[JOH.19.30] When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
[JOH.19.31] The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, so that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath (for the day of that Sabbath was a high day), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
[JOH.19.32] The soldiers therefore came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him:
[JOH.19.33] but when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they did not break his legs:
[JOH.19.34] but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and right away there came out blood and water.
[JOH.19.35] And he that has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true: and he knows that he says true, that you also may believe.
[JOH.19.36] For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
[JOH.19.37] And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
[JOH.19.38] After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him allowance. He came therefore, and took away his body.
[JOH.19.39] And there came also Nicodemus, he who at the first came to him by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
[JOH.19.40] So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
[JOH.19.41] Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new tomb where no man had ever yet been laid.
[JOH.19.42] Therefore because of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
[JOH.20.1] Now on the first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and sees the stone taken away from the tomb.
[JOH.20.2] She runs therefore, and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and says to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.
[JOH.20.3] Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb.
[JOH.20.4] And they ran both together: and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the tomb;
[JOH.20.5] and stooping and looking in, he sees the linen cloths lying; yet entered he not in.
[JOH.20.6] Simon Peter therefore also comes, following him, and entered into the tomb; and he sees the linen cloths lying,
[JOH.20.7] and the napkin, that was upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
[JOH.20.8] Then entered in therefore the other disciple also, who came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed.
[JOH.20.9] For as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
[JOH.20.10] So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
[JOH.20.11] But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;
[JOH.20.12] and she sees two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
[JOH.20.13] And they say to her, Woman, why do you weep? She says to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.
[JOH.20.14] When she had said this, she turned herself back, and sees Jesus standing, and did not know that it was Jesus.
[JOH.20.15] Jesus says to her, Woman, why do you weep? Whom do you seek? She, supposing him to be the gardener, says to him, Sir, if you have borne him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.
[JOH.20.16] Jesus says to her, Mary. She turns herself, and says to him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which means, Teacher.
[JOH.20.17] Jesus says to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to the Father: but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
[JOH.20.18] Mary Magdalene comes and tells the disciples, I have seen the Lord; and that he had said these things to her.
[JOH.20.19] When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and says to them, Peace be to you.
[JOH.20.20] And when he had said this, he showed to them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.
[JOH.20.21] Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be to you: as the Father has sent me, even so I send you.
[JOH.20.22] And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and says to them, Receive the Holy Spirit:
[JOH.20.23] whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven to them; whose sins you retain, they are retained.
[JOH.20.24] But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
[JOH.20.25] The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.
[JOH.20.26] And after eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the middle, and said, Peace be to you.
[JOH.20.27] Then says he to Thomas, Reach here your finger, and see my hands; and reach here your hand, and put it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
[JOH.20.28] Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God.
[JOH.20.29] Jesus says to him, Because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are those who have not seen, and yet have believed.
[JOH.20.30] Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book:
[JOH.20.31] but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in his name.
[JOH.21.1] After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself this way.
[JOH.21.2] There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.
[JOH.21.3] Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, We also are coming with you. They went out, and entered into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.
[JOH.21.4] But when day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach: yet the disciples didn't know that it was Jesus.
[JOH.21.5] Jesus therefore said to them, Children, do you have anything to eat? They answered him, No.
[JOH.21.6] And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to haul it in for the multitude of fish.
[JOH.21.7] That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
[JOH.21.8] But the other disciples came in the small boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net with fish.
[JOH.21.9] So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
[JOH.21.10] Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish that you have now caught.
[JOH.21.11] Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three: and there were so many, yet the net did not tear.
[JOH.21.12] Jesus said to them, Come and have breakfast. And none of the disciples dared ask him, Who are you? knowing that it was the Lord.
[JOH.21.13] Jesus came, and took the bread, and gave them, and the fish likewise.
[JOH.21.14] This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to the disciples, after he was raised from the dead.
[JOH.21.15] So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs.
[JOH.21.16] He said to him again a second time, Simon, son of John, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Tend my sheep.
[JOH.21.17] He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
[JOH.21.18] Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted: but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you do not want to go.
[JOH.21.19] Now this he said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he said to him, Follow me.
[JOH.21.20] Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also leaned on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is it that betrays you?
[JOH.21.21] Peter therefore seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
[JOH.21.22] Jesus said to him, If I want him to stay until I come, what is that to you? Follow me.
[JOH.21.23] Therefore this saying went out among the brethren, that that disciple wouldn't die: yet Jesus did not say to him that he wouldn't die; but, If I want him to stay until I come, what is that to you?
[JOH.21.24] This is the disciple who bears witness of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his witness is true.
[JOH.21.25] And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn't contain the books that would be written.
[ACT.1.1] The former account I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
[ACT.1.2] until the day in which he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen:
[ACT.1.3] to whom he also showed himself alive after his suffering by many proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God:
[ACT.1.4] and, being assembled together with them, commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, you heard from me:
[ACT.1.5] For John indeed baptized with water; but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
[ACT.1.6] They therefore, when they had come together, asked him, saying, Lord, do you now restore the kingdom to Israel?
[ACT.1.7] And he said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father has set within his own authority.
[ACT.1.8] But you will receive power, when the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
[ACT.1.9] And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
[ACT.1.10] And while they were looking steadfastly into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
[ACT.1.11] who also said, You men of Galilee, why stand you looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven, will also come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven.
[ACT.1.12] Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
[ACT.1.13] And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; Peter, and John and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
[ACT.1.14] These all with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
[ACT.1.15] And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said,
[ACT.1.16] Brothers, it was necessary for the scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
[ACT.1.17] For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.
[ACT.1.18] (Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his intestines gushed out.
[ACT.1.19] And it became known to all who dwell in Jerusalem; so that in their language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)
[ACT.1.20] For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no one dwell in it: and, His office let another take.
[ACT.1.21] Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
[ACT.1.22] beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.
[ACT.1.23] And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
[ACT.1.24] And they prayed, and said, You, Lord, who knows the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen,
[ACT.1.25] to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.
[ACT.1.26] And they cast lots for them; and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
[ACT.2.1] And when the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
[ACT.2.2] And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
[ACT.2.3] And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting upon each one of them.
[ACT.2.4] And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
[ACT.2.5] Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
[ACT.2.6] And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were confused, because each one heard them speaking in their own language.
[ACT.2.7] And they were all amazed and marveled, saying, Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans?
[ACT.2.8] And how is it that we hear, every man in our own language wherein we were born?
[ACT.2.9] Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,
[ACT.2.10] in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
[ACT.2.11] Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God.
[ACT.2.12] And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean?
[ACT.2.13] But others mocking said, They are filled with new wine.
[ACT.2.14] But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke forth to them, Men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
[ACT.2.15] For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
[ACT.2.16] But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel,
[ACT.2.17] And it shall be in the last days, says God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams:
[ACT.2.18] Yes and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
[ACT.2.19] And I will show wonders in the heavens above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
[ACT.2.20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord comes, That great and notable day.
[ACT.2.21] And it shall be, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
[ACT.2.22] Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know;
[ACT.2.23] him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:
[ACT.2.24] whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
[ACT.2.25] For David says concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
[ACT.2.26] Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue exulted; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope:
[ACT.2.27] Because you will not leave my soul to Hades, Neither will you give your Holy One to see decay.
[ACT.2.28] You made known to me the ways of life; You shall make me full of gladness with your countenance.
[ACT.2.29] Brethren, I may say to you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
[ACT.2.30] Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;
[ACT.2.31] he foreseeing this spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left to Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.
[ACT.2.32] This Jesus did God raise up, of which we all are witnesses.
[ACT.2.33] Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured forth this, which you see and hear.
[ACT.2.34] For David ascended not into the heavens: but he says himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
[ACT.2.35] Till I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.
[ACT.2.36] Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.
[ACT.2.37] Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
[ACT.2.38] And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
[ACT.2.39] For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call to him.
[ACT.2.40] And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
[ACT.2.41] They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added to them in that day about three thousand souls.
[ACT.2.42] And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.
[ACT.2.43] And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.
[ACT.2.44] And all that believed were together, and had all things in common;
[ACT.2.45] and they sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as any man had need.
[ACT.2.46] And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
[ACT.2.47] praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.
[ACT.3.1] Now Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
[ACT.3.2] And a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those who entered into the temple;
[ACT.3.3] who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked to receive alms.
[ACT.3.4] And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him, with John, said, Look at us.
[ACT.3.5] And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them.
[ACT.3.6] But Peter said, Silver and gold I do not have; but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.
[ACT.3.7] And he took him by the right hand, and raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
[ACT.3.8] And leaping up, he stood, and began to walk; and he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
[ACT.3.9] And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
[ACT.3.10] and they recognized him, that it was he who sat for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
[ACT.3.11] And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
[ACT.3.12] And when Peter saw it, he replied to the people, Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? or why do you look so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
[ACT.3.13] The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus; whom you delivered up, and denied before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
[ACT.3.14] But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
[ACT.3.15] and killed the Author of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
[ACT.3.16] And by faith in his name his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know: yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
[ACT.3.17] And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
[ACT.3.18] But the things which God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
[ACT.3.19] Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
[ACT.3.20] and that he may send the Christ who has been appointed for you, even Jesus:
[ACT.3.21] whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old.
[ACT.3.22] Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up to you from among your brothers, like me; to him shall you listen in all things whatever he shall say to you.
[ACT.3.23] And it shall be that every soul that shall not listen to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.
[ACT.3.24] Yes and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
[ACT.3.25] You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
[ACT.3.26] To you first God, having raised up his Servant, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.
[ACT.4.1] And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
[ACT.4.2] being annoyed because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
[ACT.4.3] And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day: for it was now evening.
[ACT.4.4] But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
[ACT.4.5] And it came to pass in the next day, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
[ACT.4.6] and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest.
[ACT.4.7] And when they had set them in the middle, they asked, By what power, or in what name, have you done this?
[ACT.4.8] Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders,
[ACT.4.9] if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means this man is made whole;
[ACT.4.10] be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even in him does this man stand here before you whole.
[ACT.4.11] He is the stone which was rejected by you the builders, which was made the chief cornerstone.
[ACT.4.12] And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved.
[ACT.4.13] Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
[ACT.4.14] And seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
[ACT.4.15] But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
[ACT.4.16] saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle has been done by them is manifest to all that live in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
[ACT.4.17] But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak from now on to no man in this name.
[ACT.4.18] And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
[ACT.4.19] But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves:
[ACT.4.20] for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
[ACT.4.21] And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people; for all men glorified God for what was done.
[ACT.4.22] For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was done.
[ACT.4.23] And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
[ACT.4.24] And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, you that made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them:
[ACT.4.25] who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David your servant, said, Why did the nations rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?
[ACT.4.26] The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:
[ACT.4.27] for of a truth in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
[ACT.4.28] to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to come to pass.
[ACT.4.29] And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
[ACT.4.30] while you stretch forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
[ACT.4.31] And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
[ACT.4.32] And the number of those that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
[ACT.4.33] And with great power the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
[ACT.4.34] For neither was there among them any that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
[ACT.4.35] and laid them at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.
[ACT.4.36] And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of exhortation), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race,
[ACT.4.37] having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
[ACT.5.1] But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
[ACT.5.2] and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
[ACT.5.3] But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
[ACT.5.4] While it remained, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.
[ACT.5.5] And Ananias hearing these words fell down and died: and great fear came upon all that heard it.
[ACT.5.6] And the young men arose and wrapped him round, and they carried him out and buried him.
[ACT.5.7] And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
[ACT.5.8] And Peter responded to her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much. And she said, Yes, for so much.
[ACT.5.9] But Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.
[ACT.5.10] And immediately she fell down at his feet, and died: and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.
[ACT.5.11] And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all that heard these things.
[ACT.5.12] And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders performed among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
[ACT.5.13] But of the rest no man dared join himself to them: however the people exalted them;
[ACT.5.14] and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;
[ACT.5.15] insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, so that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.
[ACT.5.16] And there also came together the multitude from the cities round about Jerusalem, bringing sick people, and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
[ACT.5.17] But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
[ACT.5.18] and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public prison.
[ACT.5.19] But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said,
[ACT.5.20] Go, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.
[ACT.5.21] And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. But the high priest came, and those that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
[ACT.5.22] But the officers that came did not find them in the prison; and they returned, and told,
[ACT.5.23] saying, The prison we found shut in all safety, and the guards standing before the doors: but when we had opened it, we found no one inside.
[ACT.5.24] Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them and what would come of this.
[ACT.5.25] And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom you put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.
[ACT.5.26] Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
[ACT.5.27] And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them,
[ACT.5.28] saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
[ACT.5.29] But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.
[ACT.5.30] The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew, hanging him on a tree.
[ACT.5.31] Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
[ACT.5.32] And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
[ACT.5.33] But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and wanted to slay them.
[ACT.5.34] But a certain Pharisee in the council, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by all the people, commanded to put the men outside for a little while.
[ACT.5.35] And he said to them, You men of Israel, take care concerning these men, what you are about to do.
[ACT.5.36] For before these days rose up Theudas, giving himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.
[ACT.5.37] After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him: he also perished; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
[ACT.5.38] And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown:
[ACT.5.39] but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; lest perhaps you be found even to be fighting against God.
[ACT.5.40] And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles to them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
[ACT.5.41] They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
[ACT.5.42] And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ.
[ACT.6.1] Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.
[ACT.6.2] And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said, It is not suitable that we should forsake the word of God, and serve tables.
[ACT.6.3] Therefore, brothers, choose from among yourselves seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
[ACT.6.4] But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.
[ACT.6.5] And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch;
[ACT.6.6] whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
[ACT.6.7] And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly; and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
[ACT.6.8] And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
[ACT.6.9] But there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.
[ACT.6.10] And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
[ACT.6.11] Then they secretly instigated men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
[ACT.6.12] And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him to the council,
[ACT.6.13] and set up false witnesses, who said, This man does not cease to speak words against this holy place, and the law:
[ACT.6.14] for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.
[ACT.6.15] And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
[ACT.7.1] And the high priest said, Are these things so?
[ACT.7.2] And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
[ACT.7.3] and said to him, Leave your country, and your relatives, and come into the land which I will show you.
[ACT.7.4] Then he left the land of the Chaldeans, and lived in Haran: and from there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you now live:
[ACT.7.5] and he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot: and he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when he still had no child.
[ACT.7.6] And God spoke this, that his descendants would live as strangers in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into slavery, and mistreat them, four hundred years.
[ACT.7.7] And the nation to which they will be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they will come out, and serve me in this place.
[ACT.7.8] And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
[ACT.7.9] And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
[ACT.7.10] and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
[ACT.7.11] Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no food.
[ACT.7.12] But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
[ACT.7.13] And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
[ACT.7.14] And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
[ACT.7.15] And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers;
[ACT.7.16] and they were carried back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the family of Hamor in Shechem.
[ACT.7.17] But as the time of the promise came near which God gave to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
[ACT.7.18] till there arose another king over Egypt, who didn't know Joseph.
[ACT.7.19] The same dealt craftily with our people, and mistreated our fathers, that they might throw out their babies so they wouldn't survive.
[ACT.7.20] At that time Moses was born, and was pleasing to God; and he was nurtured three months in his father's house:
[ACT.7.21] and when he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and raised him as her own son.
[ACT.7.22] And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
[ACT.7.23] But when he was about forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
[ACT.7.24] And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian:
[ACT.7.25] and he supposed that his brothers understood that God by his hand was giving them salvation; but they didn't understand.
[ACT.7.26] And the next day he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong each other?
[ACT.7.27] But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
[ACT.7.28] Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?
[ACT.7.29] And at this saying Moses fled, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
[ACT.7.30] And when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
[ACT.7.31] And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he came close to look, a voice of the Lord came,
[ACT.7.32] I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and dared not look.
[ACT.7.33] And the Lord said to him, Take your shoes off your feet: for the place where you stand is holy ground.
[ACT.7.34] I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send you into Egypt.
[ACT.7.35] This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him has God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
[ACT.7.36] This man led them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
[ACT.7.37] This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you from among your brothers, like to me.
[ACT.7.38] This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give to us:
[ACT.7.39] to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but pushed him from them, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
[ACT.7.40] saying to Aaron, Make us gods who will go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.
[ACT.7.41] And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
[ACT.7.42] But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of the sky; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
[ACT.7.43] And you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
[ACT.7.44] Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spoke to Moses, that he should make it according to the pattern that he had seen.
[ACT.7.45] Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
[ACT.7.46] who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
[ACT.7.47] But Solomon built him a house.
[ACT.7.48] However, the Most High doesn't dwell in houses made with hands; as the prophet says,
[ACT.7.49] Heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What kind of house will you build me? says the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?
[ACT.7.50] Didn't my hand make all these things?
[ACT.7.51] You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.
[ACT.7.52] Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers;
[ACT.7.53] you who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn't keep it.
[ACT.7.54] Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
[ACT.7.55] But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
[ACT.7.56] and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
[ACT.7.57] But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed on him with one accord;
[ACT.7.58] and they threw him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
[ACT.7.59] And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
[ACT.7.60] And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, don't lay this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
[ACT.8.1] And Saul was consenting to his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
[ACT.8.2] And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
[ACT.8.3] But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison.
[ACT.8.4] They therefore that were scattered abroad, went about preaching the word.
[ACT.8.5] And Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.
[ACT.8.6] And the multitudes gave heed with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
[ACT.8.7] For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice; and many that were paralyzed, and that were lame, were healed.
[ACT.8.8] And there was much joy in that city.
[ACT.8.9] But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
[ACT.8.10] to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.
[ACT.8.11] And they gave heed to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
[ACT.8.12] But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
[ACT.8.13] And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.
[ACT.8.14] Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John:
[ACT.8.15] who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
[ACT.8.16] for as yet it was fallen on none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
[ACT.8.17] Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
[ACT.8.18] Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
[ACT.8.19] saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit.
[ACT.8.20] But Peter said to him, Your silver perish with you, because you thought to obtain the gift of God with money.
[ACT.8.21] You have neither part nor lot in this matter: for your heart is not right before God.
[ACT.8.22] Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of your heart shall be forgiven you.
[ACT.8.23] For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
[ACT.8.24] And Simon answered and said, Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken come upon me.
[ACT.8.25] They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.
[ACT.8.26] But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: this is a desert.
[ACT.8.27] And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;
[ACT.8.28] and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
[ACT.8.29] And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.
[ACT.8.30] And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Do you understand what you are reading?
[ACT.8.31] And he said, How can I, except someone shall guide me? And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him.
[ACT.8.32] Now the passage of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before his shearer is dumb, So he opens not his mouth:
[ACT.8.33] In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: His generation who shall declare? For his life is taken from the earth.
[ACT.8.34] And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray you, of whom speaks the prophet this? of himself, or of some other?
[ACT.8.35] And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, preached to him Jesus.
[ACT.8.36] And as they went on the way, they came to a certain water; and the eunuch said, Behold, here is water; what hinders me from being baptized?
[ACT.8.37] And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
[ACT.8.38] And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
[ACT.8.39] And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
[ACT.8.40] But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached the good news to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
[ACT.9.1] But Saul, still breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
[ACT.9.2] and asked from him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
[ACT.9.3] And as he journeyed, it came to pass that he drew near to Damascus: and suddenly there shone around him a light from heaven:
[ACT.9.4] and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?
[ACT.9.5] And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute:
[ACT.9.6] but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.
[ACT.9.7] And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but seeing no man.
[ACT.9.8] And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
[ACT.9.9] And he was three days without sight, and did neither eat nor drink.
[ACT.9.10] Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
[ACT.9.11] And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prays;
[ACT.9.12] and he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.
[ACT.9.13] But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem:
[ACT.9.14] and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon your name.
[ACT.9.15] But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:
[ACT.9.16] for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
[ACT.9.17] And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on the road which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
[ACT.9.18] And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized;
[ACT.9.19] and he took food and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples that were at Damascus.
[ACT.9.20] And immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.
[ACT.9.21] And all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that in Jerusalem made havoc of them who called on this name? and he had come here for this intent, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests.
[ACT.9.22] But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
[ACT.9.23] And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:
[ACT.9.24] but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:
[ACT.9.25] but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
[ACT.9.26] And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join himself to the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
[ACT.9.27] But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
[ACT.9.28] And he was with them going in and going out at Jerusalem,
[ACT.9.29] preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: and he spoke and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.
[ACT.9.30] And when the brothers knew it, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
[ACT.9.31] So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being built up; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.
[ACT.9.32] And it came to pass, as Peter went throughout all parts, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda.
[ACT.9.33] And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied.
[ACT.9.34] And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you: arise, and make your bed. And immediately he arose.
[ACT.9.35] And all that lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
[ACT.9.36] Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation means Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
[ACT.9.37] And it came to pass in those days, that she fell sick, and died: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.
[ACT.9.38] And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent to him two men, asking him not to delay to come to them.
[ACT.9.39] And Peter arose and went with them. And when he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
[ACT.9.40] But Peter put them all forth, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
[ACT.9.41] And he gave her his hand, and raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
[ACT.9.42] And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.
[ACT.9.43] And it came to pass, that he stayed many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
[ACT.10.1] Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian band,
[ACT.10.2] a devout man, and one that feared God with all his household, who gave much money to the people, and prayed to God always.
[ACT.10.3] He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius.
[ACT.10.4] And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being frightened, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms have gone up for a memorial before God.
[ACT.10.5] And now send men to Joppa, and get one Simon, who is surnamed Peter;
[ACT.10.6] he lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside.
[ACT.10.7] And when the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of those who constantly attended him;
[ACT.10.8] and having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
[ACT.10.9] Now on the next day, as they were on their journey, and were coming near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.
[ACT.10.10] And he became hungry, and wanted to eat: but while they made it ready, he fell into a trance;
[ACT.10.11] and he saw the sky opened, and a certain object descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:
[ACT.10.12] wherein were all kinds of four-footed animals and creeping things of the earth and birds of the sky.
[ACT.10.13] And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
[ACT.10.14] But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.
[ACT.10.15] And a voice came to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, do not call common.
[ACT.10.16] And this was done three times: and immediately the object was taken up into the sky.
[ACT.10.17] Now while Peter was much enraged within himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,
[ACT.10.18] and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there.
[ACT.10.19] And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said, Behold, three men seek you.
[ACT.10.20] But arise, and get down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
[ACT.10.21] And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom you seek: what is the cause for which you have come?
[ACT.10.22] And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear words from you.
[ACT.10.23] So he called them in and lodged them. And on the next day he arose and went with them, and certain of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
[ACT.10.24] And on the next day they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his close friends.
[ACT.10.25] And when it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and paid homage to him.
[ACT.10.26] But Peter raised him, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
[ACT.10.27] And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that had come together:
[ACT.10.28] and he said to them, You know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join or come to one of another nation; and yet to me God has shown that I should not call any man common or unclean:
[ACT.10.29] therefore also I came without complaint, when I was sent for. I ask therefore with what intent you sent for me.
[ACT.10.30] And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,
[ACT.10.31] and said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
[ACT.10.32] Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the seaside.
[ACT.10.33] Immediately therefore I sent to you; and you have done well that you have come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all things that have been commanded you by the Lord.
[ACT.10.34] And Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
[ACT.10.35] but in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted by him.
[ACT.10.36] The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good tidings of peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all)—
[ACT.10.37] that saying you yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
[ACT.10.38] even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
[ACT.10.39] And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom also they killed, hanging him on a tree.
[ACT.10.40] Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest,
[ACT.10.41] not to all the people, but to witnesses that were chosen before by God, even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
[ACT.10.42] And he charged us to preach to the people, and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
[ACT.10.43] To him all the prophets testify, that through his name everyone that believes on him shall receive remission of sins.
[ACT.10.44] While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the word.
[ACT.10.45] And those of the circumcision that believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.
[ACT.10.46] For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then Peter answered,
[ACT.10.47] Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
[ACT.10.48] And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for some days.
[ACT.11.1] Now the apostles and the brothers that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
[ACT.11.2] And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
[ACT.11.3] saying, You went in to men uncircumcised, and ate with them.
[ACT.11.4] But Peter began, and explained the matter to them in order, saying,
[ACT.11.5] I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
[ACT.11.6] upon which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw the four-footed beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
[ACT.11.7] And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
[ACT.11.8] But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.
[ACT.11.9] But a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not call common.
[ACT.11.10] And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
[ACT.11.11] And behold, immediately there stood before the house where we were three men sent from Caesarea to me.
[ACT.11.12] And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. And these six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
[ACT.11.13] and he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, Send to Joppa, and fetch Simon, who is called Peter;
[ACT.11.14] who shall speak to you words, whereby you shall be saved, you and all your house.
[ACT.11.15] And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.
[ACT.11.16] And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.
[ACT.11.17] If then God gave to them the like gift as he did also to us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?
[ACT.11.18] And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also has God granted repentance to life.
[ACT.11.19] They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except only to Jews.
[ACT.11.20] But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
[ACT.11.21] And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number that believed turned to the Lord.
[ACT.11.22] And the report concerning them came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas as far as Antioch:
[ACT.11.23] who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain with the Lord:
[ACT.11.24] for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and many people were added to the Lord.
[ACT.11.25] And he went forth to Tarsus to seek Saul;
[ACT.11.26] and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
[ACT.11.27] Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch.
[ACT.11.28] And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
[ACT.11.29] And the disciples, everyone according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers that dwelt in Judea:
[ACT.11.30] which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
[ACT.12.1] Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to mistreat certain of the church.
[ACT.12.2] And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
[ACT.12.3] And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. And it was during the days of unleavened bread.
[ACT.12.4] And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.
[ACT.12.5] Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church to God for him.
[ACT.12.6] And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.
[ACT.12.7] And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell: and he struck Peter on the side, and woke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
[ACT.12.8] And the angel said to him, Gird yourself, and put on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Wrap your cloak around you, and follow me.
[ACT.12.9] And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.
[ACT.12.10] When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel departed from him.
[ACT.12.11] And when Peter came to himself, he said, Now I know of a truth, that Jehovah has sent forth his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
[ACT.12.12] And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together and were praying.
[ACT.12.13] And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.
[ACT.12.14] And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate.
[ACT.12.15] And they said to her, You are mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.
[ACT.12.16] But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
[ACT.12.17] But he, beckoning to them with the hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him forth out of the prison. And he said, Tell these things to James, and to the brothers. And he departed, and went to another place.
[ACT.12.18] Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what had become of Peter.
[ACT.12.19] And when Herod had sought for him and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
[ACT.12.20] Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king's country.
[ACT.12.21] And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration to them.
[ACT.12.22] And the people shouted, saying, The voice of a god, and not of a man.
[ACT.12.23] And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the spirit.
[ACT.12.24] But the word of God grew and multiplied.
[ACT.12.25] And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, taking with them John whose surname was Mark.
[ACT.13.1] Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
[ACT.13.2] And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
[ACT.13.3] Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
[ACT.13.4] So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
[ACT.13.5] And when they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John as their attendant.
[ACT.13.6] And when they had gone through the whole island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus;
[ACT.13.7] who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called for Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
[ACT.13.8] But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
[ACT.13.9] But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,
[ACT.13.10] and said, O full of all deceit and all villainy, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
[ACT.13.11] And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness, and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
[ACT.13.12] Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
[ACT.13.13] Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
[ACT.13.14] But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
[ACT.13.15] And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
[ACT.13.16] And Paul stood up, and beckoning with the hand said, Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.
[ACT.13.17] The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he led them forth out of it.
[ACT.13.18] And for about the time of forty years he endured their behavior in the wilderness.
[ACT.13.19] And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
[ACT.13.20] and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
[ACT.13.21] And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
[ACT.13.22] And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he testified and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.
[ACT.13.23] Of this man's seed has God according to promise brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus;
[ACT.13.24] when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
[ACT.13.25] And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.
[ACT.13.26] Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us is the word of this salvation sent forth.
[ACT.13.27] For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
[ACT.13.28] And though they found no cause of death in him, they asked Pilate that he should be put to death.
[ACT.13.29] And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
[ACT.13.30] But God raised him from the dead:
[ACT.13.31] and he was seen for many days by those that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
[ACT.13.32] And we bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,
[ACT.13.33] that God has fulfilled the same to our children, in that he raised up Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you.
[ACT.13.34] And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus, I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.
[ACT.13.35] Because he says also in another psalm, You will not allow your Holy One to see corruption.
[ACT.13.36] For David, after he had served the counsel of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption:
[ACT.13.37] but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.
[ACT.13.38] Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins:
[ACT.13.39] and by him every one that believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
[ACT.13.40] Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets:
[ACT.13.41] Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no wise believe, if one declares it to you.
[ACT.13.42] And as they went out, they requested that these words might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.
[ACT.13.43] Now when the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
[ACT.13.44] And the next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
[ACT.13.45] But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things that were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.
[ACT.13.46] And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
[ACT.13.47] For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you for a light of the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth.
[ACT.13.48] And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
[ACT.13.49] And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region.
[ACT.13.50] But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.
[ACT.13.51] But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
[ACT.13.52] And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
[ACT.14.1] And it came to pass in Iconium, that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.
[ACT.14.2] But the disobedient Jews stirred up the minds of the Gentiles, and made them bitter against the brethren.
[ACT.14.3] Long time therefore they stayed there speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
[ACT.14.4] But the multitude of the city was divided; and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
[ACT.14.5] And when there was made an assault both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,
[ACT.14.6] they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region:
[ACT.14.7] and there they preached the gospel.
[ACT.14.8] And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, being crippled from his mother's womb, who never had walked.
[ACT.14.9] He heard Paul speaking: who, fastening his eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
[ACT.14.10] said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped up and walked.
[ACT.14.11] And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.
[ACT.14.12] And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker.
[ACT.14.13] And the priest of Jupiter, whose temple was before the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and would have done sacrifice with the multitudes.
[ACT.14.14] But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out
[ACT.14.15] and saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like nature with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these meaningless things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:
[ACT.14.16] who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
[ACT.14.17] And yet he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.
[ACT.14.18] And with these words they scarcely restrained the multitudes from doing sacrifice to them.
[ACT.14.19] But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him outside of the city, supposing that he was dead.
[ACT.14.20] But as the disciples stood around him, he rose up and entered into the city: and on the next day he went with Barnabas to Derbe.
[ACT.14.21] And when they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
[ACT.14.22] confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
[ACT.14.23] And when they had appointed elders for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
[ACT.14.24] And they passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.
[ACT.14.25] And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia;
[ACT.14.26] and from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
[ACT.14.27] And when they had come, and had gathered the church together, they recounted all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
[ACT.14.28] And they stayed there long time with the disciples.
[ACT.15.1] And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, saying, Except you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
[ACT.15.2] And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brothers appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
[ACT.15.3] They therefore, being brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy to all the brothers.
[ACT.15.4] And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all things that God had done with them.
[ACT.15.5] But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
[ACT.15.6] And the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
[ACT.15.7] And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said to them, Brothers, you know that a long time ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
[ACT.15.8] And God, who knows the heart, testified to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did to us;
[ACT.15.9] and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
[ACT.15.10] Now therefore why do you test God, that you should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
[ACT.15.11] But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same manner as they.
[ACT.15.12] And all the multitude kept silent; and they listened to Barnabas and Paul when they reported what signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
[ACT.15.13] And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Brothers, listen to me:
[ACT.15.14] Simeon has reported how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
[ACT.15.15] And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
[ACT.15.16] After these things I will return, And I will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen; And I will build again its ruins, And I will set it up:
[ACT.15.17] That the rest of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,
[ACT.15.18] Says the Lord, who makes these things known from of old.
[ACT.15.19] Therefore my judgment is, that we do not trouble them that from among the Gentiles turn to God;
[ACT.15.20] but that we write to them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
[ACT.15.21] For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.
[ACT.15.22] Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers:
[ACT.15.23] and they wrote thus by them, The apostles and the elder brothers to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings:
[ACT.15.24] Since we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;
[ACT.15.25] it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
[ACT.15.26] men that have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[ACT.15.27] We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves also shall tell you the same things by word of mouth.
[ACT.15.28] For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
[ACT.15.29] that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if you keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Farewell.
[ACT.15.30] So they, when they were dismissed, came down to Antioch; and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
[ACT.15.31] And when they had read it, they rejoiced for the encouragement.
[ACT.15.32] And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, encouraged the brothers with many words, and confirmed them.
[ACT.15.33] And after they had spent some time there, they were dismissed in peace from the brothers to those that had sent them forth.
[ACT.15.34] But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.
[ACT.15.35] But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
[ACT.15.36] And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.
[ACT.15.37] And Barnabas was minded to take with them John also, who was called Mark.
[ACT.15.38] But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work.
[ACT.15.39] And there arose a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away to Cyprus;
[ACT.15.40] but Paul chose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
[ACT.15.41] And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
[ACT.16.1] And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who believed; but his father was a Greek.
[ACT.16.2] The same was well reported of by the brothers that were at Lystra and Iconium.
[ACT.16.3] Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those parts: for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
[ACT.16.4] And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep, that had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.
[ACT.16.5] So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
[ACT.16.6] And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;
[ACT.16.7] and when they had come over against Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia; and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them;
[ACT.16.8] and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
[ACT.16.9] And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
[ACT.16.10] And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
[ACT.16.11] Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
[ACT.16.12] and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.
[ACT.16.13] And on the Sabbath day we went forth outside the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spoke to the women that had come together.
[ACT.16.14] And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed to the things that were spoken by Paul.
[ACT.16.15] And when she was baptized, and her household, she urged us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
[ACT.16.16] And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune-telling.
[ACT.16.17] The same followed after Paul and us, and cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.
[ACT.16.18] And this she did for many days. But Paul, being greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.
[ACT.16.19] But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,
[ACT.16.20] and when they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, greatly trouble our city,
[ACT.16.21] and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to receive, or to observe, being Romans.
[ACT.16.22] And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates tore their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with rods.
[ACT.16.23] And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely:
[ACT.16.24] who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
[ACT.16.25] But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
[ACT.16.26] and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened; and every one's bands were loosed.
[ACT.16.27] And the jailer, being roused out of sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
[ACT.16.28] But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm: for we are all here.
[ACT.16.29] And he called for lights and sprang in, and, trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas,
[ACT.16.30] and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
[ACT.16.31] And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your house.
[ACT.16.32] And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, with all that were in his house.
[ACT.16.33] And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately.
[ACT.16.34] And he brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his house, having believed in God.
[ACT.16.35] But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
[ACT.16.36] And the jailer reported the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.
[ACT.16.37] But Paul said to them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly? No indeed; but let them come in person and bring us out.
[ACT.16.38] And the sergeants reported these words to the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
[ACT.16.39] and they came and begged them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
[ACT.16.40] And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers, they comforted them, and departed.
[ACT.17.1] Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews:
[ACT.17.2] and Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
[ACT.17.3] explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.
[ACT.17.4] And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and not a few of the chief women.
[ACT.17.5] But the Jews, moved with jealousy, took some of the wicked men of the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set the city in an uproar; and assaulted the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.
[ACT.17.6] And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down have come here also;
[ACT.17.7] whom Jason has received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
[ACT.17.8] And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.
[ACT.17.9] And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they released them.
[ACT.17.10] And the brothers immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who when they arrived went into the synagogue of the Jews.
[ACT.17.11] Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so.
[ACT.17.12] Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few.
[ACT.17.13] But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there likewise, agitating and troubling the multitudes.
[ACT.17.14] And then the brothers immediately sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and Silas and Timothy still stayed there.
[ACT.17.15] But those that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.
[ACT.17.16] Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he observed the city full of idols.
[ACT.17.17] So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and God-fearing Greeks, and in the marketplace every day with those that happened to be there.
[ACT.17.18] And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? other some, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
[ACT.17.19] And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?
[ACT.17.20] For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
[ACT.17.21] Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
[ACT.17.22] And Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, You men of Athens, in all things I perceive that you are very religious.
[ACT.17.23] For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I declare to you.
[ACT.17.24] The God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
[ACT.17.25] neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life, and breath, and all things;
[ACT.17.26] and he made of one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
[ACT.17.27] that they should seek God, if perhaps they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:
[ACT.17.28] for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
[ACT.17.29] Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of men.
[ACT.17.30] The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commands all men everywhere to repent:
[ACT.17.31] inasmuch as he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
[ACT.17.32] Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, We will hear you concerning this yet again.
[ACT.17.33] Thus Paul went out from among them.
[ACT.17.34] But certain men joined him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
[ACT.18.1] After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
[ACT.18.2] And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came to them;
[ACT.18.3] and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked; for by their trade they were tentmakers.
[ACT.18.4] And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
[ACT.18.5] But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
[ACT.18.6] And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, Your blood be on your own heads; I am clean: from now on I will go to the Gentiles.
[ACT.18.7] And he departed from there, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshiped God, whose house was next to the synagogue.
[ACT.18.8] And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
[ACT.18.9] And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak and do not hold your peace:
[ACT.18.10] for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you: for I have many people in this city.
[ACT.18.11] And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
[ACT.18.12] But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
[ACT.18.13] saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.
[ACT.18.14] But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked criminality, O you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you:
[ACT.18.15] but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look into it yourselves; I am not willing to be a judge of these matters.
[ACT.18.16] And he drove them from the judgment seat.
[ACT.18.17] And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio did not care for any of these things.
[ACT.18.18] And Paul, having stayed after this many days longer, took leave of the brothers, and sailed from there to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: he had his hair cut off in Cenchreae; for he had a vow.
[ACT.18.19] And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
[ACT.18.20] And when they asked him to stay a longer time, he did not consent;
[ACT.18.21] but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return to you again if God wills, he set sail from Ephesus.
[ACT.18.22] And when he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.
[ACT.18.23] And having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, strengthening all the disciples.
[ACT.18.24] Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures.
[ACT.18.25] This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:
[ACT.18.26] and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him to them and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
[ACT.18.27] And when he wanted to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he had come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;
[ACT.18.28] for he powerfully confuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
[ACT.19.1] And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found some disciples:
[ACT.19.2] and he said to them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? And they said to him, No, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was given.
[ACT.19.3] And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
[ACT.19.4] And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.
[ACT.19.5] And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
[ACT.19.6] And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.
[ACT.19.7] And they were in all about twelve men.
[ACT.19.8] And he entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading as to the things concerning the kingdom of God.
[ACT.19.9] But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
[ACT.19.10] And this continued for the space of two years; so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
[ACT.19.11] And God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul:
[ACT.19.12] so that to the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
[ACT.19.13] But some also of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.
[ACT.19.14] And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.
[ACT.19.15] And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?
[ACT.19.16] And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
[ACT.19.17] And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that lived in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
[ACT.19.18] Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
[ACT.19.19] And not a few of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
[ACT.19.20] So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.
[ACT.19.21] Now after these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
[ACT.19.22] And having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
[ACT.19.23] And about that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
[ACT.19.24] For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen;
[ACT.19.25] whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
[ACT.19.26] And you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands:
[ACT.19.27] and not only is there danger that this trade of ours come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be made of no account, and that she be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worships.
[ACT.19.28] And when they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
[ACT.19.29] And the city was filled with confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.
[ACT.19.30] And when Paul was minded to enter in to the people, the disciples did not allow him.
[ACT.19.31] And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and pleaded with him not to adventure himself into the theater.
[ACT.19.32] Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the greater part did not know why they had come together.
[ACT.19.33] And they brought Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defense to the people.
[ACT.19.34] But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
[ACT.19.35] And when the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he says, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
[ACT.19.36] Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
[ACT.19.37] For you have brought here these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.
[ACT.19.38] If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
[ACT.19.39] But if you seek anything about other matters, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.
[ACT.19.40] For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause for it: and as concerning it we shall not be able to give account of this commotion.
[ACT.19.41] And when he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
[ACT.20.1] And after the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and, when he had encouraged them and taken his leave of them, he departed to go into Macedonia.
[ACT.20.2] And when he had gone through those regions, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.
[ACT.20.3] And when he had spent three months there, as a plot was laid against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia.
[ACT.20.4] And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater of Beroea, son of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
[ACT.20.5] But these had gone on ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas.
[ACT.20.6] And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days; where we stayed seven days.
[ACT.20.7] And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the next day; and prolonged his speech until midnight.
[ACT.20.8] And there were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together.
[ACT.20.9] And a certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, being borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being overcome by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
[ACT.20.10] And Paul went down and fell on him, and embracing him, said, Don’t be troubled; for his life is in him.
[ACT.20.11] And when he had gone up, and had broken the bread and eaten, and had talked with them a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
[ACT.20.12] And they brought the lad alive and were not a little comforted.
[ACT.20.13] But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take in Paul there; for so he had appointed, intending himself to go by land.
[ACT.20.14] And when he met us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene.
[ACT.20.15] And sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after we came to Miletus.
[ACT.20.16] For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
[ACT.20.17] And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.
[ACT.20.18] And when they had come to him, he said to them, You know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,
[ACT.20.19] serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;
[ACT.20.20] how I didn’t shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,
[ACT.20.21] testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
[ACT.20.22] And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,
[ACT.20.23] except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
[ACT.20.24] But I hold my life of no account as dear to myself, so that I might accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
[ACT.20.25] And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will see my face no more.
[ACT.20.26] Therefore I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
[ACT.20.27] For I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
[ACT.20.28] Take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
[ACT.20.29] I know that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
[ACT.20.30] and from among your own selves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
[ACT.20.31] Therefore watch, remembering that for the space of three years I stopped not to admonish everyone night and day with tears.
[ACT.20.32] And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
[ACT.20.33] I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or clothing.
[ACT.20.34] You yourselves know that these hands, provided for my necessities, and for those that were with me.
[ACT.20.35] In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
[ACT.20.36] And when he had spoken this, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.
[ACT.20.37] And they all wept much, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,
[ACT.20.38] sorrowing most of all for the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. And they brought him on his way to the ship.
[ACT.21.1] And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came with a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:
[ACT.21.2] and having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.
[ACT.21.3] And when we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.
[ACT.21.4] And having found the disciples, we stayed there seven days: and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.
[ACT.21.5] And when it came to pass that we had completed the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed,
[ACT.21.6] and bade each other farewell; and we went on board the ship, but they returned home again.
[ACT.21.7] And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day.
[ACT.21.8] And on the next day we departed, and came to Caesarea: and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.
[ACT.21.9] Now this man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.
[ACT.21.10] And as we stayed there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
[ACT.21.11] And coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
[ACT.21.12] And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
[ACT.21.13] Then Paul answered, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
[ACT.21.14] And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
[ACT.21.15] And after these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem.
[ACT.21.16] And there went with us also some of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should stay.
[ACT.21.17] And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly.
[ACT.21.18] And the day following Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present.
[ACT.21.19] And when he had greeted them, he told one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
[ACT.21.20] And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed; and they are all zealous for the law:
[ACT.21.21] and they have been informed concerning you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.
[ACT.21.22] What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.
[ACT.21.23] Do therefore this that we say to you: We have four men who have a vow on them;
[ACT.21.24] these take, and purify yourself with them, and be at charges for them, that they may shave their heads: and all shall know that there is no truth in the things of which they have been informed concerning you; but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the law.
[ACT.21.25] But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, giving judgment that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.
[ACT.21.26] Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them went into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
[ACT.21.27] And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,
[ACT.21.28] crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and has defiled this holy place.
[ACT.21.29] For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
[ACT.21.30] And all the city was moved, and the people ran together; and they laid hold on Paul and dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut.
[ACT.21.31] And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
[ACT.21.32] And immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.
[ACT.21.33] Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.
[ACT.21.34] And some shouted one thing, some another, among the crowd: and when he could not know the certainty for the uproar, he commanded him to be brought into the castle.
[ACT.21.35] And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
[ACT.21.36] for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, Away with him.
[ACT.21.37] And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he said to the chief captain, May I say something to you? And he said, Do you know Greek?
[ACT.21.38] Are you not then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?
[ACT.21.39] But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech you, allow me to speak to the people.
[ACT.21.40] And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with the hand to the people; and when there was made a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
[ACT.22.1] Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defense which I now make to you.
[ACT.22.2] And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. And he said,
[ACT.22.3] I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel, according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as all of you are this day.
[ACT.22.4] And I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
[ACT.22.5] As also the high priest and all the council of the elders can testify for me: from them I received letters to the brethren, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
[ACT.22.6] And it happened, that, as I made my journey, and came near to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light around me.
[ACT.22.7] And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
[ACT.22.8] And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.
[ACT.22.9] And those who were with me saw indeed the light, but they did not hear the voice of him that spoke to me.
[ACT.22.10] And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told you of all things which it is appointed for you to do.
[ACT.22.11] And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
[ACT.22.12] And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews that dwelled there,
[ACT.22.13] came to me, and standing by me said to me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And in that very hour I looked up at him.
[ACT.22.14] And he said, The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
[ACT.22.15] For you shall be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
[ACT.22.16] And now why do you delay? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
[ACT.22.17] And it happened, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
[ACT.22.18] and saw him saying to me, Make haste, and get quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive your testimony concerning me.
[ACT.22.19] And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed on you:
[ACT.22.20] and when the blood of Stephen your witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of those that killed him.
[ACT.22.21] And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
[ACT.22.22] And they listened to him to this word; and they lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
[ACT.22.23] And as they cried out, and threw off their garments, and threw dust into the air,
[ACT.22.24] the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, bidding that he should be examined by scourging, so that he might know for what cause they shouted against him in this way.
[ACT.22.25] And when they had tied him with the straps, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
[ACT.22.26] When the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.
[ACT.22.27] And the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.
[ACT.22.28] And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this citizenship. And Paul said, But I am a Roman born.
[ACT.22.29] They then who were about to examine him immediately departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
[ACT.22.30] But on the next day, desiring to know the certainty of why he was accused by the Jews, he released him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
[ACT.23.1] And Paul, looking intently at the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.
[ACT.23.2] And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
[ACT.23.3] Then Paul said to him, God will strike you, you whitewashed wall: and do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?
[ACT.23.4] And those who stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest?
[ACT.23.5] And Paul said, I did not know, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, You will not speak evil of a ruler of your people.
[ACT.23.6] But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees: I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead.
[ACT.23.7] And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
[ACT.23.8] For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
[ACT.23.9] And there arose a great clamor: and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' part stood up, and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: and what if a spirit or angel has spoken to him?
[ACT.23.10] And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
[ACT.23.11] And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Take courage: for as you have testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must you also bear witness at Rome.
[ACT.23.12] And when it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
[ACT.23.13] And there were more than forty who made this conspiracy.
[ACT.23.14] And they went to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.
[ACT.23.15] Now therefore you with the council ask of the chief captain that he bring him down to you, as though you would judge his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to kill him.
[ACT.23.16] But Paul's sister's son heard of their ambush, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.
[ACT.23.17] And Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said, Bring this young man to the chief captain; for he has something to tell him.
[ACT.23.18] So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him, and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to say to you.
[ACT.23.19] And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that you have to tell me?
[ACT.23.20] And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though you would inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.
[ACT.23.21] Do not therefore yield to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have killed him: and now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.
[ACT.23.22] So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him to tell no one that you have signified these things to me.
[ACT.23.23] And he called to him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night:
[ACT.23.24] and he asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul thereon, and bring him safe to Felix the governor.
[ACT.23.25] And he wrote a letter after this manner:
[ACT.23.26] Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greetings.
[ACT.23.27] This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
[ACT.23.28] And desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council:
[ACT.23.29] whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law, but having nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
[ACT.23.30] And when it was shown to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to speak against him before you.
[ACT.23.31] So the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
[ACT.23.32] But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
[ACT.23.33] when they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul before him.
[ACT.23.34] And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,
[ACT.23.35] I will hear you fully, said he, when your accusers also arrive: and he commanded him to be kept in Herod's palace.
[ACT.24.1] And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and with an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.
[ACT.24.2] And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that by your providence evils are corrected for this nation,
[ACT.24.3] we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
[ACT.24.4] But, so that I do not continue you further, I beseech you to hear us of your clemency a few words.
[ACT.24.5] For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
[ACT.24.6] who moreover assayed to profane the temple: on whom also we laid hold:
[ACT.24.7] But the chief captain Lysias came, and with great force took him away out of our hands,
[ACT.24.8] commanding his accusers to come before you: from whom you will be able, by examining yourself concerning all these things, to make certain the things whereof we accuse him.
[ACT.24.9] And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.
[ACT.24.10] And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul answered, Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make my defense:
[ACT.24.11] seeing that you can ascertain that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:
[ACT.24.12] and neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man, or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.
[ACT.24.13] Neither can they prove to you the things whereof they now accuse me.
[ACT.24.14] But this I confess to you, that after the Way which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
[ACT.24.15] having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.
[ACT.24.16] Herein I also exercise myself to have a conscience void of offense toward God and men always.
[ACT.24.17] Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:
[ACT.24.18] amid which they found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd, nor with tumult: but there were certain Jews from Asia—
[ACT.24.19] who ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.
[ACT.24.20] Or else let these men themselves say what wrong they found, when I stood before the council,
[ACT.24.21] except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day.
[ACT.24.22] But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, When Lysias the chief captain will come down, I will determine your matter.
[ACT.24.23] And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and that none of his friends should be forbidden to minister to him.
[ACT.24.24] But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.
[ACT.24.25] And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go your way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call you to me.
[ACT.24.26] He hoped also that money would be given to him by Paul: which also made him send for him more often, and commune with him.
[ACT.24.27] But when two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.
[ACT.25.1] Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
[ACT.25.2] And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they pleaded with him,
[ACT.25.3] asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
[ACT.25.4] However, Festus answered that Paul was kept in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was shortly going there.
[ACT.25.5] Let the influential men among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.
[ACT.25.6] And when he had stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
[ACT.25.7] And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and grievous charges against him which they could not prove;
[ACT.25.8] while Paul said in his defense, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.
[ACT.25.9] But Festus, wanting to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
[ACT.25.10] But Paul said, I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews I have done no wrong, as you also very well know.
[ACT.25.11] If then I am a wrongdoer, and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if none of these things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.
[ACT.25.12] Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, You have appealed to Caesar: to Caesar you shall go.
[ACT.25.13] Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the King and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.
[ACT.25.14] And as they were staying there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;
[ACT.25.15] about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for sentence against him.
[ACT.25.16] To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before the one accused has the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.
[ACT.25.17] When they had come together here, I made no delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought.
[ACT.25.18] Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;
[ACT.25.19] but had certain questions against him about their own religion, and about one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul asserted to be alive.
[ACT.25.20] And I, being perplexed how to inquire concerning these things, asked whether he would go to Jerusalem and there be judged of these matters.
[ACT.25.21] But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the Emperor, I commanded him to be kept until I should send him to Caesar.
[ACT.25.22] And Agrippa said to Festus, I also would like to hear the man myself. Tomorrow, said he, you shall hear him.
[ACT.25.23] So on the next day, when Agrippa and Bernice had come with great pomp, and they had entered into the place of hearing with the chief captains and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
[ACT.25.24] And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men who are present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
[ACT.25.25] But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death: and as he himself appealed to the Emperor, I determined to send him.
[ACT.25.26] However, I have nothing certain to write to my lord concerning him. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination has been made, I may have something to write.
[ACT.25.27] For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to signify the charges against him.
[ACT.26.1] And Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense:
[ACT.26.2] I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:
[ACT.26.3] especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
[ACT.26.4] My manner of life then from my youth up, which was from the beginning among my own nation and at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
[ACT.26.5] having knowledge of me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
[ACT.26.6] And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;
[ACT.26.7] to which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!
[ACT.26.8] Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?
[ACT.26.9] I truly thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
[ACT.26.10] And this I also did in Jerusalem: and I shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my vote against them.
[ACT.26.11] And punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
[ACT.26.12] At which time as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,
[ACT.26.13] at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.
[ACT.26.14] And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the goads.
[ACT.26.15] And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.
[ACT.26.16] But rise, and stand on your feet: for to this end have I appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of the things wherein you have seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear to you;
[ACT.26.17] delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
[ACT.26.18] to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
[ACT.26.19] Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:
[ACT.26.20] but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
[ACT.26.21] For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and wanted to kill me.
[ACT.26.22] Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come;
[ACT.26.23] how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.
[ACT.26.24] And as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you are mad; your great learning is turning you to madness.
[ACT.26.25] But Paul said, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.
[ACT.26.26] For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this has not been done in a corner.
[ACT.26.27] King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.
[ACT.26.28] And Agrippa said to Paul, With but little persuasion you would make me a Christian.
[ACT.26.29] And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.
[ACT.26.30] And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
[ACT.26.31] and when they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
[ACT.26.32] And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.
[ACT.27.1] And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
[ACT.27.2] And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
[ACT.27.3] And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and allowed him to go to his friends and be refreshed.
[ACT.27.4] And putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
[ACT.27.5] And when we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
[ACT.27.6] And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy; and he put us on board.
[ACT.27.7] And when we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty over against Cnidus, the wind not allowing us, we sailed under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone;
[ACT.27.8] and with difficulty coasting along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens; near which was the city of Lasea.
[ACT.27.9] And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul advised them,
[ACT.27.10] and said to them, Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.
[ACT.27.11] But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.
[ACT.27.12] And because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the greater part advised to put to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there; which is a haven of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.
[ACT.27.13] And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close in shore.
[ACT.27.14] But after no long time there rushed down from it a tempestuous wind, which is called Euraquilo:
[ACT.27.15] and when the ship was caught, and could not face the wind, we gave way to it, and were driven.
[ACT.27.16] And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat:
[ACT.27.17] and when they had hoisted it up, they used supports, undergirding the ship; and, fearing they would be cast upon the Syrtis, they lowered the gear, and so were driven.
[ACT.27.18] And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard;
[ACT.27.19] and the third day they cast out with their own hands the tackling of the ship.
[ACT.27.20] And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
[ACT.27.21] And when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
[ACT.27.22] And now I bid you to be of good cheer; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
[ACT.27.23] For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,
[ACT.27.24] saying, Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar: and lo, God has granted you all those that sail with you.
[ACT.27.25] Therefore, sirs, be of good cheer; for I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.
[ACT.27.26] But we must be cast upon a certain island.
[ACT.27.27] But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven to and fro in the Sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.
[ACT.27.28] And they sounded, and found twenty fathoms: and after a little they sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms.
[ACT.27.29] And fearing we might be cast on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for day.
[ACT.27.30] And as the sailors were seeking to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, under pretence as though they would lay out anchors from the foreship,
[ACT.27.31] Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.
[ACT.27.32] Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
[ACT.27.33] And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
[ACT.27.34] Therefore I urge you to take some food: for this is for your safety; for there will not a hair perish from the head of any of you.
[ACT.27.35] And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in the presence of all; and he broke it, and began to eat.
[ACT.27.36] Then were they all of good cheer, and themselves also took food.
[ACT.27.37] And we were in all in the ship two hundred seventy-six souls.
[ACT.27.38] And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
[ACT.27.39] And when it was day, they did not recognize the land: but they perceived a certain bay with a beach, and they took counsel whether they could drive the ship upon it.
[ACT.27.40] And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the bands of the rudders; and hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
[ACT.27.41] But lighting upon a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the foreship stuck and remained unmovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.
[ACT.27.42] And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
[ACT.27.43] But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose; and commanded that they who could swim should throw themselves overboard, and get to the land;
[ACT.27.44] and the rest, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. And so it happened, that they all escaped safely to the land.
[ACT.28.1] And when we had escaped, then we knew that the island was called Melita.
[ACT.28.2] And the natives showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
[ACT.28.3] But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out by reason of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
[ACT.28.4] And when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed to live.
[ACT.28.5] However he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.
[ACT.28.6] But they expected him to become swollen, or suddenly fall down dead: but after they had waited a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
[ACT.28.7] Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us and entertained us three days courteously.
[ACT.28.8] And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery; to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.
[ACT.28.9] And when this was done, the rest also that had diseases in the island came, and were cured:
[ACT.28.10] who also honored us with many honors; and when we sailed, they put on board such things as we needed.
[ACT.28.11] And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers.
[ACT.28.12] And touching at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
[ACT.28.13] And from there we made a circuit, and arrived at Rhegium: and after one day a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli;
[ACT.28.14] where we found brethren, and were entreated to tarry with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.
[ACT.28.15] And from there the brethren, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
[ACT.28.16] And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to remain by himself with the soldier that guarded him.
[ACT.28.17] And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the leaders of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said to them, I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:
[ACT.28.18] who, when they had examined me, desired to set me free, because there was no cause of death in me.
[ACT.28.19] But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.
[ACT.28.20] For this cause therefore did I request to see you and to speak with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
[ACT.28.21] And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any harm of you.
[ACT.28.22] But we desire to hear from you what you think: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.
[ACT.28.23] And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded the matter, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
[ACT.28.24] And some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
[ACT.28.25] And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,
[ACT.28.26] saying, Go to this people, and say, By hearing you shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing you shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
[ACT.28.27] For this people's heart is grown dull, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest perhaps they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
[ACT.28.28] Be it known therefore to you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles: they will also hear.
[ACT.28.29] [And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, having much disputing among themselves.]
[ACT.28.30] And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in to him,
[ACT.28.31] preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.
[ROM.1.1] Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
[ROM.1.2] which he promised before through his prophets in the holy scriptures,
[ROM.1.3] concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
[ROM.1.4] who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; even Jesus Christ our Lord,
[ROM.1.5] through whom we received grace and apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
[ROM.1.6] among whom are you also called to be Jesus Christ's:
[ROM.1.7] to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[ROM.1.8] First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
[ROM.1.9] For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
[ROM.1.10] making request, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.
[ROM.1.11] For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established;
[ROM.1.12] that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine.
[ROM.1.13] And I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that often I purposed to come to you, (and was hindered up to now,) that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.
[ROM.1.14] I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
[ROM.1.15] So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome.
[ROM.1.16] For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
[ROM.1.17] For in it is revealed a righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is written, But the righteous shall live by faith.
[ROM.1.18] For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
[ROM.1.19] because that which is known of God is evident in them; for God made it evident to them.
[ROM.1.20] For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:
[ROM.1.21] because that, knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
[ROM.1.22] Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
[ROM.1.23] and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
[ROM.1.24] Therefore God gave them up in the desires of their hearts to impurity, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
[ROM.1.25] for they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
[ROM.1.26] For this cause God gave them up to vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:
[ROM.1.27] and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their desire one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.
[ROM.1.28] And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
[ROM.1.29] being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignant behavior; whisperers,
[ROM.1.30] backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
[ROM.1.31] without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:
[ROM.1.32] who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they which practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with those who practice them.
[ROM.2.1] Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for wherein you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judges do the same things.
[ROM.2.2] And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
[ROM.2.3] And do you think this, O man, who judge those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
[ROM.2.4] Or do you despise the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
[ROM.2.5] But after your hardness and impenitent heart you treasure up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
[ROM.2.6] who will render to every man according to his works:
[ROM.2.7] to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:
[ROM.2.8] but to those who are factious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation,
[ROM.2.9] tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
[ROM.2.10] but glory and honor and peace to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:
[ROM.2.11] for there is no respect of persons with God.
[ROM.2.12] For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law;
[ROM.2.13] for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law will be justified;
[ROM.2.14] for when Gentiles who do not have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves;
[ROM.2.15] in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing them;
[ROM.2.16] in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.
[ROM.2.17] But if you bear the name of a Jew, and rest upon the law, and glory in God,
[ROM.2.18] and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
[ROM.2.19] and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,
[ROM.2.20] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;
[ROM.2.21] you therefore that teach another, do you not teach yourself? you that preach a man should not steal, do you steal?
[ROM.2.22] you that say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? you that abhor idols, do you rob temples?
[ROM.2.23] you who glory in the law, through your transgression of the law do you dishonor God?
[ROM.2.24] For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.
[ROM.2.25] For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law: but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.
[ROM.2.26] If therefore the uncircumcision keep the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
[ROM.2.27] and will not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?
[ROM.2.28] For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:
[ROM.2.29] but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
[ROM.3.1] What advantage then has the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?
[ROM.3.2] Much in every way: first of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
[ROM.3.3] For what if some were without faith? shall their lack of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God?
[ROM.3.4] God forbid: yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That you might be justified in your words, And might prevail when you come into judgment.
[ROM.3.5] But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visits with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)
[ROM.3.6] God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
[ROM.3.7] But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
[ROM.3.8] and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.
[ROM.3.9] What then? are we better than they? No, in no way: for we before laid charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;
[ROM.3.10] as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;
[ROM.3.11] There is none that understands, There is none that seeks after God;
[ROM.3.12] They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that does good, no, not so much as one:
[ROM.3.13] Their throat is an open sepulcher; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
[ROM.3.14] Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
[ROM.3.15] Their feet are swift to shed blood;
[ROM.3.16] Destruction and misery are in their ways;
[ROM.3.17] And the way of peace have they not known:
[ROM.3.18] There is no fear of God before their eyes.
[ROM.3.19] Now we know that what things soever the law says, it speaks to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
[ROM.3.20] because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
[ROM.3.21] But now apart from the law a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
[ROM.3.22] even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all them that believe; for there is no distinction;
[ROM.3.23] for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
[ROM.3.24] being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
[ROM.3.25] whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done beforetime, in the forbearance of God;
[ROM.3.26] for the showing, I say, of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that has faith in Jesus.
[ROM.3.27] Where then is the glorying? It is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? No: but by a law of faith.
[ROM.3.28] We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
[ROM.3.29] Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also:
[ROM.3.30] if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.
[ROM.3.31] Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: no, we establish the law.
[ROM.4.1] What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
[ROM.4.2] For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about; but not toward God.
[ROM.4.3] For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
[ROM.4.4] Now to the one who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt.
[ROM.4.5] But to the one who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
[ROM.4.6] Even as David also pronounces blessing upon the person, to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,
[ROM.4.7] Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
[ROM.4.8] Blessed is the person to whom Jehovah will not count sin.
[ROM.4.9] Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcised, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say, To Abraham his faith was counted for righteousness.
[ROM.4.10] How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
[ROM.4.11] And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be counted to them as well.
[ROM.4.12] And the father of circumcision to those who are not only of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had in uncircumcision.
[ROM.4.13] For the promise to Abraham or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
[ROM.4.14] For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect:
[ROM.4.15] for the law works wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.
[ROM.4.16] For this reason it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to those who are of the law only, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
[ROM.4.17] (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made you) before him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
[ROM.4.18] Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to what had been spoken, So will your seed be.
[ROM.4.19] And without being weakened in faith, he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;
[ROM.4.20] yet, looking to the promise of God, he did not waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
[ROM.4.21] and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
[ROM.4.22] Therefore also it was counted to him for righteousness.
[ROM.4.23] Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was counted to him;
[ROM.4.24] but for ours also, to whom it will be counted, who believe on him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
[ROM.4.25] who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
[ROM.5.1] Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
[ROM.5.2] through whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
[ROM.5.3] And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation works perseverance;
[ROM.5.4] and perseverance, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:
[ROM.5.5] and hope does not put us to shame; because the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given to us.
[ROM.5.6] For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
[ROM.5.7] For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for perhaps for the good man someone would even dare to die.
[ROM.5.8] But God commends his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
[ROM.5.9] Much more then, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God through him.
[ROM.5.10] For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;
[ROM.5.11] and not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
[ROM.5.12] Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, for that all sinned:
[ROM.5.13] for until the law sin was in the world; but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
[ROM.5.14] Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come.
[ROM.5.15] But not as the trespass, so also is the free gift. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
[ROM.5.16] And not as through one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment came of one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.
[ROM.5.17] For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
[ROM.5.18] So then as through one trespass the judgment came to all men to condemnation; even so through one act of righteousness the free gift came to all men to justification of life.
[ROM.5.19] For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one shall the many be made righteous.
[ROM.5.20] And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:
[ROM.5.21] that as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
[ROM.6.1] What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may increase?
[ROM.6.2] May it never be. We who died to sin, how shall we live any longer in it?
[ROM.6.3] Or do you not know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
[ROM.6.4] We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
[ROM.6.5] For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection;
[ROM.6.6] knowing this, that our old self was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
[ROM.6.7] for he that has died is freed from sin.
[ROM.6.8] But if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him;
[ROM.6.9] knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dies no more; death no longer has dominion over him.
[ROM.6.10] For the death that he died, he died to sin once: but the life that he lives, he lives to God.
[ROM.6.11] Even so reckon yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
[ROM.6.12] Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its desires:
[ROM.6.13] neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
[ROM.6.14] For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under law, but under grace.
[ROM.6.15] What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be.
[ROM.6.16] Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
[ROM.6.17] But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were servants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching where you were delivered;
[ROM.6.18] and being made free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.
[ROM.6.19] I speak after the manner of men because of the weakness of your flesh: for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to iniquity to iniquity, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness to sanctification.
[ROM.6.20] For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard of righteousness.
[ROM.6.21] What fruit then had you at that time in the things whereof you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
[ROM.6.22] But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, you have your fruit to sanctification, and the end eternal life.
[ROM.6.23] For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[ROM.7.1] Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a person as long as they live?
[ROM.7.2] For the woman which has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives; but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
[ROM.7.3] So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she is joined to another man.
[ROM.7.4] Therefore, my brethren, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.
[ROM.7.5] For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to death.
[ROM.7.6] But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
[ROM.7.7] What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not. However, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, unless the law had said, You shall not covet:
[ROM.7.8] but sin, finding occasion, worked in me through the commandment all manner of coveting. For apart from the law sin is dead.
[ROM.7.9] And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
[ROM.7.10] and the commandment, which was to life, this I found to be to death:
[ROM.7.11] for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment deceived me, and through it killed me.
[ROM.7.12] So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
[ROM.7.13] Did then that which is good become death to me? Absolutely not. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceedingly sinful.
[ROM.7.14] For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
[ROM.7.15] For I do not know what I do: for what I would want to do, that do I not practice; but what I hate, that I do.
[ROM.7.16] But if what I would not do, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
[ROM.7.17] So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
[ROM.7.18] For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.
[ROM.7.19] For the good which I would do, I do not; but the evil which I would not do, that I do.
[ROM.7.20] But if what I would not do, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
[ROM.7.21] I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.
[ROM.7.22] For I delight in the law of God after the inward person:
[ROM.7.23] but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members.
[ROM.7.24] Wretched person that I am! Who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
[ROM.7.25] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
[ROM.8.1] There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
[ROM.8.2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[ROM.8.3] For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
[ROM.8.4] that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
[ROM.8.5] For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
[ROM.8.6] For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
[ROM.8.7] because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be:
[ROM.8.8] and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
[ROM.8.9] But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
[ROM.8.10] And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
[ROM.8.11] But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
[ROM.8.12] So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh:
[ROM.8.13] for if you live according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
[ROM.8.14] For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
[ROM.8.15] For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear; but you received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
[ROM.8.16] The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:
[ROM.8.17] and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
[ROM.8.18] For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us.
[ROM.8.19] For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
[ROM.8.20] For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope
[ROM.8.21] that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
[ROM.8.22] For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
[ROM.8.23] And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, the redemption of our body.
[ROM.8.24] For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopes for what he sees?
[ROM.8.25] But if we hope for what we do not see, then do we with patience wait for it.
[ROM.8.26] And in the same way the Spirit also helps our weaknesses: for we do not know how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;
[ROM.8.27] and he who searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
[ROM.8.28] And we know that to those who love God, all things work together for good, to those who are called according to his purpose.
[ROM.8.29] For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers:
[ROM.8.30] and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
[ROM.8.31] What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
[ROM.8.32] He that did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
[ROM.8.33] Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God who justifies;
[ROM.8.34] who is he that condemns? It is Christ Jesus who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
[ROM.8.35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
[ROM.8.36] Even as it is written, For your sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
[ROM.8.37] No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
[ROM.8.38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
[ROM.8.39] nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
[ROM.9.1] I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
[ROM.9.2] that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
[ROM.9.3] For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
[ROM.9.4] who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
[ROM.9.5] whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
[ROM.9.6] But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
[ROM.9.7] neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called.
[ROM.9.8] That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
[ROM.9.9] For this is a word of promise, About this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.
[ROM.9.10] And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, even our father Isaac--
[ROM.9.11] for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might remain, not of works, but of him that calls,
[ROM.9.12] it was said to her, The elder will serve the younger.
[ROM.9.13] Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
[ROM.9.14] What will we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
[ROM.9.15] For he said to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.
[ROM.9.16] So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that has mercy.
[ROM.9.17] For the scripture said to Pharaoh, For this very purpose I raised you up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.
[ROM.9.18] So then he has mercy on whom he wills, and whom he wills he hardens.
[ROM.9.19] You will say then to me, Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?
[ROM.9.20] But indeed, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why did you make me thus?
[ROM.9.21] Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel to honor, and another to dishonor?
[ROM.9.22] What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
[ROM.9.23] and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand to glory,
[ROM.9.24] even us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
[ROM.9.25] As he said also in Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, that was not beloved.
[ROM.9.26] And it will be, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there will they be called sons of the living God.
[ROM.9.27] And Isaiah cries concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved:
[ROM.9.28] for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
[ROM.9.29] And, as Isaiah has said before, Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
[ROM.9.30] What will we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
[ROM.9.31] but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
[ROM.9.32] Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
[ROM.9.33] even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense: And he that believes on him will not be put to shame.
[ROM.10.1] Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
[ROM.10.2] For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
[ROM.10.3] For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
[ROM.10.4] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
[ROM.10.5] For Moses writes that the man that does the righteousness which is of the law shall live by it.
[ROM.10.6] But the righteousness which is of faith says, Do not say in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)
[ROM.10.7] or, Who shall descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)
[ROM.10.8] But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach:
[ROM.10.9] that if you shall confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and shall believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved:
[ROM.10.10] for with the heart man believes to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation.
[ROM.10.11] For the scripture says, Whoever believes on him shall not be put to shame.
[ROM.10.12] For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all that call upon him:
[ROM.10.13] for, Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
[ROM.10.14] How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
[ROM.10.15] and how shall they preach, unless they are sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!
[ROM.10.16] But they did not all listen to the glad tidings. For Isaiah says, Jehovah, who has believed our report?
[ROM.10.17] So belief comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
[ROM.10.18] But I say, Did they not hear? Yes, truly, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world.
[ROM.10.19] But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation, With a nation void of understanding will I anger you.
[ROM.10.20] And Isaiah is very bold, and says, I was found by them that did not seek me; I became visible to them that did not ask of me.
[ROM.10.21] But as to Israel he says, All the day long did I spread out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.
[ROM.11.1] I ask then, Did God reject his people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
[ROM.11.2] God did not reject his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
[ROM.11.3] Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.
[ROM.11.4] But what is the reply of God to him? I have kept for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
[ROM.11.5] Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
[ROM.11.6] But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
[ROM.11.7] What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
[ROM.11.8] according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.
[ROM.11.9] And David says, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution to them:
[ROM.11.10] Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bend their backs always.
[ROM.11.11] I ask then, Did they stumble that they might fall? Certainly not! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
[ROM.11.12] Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
[ROM.11.13] But I speak to you that are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
[ROM.11.14] if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
[ROM.11.15] For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
[ROM.11.16] And if the firstfruit is holy, so is the lump: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
[ROM.11.17] But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partakers with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;
[ROM.11.18] do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, it is not you that bear the root, but the root you.
[ROM.11.19] You will say then, Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
[ROM.11.20] Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear:
[ROM.11.21] for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
[ROM.11.22] Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward you, God's goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise you also shall be cut off.
[ROM.11.23] And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
[ROM.11.24] For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
[ROM.11.25] For I do not wish, brothers, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
[ROM.11.26] and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
[ROM.11.27] And this is my covenant to them, When I shall take away their sins.
[ROM.11.28] As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
[ROM.11.29] For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
[ROM.11.30] For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,
[ROM.11.31] even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.
[ROM.11.32] For God has shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
[ROM.11.33] Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
[ROM.11.34] For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counselor?
[ROM.11.35] or who has first given to him, and it shall be repaid to him again?
[ROM.11.36] For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen.
[ROM.12.1] I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
[ROM.12.2] And do not be conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
[ROM.12.3] For I say, through the grace given to me, to every one that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, according to the measure of faith that God has allotted to each one.
[ROM.12.4] For as we have many members in one body, and all the members do not have the same function:
[ROM.12.5] so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
[ROM.12.6] And having gifts differing according to the grace given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
[ROM.12.7] or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he that teaches, to his teaching;
[ROM.12.8] or he that encourages, to his encouragement: he that gives, let him do it with simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
[ROM.12.9] Let love be without hypocrisy. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
[ROM.12.10] In love of the brothers be kindly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
[ROM.12.11] not lacking in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
[ROM.12.12] rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
[ROM.12.13] sharing in the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
[ROM.12.14] Bless those that persecute you; bless, and do not curse.
[ROM.12.15] Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
[ROM.12.16] Be of the same mind one toward another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own conceits.
[ROM.12.17] Repay no one evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
[ROM.12.18] If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.
[ROM.12.19] Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.
[ROM.12.20] But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.
[ROM.12.21] Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
[ROM.13.1] Let every person be in subjection to the higher authorities; for there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are ordained by God.
[ROM.13.2] Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God: and those who withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.
[ROM.13.3] For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Do you want to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall have praise from the same:
[ROM.13.4] for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain: for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to the one who does evil.
[ROM.13.5] Therefore you must be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
[ROM.13.6] For this reason you also pay taxes; for they are servants of God's service, attending continually to this very thing.
[ROM.13.7] Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
[ROM.13.8] Owe no one anything, except to love one another: for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
[ROM.13.9] For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
[ROM.13.10] Love works no ill to one's neighbor: love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
[ROM.13.11] And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.
[ROM.13.12] The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
[ROM.13.13] Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy.
[ROM.13.14] But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its desires.
[ROM.14.1] But the one who is weak in faith receive, yet not for decisions of scruples.
[ROM.14.2] One person has faith to eat all things: but the one who is weak eats herbs.
[ROM.14.3] Do not let the one who eats treat with contempt the one who does not eat; and do not let the one who does not eat judge the one who eats: for God has received him.
[ROM.14.4] Who are you that judge the servant of another? to that person's own lord they stand or fall. Yes, they will be made to stand; for the Lord has power to make them stand.
[ROM.14.5] One person esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let each person be fully assured in their own mind.
[ROM.14.6] The one who regards the day, regards it to the Lord: and the one who eats, eats to the Lord, for they give God thanks; and the one who does not eat, to the Lord they do not eat, and give God thanks.
[ROM.14.7] For none of us lives to oneself, and none dies to oneself.
[ROM.14.8] For if we live, we live to the Lord; or if we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
[ROM.14.9] For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
[ROM.14.10] But you, why do you judge your brother? or you again, why do you treat your brother with contempt? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God.
[ROM.14.11] For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God.
[ROM.14.12] So then each one of us shall give account of themselves to God.
[ROM.14.13] Let us not therefore judge one another anymore: but judge this rather, that no person put a stumbling block in their brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
[ROM.14.14] I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: save that to them who reckon anything to be unclean, to them it is unclean.
[ROM.14.15] For if because of food your brother is grieved, you do not walk in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.
[ROM.14.16] Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
[ROM.14.17] for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
[ROM.14.18] For they who herein serve Christ are well-pleasing to God, and approved by people.
[ROM.14.19] So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may edify one another.
[ROM.14.20] Do not overthrow the work of God for food. All things indeed are clean; however it is evil for the person who eats with offense.
[ROM.14.21] It is good not to eat meat, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby your brother stumbles.
[ROM.14.22] The faith which you have, have to yourself before God. Happy is the one that judges not themselves in that which they approve.
[ROM.14.23] But the one who doubts is condemned if they eat, because they eat not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
[ROM.15.1] Now we that are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
[ROM.15.2] Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to build him up.
[ROM.15.3] For Christ also did not please himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me.
[ROM.15.4] For whatever things were written previously were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.
[ROM.15.5] Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:
[ROM.15.6] that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[ROM.15.7] Therefore receive one another, as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.
[ROM.15.8] For I say that Christ has been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
[ROM.15.9] and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, And sing to your name.
[ROM.15.10] And again he says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.
[ROM.15.11] And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; And let all the peoples praise him.
[ROM.15.12] And again, Isaiah says, There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that rises to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.
[ROM.15.13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
[ROM.15.14] And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
[ROM.15.15] But I write the more boldly to you in some measure, as putting you in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,
[ROM.15.16] that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering in the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
[ROM.15.17] I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
[ROM.15.18] For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
[ROM.15.19] in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about even to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;
[ROM.15.20] yes, making it my aim so to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build upon another man's foundation;
[ROM.15.21] but, as it is written, They shall see, to whom no tidings of him came, And they who have not heard shall understand.
[ROM.15.22] Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you:
[ROM.15.23] but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,
[ROM.15.24] when I go to Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way there by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)—
[ROM.15.25] but now, I go to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
[ROM.15.26] For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.
[ROM.15.27] Yes, it has been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister to them in material things.
[ROM.15.28] When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you to Spain.
[ROM.15.29] And I know that, when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
[ROM.15.30] Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
[ROM.15.31] that I may be delivered from those that are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;
[ROM.15.32] that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.
[ROM.15.33] Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
[ROM.16.1] I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae:
[ROM.16.2] that you receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may have need of you: for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.
[ROM.16.3] Greet Prisca and Aquila my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,
[ROM.16.4] who for my life laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:
[ROM.16.5] and greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus my beloved, who is the first fruits of Asia to Christ.
[ROM.16.6] Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on you.
[ROM.16.7] Greet Andronicus and Junias, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.
[ROM.16.8] Greet Ampliatus my beloved in the Lord.
[ROM.16.9] Greet Urbanus our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
[ROM.16.10] Greet Apelles the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.
[ROM.16.11] Greet Herodion my relative. Greet those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
[ROM.16.12] Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
[ROM.16.13] Greet Rufus the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
[ROM.16.14] Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers that are with them.
[ROM.16.15] Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints that are with them.
[ROM.16.16] Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
[ROM.16.17] Now I urge you, brothers, mark those who cause divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you learned: and turn away from them.
[ROM.16.18] For such people serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
[ROM.16.19] For your obedience is known to all men. I rejoice therefore over you: but I would have you wise to that which is good, and simple to that which is evil.
[ROM.16.20] And the God of peace will bruise Satan under your feet soon. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
[ROM.16.21] Timothy my fellow worker greets you; and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.
[ROM.16.22] I Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord.
[ROM.16.23] Gaius my host, and the whole church, greets you. Erastus the treasurer of the city greets you, and Quartus the brother.
[ROM.16.24] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
[ROM.16.25] Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through times eternal,
[ROM.16.26] but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known to all the nations to obedience of faith:
[ROM.16.27] to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen.
[1CO.1.1] Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
[1CO.1.2] to the church of God which is at Corinth, those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
[1CO.1.3] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[1CO.1.4] I give thanks to my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
[1CO.1.5] that in everything you were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
[1CO.1.6] even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
[1CO.1.7] so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
[1CO.1.8] who shall also confirm you to the end, that you be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[1CO.1.9] God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
[1CO.1.10] Now I appeal to you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
[1CO.1.11] For it has been shown to me concerning you, my brothers, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are quarrels among you.
[1CO.1.12] Now I say this, that each one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
[1CO.1.13] Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
[1CO.1.14] I thank God that I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius;
[1CO.1.15] lest any should say that you were baptized into my name.
[1CO.1.16] And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other.
[1CO.1.17] For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void.
[1CO.1.18] For the word of the cross is to those that perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
[1CO.1.19] For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the prudent will I reject.
[1CO.1.20] Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
[1CO.1.21] For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the message preached to save those that believe.
[1CO.1.22] Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:
[1CO.1.23] but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness;
[1CO.1.24] but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
[1CO.1.25] Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
[1CO.1.26] For consider your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
[1CO.1.27] but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;
[1CO.1.28] and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yes and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:
[1CO.1.29] that no flesh should glory before God.
[1CO.1.30] But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
[1CO.1.31] that, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.
[1CO.2.1] And I, when I came to you, brothers, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.
[1CO.2.2] For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
[1CO.2.3] And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
[1CO.2.4] And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
[1CO.2.5] that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
[1CO.2.6] We speak wisdom, however, among those that are full-grown: yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:
[1CO.2.7] but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds to our glory:
[1CO.2.8] which none of the rulers of this world have known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
[1CO.2.9] but as it is written, Things which eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, whatever things God has prepared for those who love him.
[1CO.2.10] But to us God revealed them through the Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
[1CO.2.11] For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God.
[1CO.2.12] But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
[1CO.2.13] Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Spirit teaches; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.
[1CO.2.14] Now the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
[1CO.2.15] But he who is spiritual judges all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
[1CO.2.16] For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
[1CO.3.1] And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual people, but as to fleshly, as to infants in Christ.
[1CO.3.2] I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you were not yet able to receive it: no, not even now are you able;
[1CO.3.3] for you are still fleshly: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are you not fleshly, and do you not walk after the manner of men?
[1CO.3.4] For when one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not men?
[1CO.3.5] What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
[1CO.3.6] I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
[1CO.3.7] So then neither is he that plants anything, nor he that waters; but God that gives the increase.
[1CO.3.8] Now he that plants and he that waters are one: but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
[1CO.3.9] For we are God's fellow workers: you are God's field, God's building.
[1CO.3.10] According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation; and another builds thereon. But let each take heed how he builds thereon.
[1CO.3.11] For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
[1CO.3.12] But if any man builds on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, straw;
[1CO.3.13] each man's work will become manifest: for the day will declare it, because it is revealed by fire; and the fire itself will prove each man's work of what sort it is.
[1CO.3.14] If any man's work remains which he built thereon, he will receive a reward.
[1CO.3.15] If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss: but he himself will be saved; yet so as through fire.
[1CO.3.16] Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
[1CO.3.17] If any man destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are you.
[1CO.3.18] Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
[1CO.3.19] For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that takes the wise in their craftiness:
[1CO.3.20] and again, The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.
[1CO.3.21] Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours;
[1CO.3.22] whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
[1CO.3.23] and you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
[1CO.4.1] Let a person regard us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
[1CO.4.2] Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that one is found faithful.
[1CO.4.3] But with me it is a very small thing that I am judged by you, or by man's judgment: indeed, I do not judge my own self.
[1CO.4.4] For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord.
[1CO.4.5] Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then each one will have his praise from God.
[1CO.4.6] Now these things, brothers, I have transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us you might learn not to go beyond the things which are written; that none of you be puffed up for the one against the other.
[1CO.4.7] For who makes you to differ? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
[1CO.4.8] Already you are filled, already you have become rich, you have come to reign without us: and I would that indeed you did reign, that we also might reign with you.
[1CO.4.9] For, I think, God has set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
[1CO.4.10] We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you have honor, but we are despised.
[1CO.4.11] Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place;
[1CO.4.12] and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
[1CO.4.13] being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the refuse of all things, even until now.
[1CO.4.14] I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
[1CO.4.15] For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.
[1CO.4.16] I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
[1CO.4.17] For this cause have I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
[1CO.4.18] Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
[1CO.4.19] But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills; and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
[1CO.4.20] For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
[1CO.4.21] What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
[1CO.5.1] It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.
[1CO.5.2] And you are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he who has done this deed might be taken away from among you.
[1CO.5.3] For I indeed, being absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so done this thing, as though I were present.
[1CO.5.4] In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
[1CO.5.5] to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
[1CO.5.6] Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
[1CO.5.7] Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For our Passover also has been sacrificed, even Christ:
[1CO.5.8] therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
[1CO.5.9] I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with fornicators;
[1CO.5.10] not at all meaning with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would need to go out of the world:
[1CO.5.11] but as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother if he is a fornicator, or a covetous person, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one do not even eat.
[1CO.5.12] For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are within,
[1CO.5.13] whereas those who are outside God judges? Put away the wicked person from among yourselves.
[1CO.6.1] Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
[1CO.6.2] Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
[1CO.6.3] Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
[1CO.6.4] If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church?
[1CO.6.5] I say this to move you to shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brothers,
[1CO.6.6] but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?
[1CO.6.7] Now therefore, there is altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
[1CO.6.8] No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that your brothers.
[1CO.6.9] Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
[1CO.6.10] nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will inherit the kingdom of God.
[1CO.6.11] And such were some of you: but you washed yourselves, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
[1CO.6.12] All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.
[1CO.6.13] Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods: but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
[1CO.6.14] and God both raised the Lord, and will raise us up through his power.
[1CO.6.15] Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? God forbid.
[1CO.6.16] Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? for, The two, he says, will become one flesh.
[1CO.6.17] But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
[1CO.6.18] Flee fornication. Every sin that a person does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.
[1CO.6.19] Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, which you have from God? and you are not your own;
[1CO.6.20] for you were bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
[1CO.7.1] Now concerning the things about which you wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
[1CO.7.2] But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
[1CO.7.3] Let the husband render to the wife her due, and likewise also the wife to the husband.
[1CO.7.4] The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
[1CO.7.5] Do not deprive one another, unless it is by agreement for a short time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and may be together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
[1CO.7.6] But this I say by way of permission, not of commandment.
[1CO.7.7] Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. However, each has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that.
[1CO.7.8] But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
[1CO.7.9] But if they do not have self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
[1CO.7.10] But to the married I give charge, yes not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband,
[1CO.7.11] (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband should not leave his wife.
[1CO.7.12] But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
[1CO.7.13] And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.
[1CO.7.14] For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through the brother: otherwise your children are unclean; but now they are holy.
[1CO.7.15] Yet if the unbeliever departs, let them depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God has called us in peace.
[1CO.7.16] For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you shall save your wife?
[1CO.7.17] Only, as Jehovah has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the congregations.
[1CO.7.18] Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has any been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.
[1CO.7.19] Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.
[1CO.7.20] Let each man abide in that calling in which he was called.
[1CO.7.21] Were you called being a bondservant? Care not for it: but if you can become free, use it rather.
[1CO.7.22] For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called, being free, is Christ's bondservant.
[1CO.7.23] You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
[1CO.7.24] Brethren, let each man, in the condition in which he was called, remain with God.
[1CO.7.25] Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.
[1CO.7.26] I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
[1CO.7.27] Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
[1CO.7.28] But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.
[1CO.7.29] But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
[1CO.7.30] and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;
[1CO.7.31] and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passes away.
[1CO.7.32] But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
[1CO.7.33] but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,
[1CO.7.34] and is divided. So also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
[1CO.7.35] And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
[1CO.7.36] But if any man thinks that he behaves himself unseemly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he wills; he does not sin; let them marry.
[1CO.7.37] But he that stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power as touching his own will, and has determined this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, shall do well.
[1CO.7.38] So then both he that gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well; and he that does not give her in marriage shall do better.
[1CO.7.39] A wife is bound for so long a time as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
[1CO.7.40] But she is happier if she remains as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
[1CO.8.1] Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
[1CO.8.2] If anyone thinks that they know anything, they do not yet know as they ought to know;
[1CO.8.3] but if anyone loves God, that person is known by him.
[1CO.8.4] Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.
[1CO.8.5] For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are many gods and many lords;
[1CO.8.6] yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.
[1CO.8.7] However, not all have this knowledge: but some, being up to now used to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience being weak is defiled.
[1CO.8.8] But food will not commend us to God: neither, if we do not eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
[1CO.8.9] But watch out lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
[1CO.8.10] For if someone sees you who have knowledge sitting at a table in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of them who is weak be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols?
[1CO.8.11] For through your knowledge, the weak one perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died.
[1CO.8.12] And thus, sinning against the brothers, and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
[1CO.8.13] Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will not eat flesh forevermore, that I may not cause my brother to stumble.
[1CO.9.1] Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?
[1CO.9.2] If to others I am not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord.
[1CO.9.3] My defense to those who examine me is this.
[1CO.9.4] Have we no right to eat and to drink?
[1CO.9.5] Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
[1CO.9.6] Or do only I and Barnabas have no right to forbear working?
[1CO.9.7] What soldier ever serves at his own charges? who plants a vineyard, and does not eat the fruit of it? or who feeds a flock, and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
[1CO.9.8] Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or does not the law also say the same?
[1CO.9.9] For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God cares,
[1CO.9.10] or does he say it altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written: because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes, to thresh in hope of partaking.
[1CO.9.11] If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
[1CO.9.12] If others partake of this right over you, do we not yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right; but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
[1CO.9.13] Do you not know that those who minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and those who wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?
[1CO.9.14] Even so did the Lord ordain that they who proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.
[1CO.9.15] But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting void.
[1CO.9.16] For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel.
[1CO.9.17] For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward: but if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
[1CO.9.18] What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel without charge, so as not to use to the full my right in the gospel.
[1CO.9.19] For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
[1CO.9.20] And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
[1CO.9.21] to those who are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain those who are without law.
[1CO.9.22] To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
[1CO.9.23] And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
[1CO.9.24] Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Even so run; that you may attain.
[1CO.9.25] And every man that takes part in games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
[1CO.9.26] I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
[1CO.9.27] but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
[1CO.10.1] For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
[1CO.10.2] and in the cloud and in the sea they were all baptized into Moses;
[1CO.10.3] and all ate the same spiritual food;
[1CO.10.4] and all drank the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
[1CO.10.5] However, with most of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
[1CO.10.6] Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
[1CO.10.7] Do not be idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
[1CO.10.8] Let us not fornicate, as some of them did, and fell in one day twenty-three thousand.
[1CO.10.9] Let us not test the Lord, as some of them tested, and were destroyed by the serpents.
[1CO.10.10] Do not complain, as some of them complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
[1CO.10.11] Now these things happened to them by way of example; and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
[1CO.10.12] Therefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
[1CO.10.13] No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man: and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to endure it.
[1CO.10.14] Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
[1CO.10.15] I speak as to wise men; judge what I say.
[1CO.10.16] The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?
[1CO.10.17] because we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread.
[1CO.10.18] Look at Israel after the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
[1CO.10.19] What do I say then? that a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
[1CO.10.20] But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I do not wish you to have fellowship with demons.
[1CO.10.21] You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
[1CO.10.22] Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
[1CO.10.23] All things are lawful; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful; but not all things build up.
[1CO.10.24] Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor's good.
[1CO.10.25] Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience' sake;
[1CO.10.26] for the earth is Jehovah's, and the fullness of it.
[1CO.10.27] If one of the unbelievers invites you to a meal, and you wish to go; eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake.
[1CO.10.28] But if anyone says to you, This has been offered in sacrifice, do not eat, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake:
[1CO.10.29] conscience, I say, not your own, but the other's; for why is my liberty judged by another conscience?
[1CO.10.30] If I partake with thankfulness, why am I spoken of ill for that for which I give thanks?
[1CO.10.31] Whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
[1CO.10.32] Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:
[1CO.10.33] even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
[1CO.11.1] Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
[1CO.11.2] Now I praise you that you remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
[1CO.11.3] But I want you to know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
[1CO.11.4] Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head.
[1CO.11.5] But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head; for it is one and the same as if she were shaved.
[1CO.11.6] For if a woman is not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it is shameful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
[1CO.11.7] For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
[1CO.11.8] For the man is not from the woman; but the woman from the man:
[1CO.11.9] for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man:
[1CO.11.10] for this cause ought the woman to have authority on her head, because of the angels.
[1CO.11.11] Nevertheless, neither is the woman without the man, nor the man without the woman, in the Lord.
[1CO.11.12] For as the woman is from the man, so is the man also by the woman; but all things are from God.
[1CO.11.13] Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God unveiled?
[1CO.11.14] Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
[1CO.11.15] But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.
[1CO.11.16] But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do the churches of God.
[1CO.11.17] But in giving you this charge, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
[1CO.11.18] For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it.
[1CO.11.19] For there must be also factions among you, that they who are approved may be revealed among you.
[1CO.11.20] When therefore you assemble together, it is not possible to eat the Lord's supper:
[1CO.11.21] for in your eating each one takes before others his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
[1CO.11.22] What, do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? or do you despise the church of God, and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you.
[1CO.11.23] For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;
[1CO.11.24] and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: do this in remembrance of me.
[1CO.11.25] In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
[1CO.11.26] For as often as you eat this bread, and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
[1CO.11.27] Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
[1CO.11.28] But let a person examine themselves, and so let them eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
[1CO.11.29] For they that eat and drink, eat and drink judgment to themselves, if they do not discern the body.
[1CO.11.30] For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.
[1CO.11.31] But if we discerned ourselves, we would not be judged.
[1CO.11.32] But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
[1CO.11.33] Therefore, my siblings, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
[1CO.11.34] If any man is hungry, let him eat at home; that your coming together is not to judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
[1CO.12.1] Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
[1CO.12.2] You know that when you were Gentiles you were led to those mute idols, however you were led.
[1CO.12.3] Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus is accursed; and no one can say, Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.
[1CO.12.4] Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
[1CO.12.5] And there are varieties of services, and the same Lord.
[1CO.12.6] And there are varieties of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all persons.
[1CO.12.7] But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
[1CO.12.8] For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
[1CO.12.9] to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healing, by the one Spirit;
[1CO.12.10] and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernments of spirits; to another different kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:
[1CO.12.11] but the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as he wills.
[1CO.12.12] For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
[1CO.12.13] For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all made to drink of one Spirit.
[1CO.12.14] For the body is not one member, but many.
[1CO.12.15] If the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
[1CO.12.16] And if the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
[1CO.12.17] If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
[1CO.12.18] But now God has set the members each one of them in the body, just as he desired.
[1CO.12.19] And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
[1CO.12.20] But now they are many members, but one body.
[1CO.12.21] And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
[1CO.12.22] No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary:
[1CO.12.23] and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant modesty;
[1CO.12.24] while our presentable parts have no need of it. But God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;
[1CO.12.25] that there should be no division in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
[1CO.12.26] And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
[1CO.12.27] Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.
[1CO.12.28] And God has set some in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues.
[1CO.12.29] Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
[1CO.12.30] do all have gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
[1CO.12.31] But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And moreover, I show to you a most excellent way.
[1CO.13.1] If I speak with the languages of humans and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
[1CO.13.2] And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
[1CO.13.3] And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
[1CO.13.4] Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast; love is not proud;
[1CO.13.5] love does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;
[1CO.13.6] does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
[1CO.13.7] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
[1CO.13.8] Love never fails: but whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are languages, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
[1CO.13.9] For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
[1CO.13.10] but when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
[1CO.13.11] When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: now that I have become an adult, I have put away childish things.
[1CO.13.12] For now we see in a mirror, dimly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully just as I also am fully known.
[1CO.13.13] But now abide faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
[1CO.14.1] Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
[1CO.14.2] For he that speaks in a tongue speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the spirit he speaks mysteries.
[1CO.14.3] But he that prophesies speaks to men edification, and encouragement, and consolation.
[1CO.14.4] He that speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the church.
[1CO.14.5] Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that you would prophesy: and greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
[1CO.14.6] But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?
[1CO.14.7] Even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
[1CO.14.8] For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for war?
[1CO.14.9] So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you will be speaking into the air.
[1CO.14.10] There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no kind is without signification.
[1CO.14.11] If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks will be a barbarian to me.
[1CO.14.12] So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the edifying of the church.
[1CO.14.13] Wherefore let him that speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
[1CO.14.14] For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
[1CO.14.15] What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
[1CO.14.16] Else if you bless with the spirit, how shall he that fills the place of the unlearned say the Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing he knows not what you say?
[1CO.14.17] For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified.
[1CO.14.18] I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:
[1CO.14.19] however in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
[1CO.14.20] Brothers, be not children in mind: yet in malice be babes, but in mind be mature.
[1CO.14.21] In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak to this people; and not even thus will they hear me, says Jehovah.
[1CO.14.22] Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe; but to the unbelieving: but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.
[1CO.14.23] If therefore the whole church be assembled together and all speak with tongues, and there come in men unlearned or unbelieving, will they not say that you are mad?
[1CO.14.24] But if all prophesy, and there comes in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is reproved by all, he is judged by all;
[1CO.14.25] the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
[1CO.14.26] What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to edifying.
[1CO.14.27] If any man speaks in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret:
[1CO.14.28] but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
[1CO.14.29] And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.
[1CO.14.30] But if a revelation be made to another sitting by, let the first keep silence.
[1CO.14.31] For you can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be encouraged;
[1CO.14.32] and the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets;
[1CO.14.33] for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
[1CO.14.34] let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also says the law.
[1CO.14.35] And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.
[1CO.14.36] What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it to you alone?
[1CO.14.37] If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things that I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.
[1CO.14.38] But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
[1CO.14.39] Wherefore, my brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues.
[1CO.14.40] But let all things be done decently and in order.
[1CO.15.1] Now I declare to you, believers, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand,
[1CO.15.2] by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
[1CO.15.3] For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;
[1CO.15.4] and that he was buried; and that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures;
[1CO.15.5] and that he appeared to Cephas; then to the twelve;
[1CO.15.6] then he appeared to over five hundred believers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some have fallen asleep;
[1CO.15.7] then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;
[1CO.15.8] and last of all, as to the untimely born, he appeared to me also.
[1CO.15.9] For I am the least of the apostles, who is not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
[1CO.15.10] But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
[1CO.15.11] Whether then it was I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
[1CO.15.12] Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
[1CO.15.13] But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised:
[1CO.15.14] and if Christ has not been raised, then is our preaching in vain, your faith also is in vain.
[1CO.15.15] Yes, we are found false witnesses of God; because we testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not, if so be that the dead are not raised.
[1CO.15.16] For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised:
[1CO.15.17] and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are yet in your sins.
[1CO.15.18] Then they also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
[1CO.15.19] If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most miserable.
[1CO.15.20] But now has Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
[1CO.15.21] For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
[1CO.15.22] For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
[1CO.15.23] But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then those who are Christ's, at his coming.
[1CO.15.24] Then comes the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
[1CO.15.25] For he must reign, until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
[1CO.15.26] The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.
[1CO.15.27] For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he says, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things to him.
[1CO.15.28] And when all things have been subjected to him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all.
[1CO.15.29] Else what shall they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
[1CO.15.30] Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
[1CO.15.31] I protest by that glorying in you, brothers, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
[1CO.15.32] If after the manner of men I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
[1CO.15.33] Do not be deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
[1CO.15.34] Awake to soberness righteously, and do not sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
[1CO.15.35] But someone will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?
[1CO.15.36] You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies:
[1CO.15.37] and that which you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;
[1CO.15.38] but God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
[1CO.15.39] All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish.
[1CO.15.40] There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
[1CO.15.41] There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
[1CO.15.42] So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
[1CO.15.43] it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
[1CO.15.44] it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
[1CO.15.45] So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
[1CO.15.46] However, that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.
[1CO.15.47] The first man is of the earth, earthly: the second man is of heaven.
[1CO.15.48] As is the earthly, such are they also that are earthly: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
[1CO.15.49] And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
[1CO.15.50] Now this I say, believers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
[1CO.15.51] Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
[1CO.15.52] in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
[1CO.15.53] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
[1CO.15.54] But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall happen the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
[1CO.15.55] O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?
[1CO.15.56] The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
[1CO.15.57] but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
[1CO.15.58] Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
[1CO.16.1] Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so also you do.
[1CO.16.2] Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
[1CO.16.3] And when I arrive, whomever you approve, them will I send with letters to carry your bounty to Jerusalem:
[1CO.16.4] and if it is fitting that I go also, they will go with me.
[1CO.16.5] But I will come to you, when I pass through Macedonia; for I pass through Macedonia;
[1CO.16.6] but with you it may be that I will stay, or even winter, that you may send me on my journey wherever I go.
[1CO.16.7] For I do not wish to see you now in passing; for I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permit.
[1CO.16.8] But I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost;
[1CO.16.9] for a great and effective door is opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
[1CO.16.10] Now if Timothy comes, see that he be with you without fear; for he works the work of the Lord, as I also do:
[1CO.16.11] let no man therefore despise him. But send him forward in peace, that he may come to me: for I expect him with the brothers.
[1CO.16.12] But concerning Apollos the brother, I entreated him much to come to you with the brothers: and it was not at all his will to come now; but he will come when he shall have opportunity.
[1CO.16.13] Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
[1CO.16.14] Let all that you do be done in love.
[1CO.16.15] Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints),
[1CO.16.16] that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone that helps in the work and labors.
[1CO.16.17] And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for what was lacking on your part they supplied.
[1CO.16.18] For they refreshed my spirit and yours: acknowledge therefore those who are such.
[1CO.16.19] The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
[1CO.16.20] All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
[1CO.16.21] The greeting of me Paul with my own hand.
[1CO.16.22] If any man does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Maranatha.
[1CO.16.23] The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
[1CO.16.24] My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
[2CO.1.1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:
[2CO.1.2] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[2CO.1.3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
[2CO.1.4] who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those that are in any trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
[2CO.1.5] For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
[2CO.1.6] But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which works in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
[2CO.1.7] And our hope for you is steadfast; knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also are you of the comfort.
[2CO.1.8] For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life:
[2CO.1.9] yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead:
[2CO.1.10] who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
[2CO.1.11] you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf.
[2CO.1.12] For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
[2CO.1.13] For we write no other things to you, than what you read or even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the end:
[2CO.1.14] as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
[2CO.1.15] And in this confidence I intended to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit;
[2CO.1.16] and through you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be sent forward on my journey to Judea.
[2CO.1.17] When I therefore intended this, did I show fickleness? or the things that I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yes yes and the no no?
[2CO.1.18] But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yes and no.
[2CO.1.19] For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him is yes.
[2CO.1.20] For however many are the promises of God, in him is the yes: wherefore also through him is the Amen, to the glory of God through us.
[2CO.1.21] Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
[2CO.1.22] who also sealed us, and gave us the guarantee of the Spirit in our hearts.
[2CO.1.23] But I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I did not come as yet to Corinth.
[2CO.1.24] Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith you stand.
[2CO.2.1] But I determined this for myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.
[2CO.2.2] For if I make you sorry, who then is he that makes me glad but the one who is made sorry by me?
[2CO.2.3] And I wrote this very thing, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I should rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
[2CO.2.4] For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly for you.
[2CO.2.5] But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I may not overburden you) to you all.
[2CO.2.6] Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
[2CO.2.7] so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
[2CO.2.8] Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
[2CO.2.9] For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
[2CO.2.10] But to whom you forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it is for your sakes in the presence of Christ;
[2CO.2.11] that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
[2CO.2.12] Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me in the Lord,
[2CO.2.13] I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia.
[2CO.2.14] But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and makes manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.
[2CO.2.15] For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
[2CO.2.16] to the one a scent from death to death; to the other a scent from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?
[2CO.2.17] For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
[2CO.3.1] Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
[2CO.3.2] You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all people;
[2CO.3.3] being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets of hearts of flesh.
[2CO.3.4] And such confidence we have through Christ toward God:
[2CO.3.5] not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
[2CO.3.6] who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.
[2CO.3.7] But if the service of death, written, and engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:
[2CO.3.8] how will not the service of the spirit be with more glory?
[2CO.3.9] For if the service of condemnation has glory, much more does the service of righteousness exceed in glory.
[2CO.3.10] For indeed that which has been made glorious has not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasses.
[2CO.3.11] For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
[2CO.3.12] Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
[2CO.3.13] and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel should not look steadily at the end of that which was passing away:
[2CO.3.14] but their minds were hardened: for until this day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, it not being revealed to be taken away; which in Christ is done away.
[2CO.3.15] But to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
[2CO.3.16] But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
[2CO.3.17] Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
[2CO.3.18] But we all, with unveiled faces reflecting as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
[2CO.4.1] Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint:
[2CO.4.2] but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
[2CO.4.3] And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish:
[2CO.4.4] in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
[2CO.4.5] For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
[2CO.4.6] Seeing it is God, who said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
[2CO.4.7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
[2CO.4.8] we are pressed on every side, yet not constrained; perplexed, yet not to despair;
[2CO.4.9] pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
[2CO.4.10] always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be shown in our body.
[2CO.4.11] For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be shown in our mortal flesh.
[2CO.4.12] So then death works in us, but life in you.
[2CO.4.13] But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;
[2CO.4.14] knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.
[2CO.4.15] For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
[2CO.4.16] Therefore we do not faint; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
[2CO.4.17] For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
[2CO.4.18] while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
[2CO.5.1] For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
[2CO.5.2] For indeed in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven:
[2CO.5.3] if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
[2CO.5.4] For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
[2CO.5.5] Now he who worked us for this very thing is God, who gave to us the earnest of the Spirit.
[2CO.5.6] Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord
[2CO.5.7] (for we walk by faith, not by sight);
[2CO.5.8] we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
[2CO.5.9] Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing to him.
[2CO.5.10] For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
[2CO.5.11] Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
[2CO.5.12] We are not again commending ourselves to you, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
[2CO.5.13] For whether we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is for you.
[2CO.5.14] For the love of Christ compels us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died;
[2CO.5.15] and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
[2CO.5.16] Therefore we from now on know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
[2CO.5.17] Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
[2CO.5.18] But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
[2CO.5.19] namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses to them, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
[2CO.5.20] We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
[2CO.5.21] Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
[2CO.6.1] And working together with him we urge also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain
[2CO.6.2] (for he says, At an acceptable time I listened to you, And in a day of salvation I helped you: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):
[2CO.6.3] giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministry is not blamed;
[2CO.6.4] but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
[2CO.6.5] in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
[2CO.6.6] in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
[2CO.6.7] in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
[2CO.6.8] by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;
[2CO.6.9] as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;
[2CO.6.10] as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.
[2CO.6.11] Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
[2CO.6.12] You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.
[2CO.6.13] Now for a recompense in kind (I speak as to children), be also enlarged.
[2CO.6.14] Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion has light with darkness?
[2CO.6.15] And what agreement has Christ with Belial? or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever?
[2CO.6.16] And what agreement has a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
[2CO.6.17] Therefore Come out from among them, and be separated, says the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
[2CO.6.18] And will be to you a Father, And you will be to me sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
[2CO.7.1] Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
[2CO.7.2] Open your hearts to us: we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one.
[2CO.7.3] I do not say this to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.
[2CO.7.4] Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
[2CO.7.5] For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; conflicts outside, fears within.
[2CO.7.6] Nevertheless he who comforts the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
[2CO.7.7] and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort by which he was comforted in you, while he told us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more.
[2CO.7.8] For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that letter made you sorry, though but for a season),
[2CO.7.9] I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance; for you were made sorry after a godly manner, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
[2CO.7.10] For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, a repentance which brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death.
[2CO.7.11] For behold, this selfsame thing, that you were made sorry after a godly manner, what earnest care it worked in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what longing, yes, what zeal, yes, what avenging! In everything you approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.
[2CO.7.12] So even though I wrote to you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnestness for us might be made manifest to you in the sight of God.
[2CO.7.13] Therefore we have been comforted: and in our comfort we rejoiced even more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.
[2CO.7.14] For if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
[2CO.7.15] And his affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.
[2CO.7.16] I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.
[2CO.8.1] Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;
[2CO.8.2] that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.
[2CO.8.3] For to their power, I bear witness, yes and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,
[2CO.8.4] begging us with much urgency regarding this grace and the fellowship in the ministering to the saints:
[2CO.8.5] and this, not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
[2CO.8.6] So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
[2CO.8.7] But as you abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that you abound in this grace also.
[2CO.8.8] I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.
[2CO.8.9] For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
[2CO.8.10] And in this I give my advice: for it is profitable for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.
[2CO.8.11] But now complete the doing also; that as there was the readiness to will, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.
[2CO.8.12] For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he doesn't have.
[2CO.8.13] For I do not mean that others may be eased and you distressed;
[2CO.8.14] but by equality: your abundance being a supply for their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality:
[2CO.8.15] as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over; and he that gathered little had no lack.
[2CO.8.16] But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
[2CO.8.17] For indeed he accepted our exhortation; but being himself very earnest, he went forth to you of his own accord.
[2CO.8.18] And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel is spread through all the churches;
[2CO.8.19] and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and to show our readiness:
[2CO.8.20] avoiding this, that any man should blame us in the matter of this bounty which is ministered by us:
[2CO.8.21] for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
[2CO.8.22] And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.
[2CO.8.23] Whether any inquire about Titus, he is my partner and fellow-worker for you; or our brethren, they are the messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
[2CO.8.24] Show therefore to them, in the face of the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
[2CO.9.1] For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
[2CO.9.2] for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past; and your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
[2CO.9.3] But I have sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, just as I said, you may be prepared:
[2CO.9.4] lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, you) should be put to shame in this confidence.
[2CO.9.5] I considered it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before to you, and arrange beforehand your previously promised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of covetousness.
[2CO.9.6] But this I say, He that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
[2CO.9.7] Let each person do according as they have purposed in their heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver.
[2CO.9.8] And God is able to make all grace abound to you; that you, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work:
[2CO.9.9] as it is written, He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor; his righteousness abides forever.
[2CO.9.10] And he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
[2CO.9.11] you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
[2CO.9.12] For the ministration of this service not only fills up the measure of the needs of the saints, but abounds also through many thanksgivings to God;
[2CO.9.13] seeing that through the proving of you by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
[2CO.9.14] while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, long after you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
[2CO.9.15] Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.
[2CO.10.1] Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am humble among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
[2CO.10.2] Yes, I beg you, that I may not, when present, show boldness with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us as if we walked according to the flesh.
[2CO.10.3] For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh
[2CO.10.4] (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),
[2CO.10.5] casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
[2CO.10.6] and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made complete.
[2CO.10.7] Do you look at the things that are before your face? If any man trusts that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that he is Christ's, so also are we.
[2CO.10.8] For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:
[2CO.10.9] that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
[2CO.10.10] For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.
[2CO.10.11] Let such a person reckon this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, so are we in deed when we are present.
[2CO.10.12] For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those that commend themselves; but they themselves measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.
[2CO.10.13] But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even to you.
[2CO.10.14] For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not to you: for we came even as far as to you in the gospel of Christ:
[2CO.10.15] not glorying beyond our measure, that is, in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith grows, we shall be magnified in you according to our province to further abundance,
[2CO.10.16] so as to preach the gospel even to the parts beyond you, and not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.
[2CO.10.17] But he that glories, let him glory in the Lord.
[2CO.10.18] For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
[2CO.11.1] I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed you do bear with me.
[2CO.11.2] For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I arranged you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
[2CO.11.3] But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve in his subtlety, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and purity that is toward Christ.
[2CO.11.4] For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different gospel, which you did not accept, you bear with it well.
[2CO.11.5] For I reckon that I am not a bit inferior to the very chief apostles.
[2CO.11.6] But though I am lacking in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; but in every way we have made this manifest to you in all things.
[2CO.11.7] Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely?
[2CO.11.8] I robbed other churches, taking wages from them, to serve you;
[2CO.11.9] and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden on anyone; for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in every way I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so will I keep myself.
[2CO.11.10] As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
[2CO.11.11] Why? because I do not love you? God knows.
[2CO.11.12] But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from those who desire an occasion that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
[2CO.11.13] For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
[2CO.11.14] And no marvel; for even Satan transforms himself into an angel of light.
[2CO.11.15] It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end will be according to their works.
[2CO.11.16] I say again, let no man think me foolish; but if you do, yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.
[2CO.11.17] That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.
[2CO.11.18] Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
[2CO.11.19] For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.
[2CO.11.20] For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.
[2CO.11.21] I speak by way of reproach, as though we had been weak. Yet in what any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
[2CO.11.22] Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? so am I.
[2CO.11.23] Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
[2CO.11.24] Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
[2CO.11.25] Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep;
[2CO.11.26] in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brothers;
[2CO.11.27] in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
[2CO.11.28] Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the churches.
[2CO.11.29] Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I do not burn?
[2CO.11.30] If I must glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.
[2CO.11.31] The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forevermore knows that I do not lie.
[2CO.11.32] In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes guarded, wishing to apprehend me:
[2CO.11.33] and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
[2CO.12.1] I must go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
[2CO.12.2] I know a person in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the body, I do not know; God knows) such a one was caught up even to the third heaven.
[2CO.12.3] And I know such a person (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I do not know; God knows),
[2CO.12.4] how that they were caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a person to utter.
[2CO.12.5] On behalf of such a one will I boast: but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
[2CO.12.6] For if I should desire to boast, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I refrain, so that no one may think more of me than what they see in me, or hear from me.
[2CO.12.7] And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, so that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, so that I should not be exalted excessively.
[2CO.12.8] Concerning this thing I begged the Lord three times, that it might depart from me.
[2CO.12.9] And he has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
[2CO.12.10] Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
[2CO.12.11] I have become foolish; you compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing was I inferior to those super apostles, though I am nothing.
[2CO.12.12] Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.
[2CO.12.13] For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.
[2CO.12.14] Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not what is yours, but you: for the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
[2CO.12.15] And I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
[2CO.12.16] But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
[2CO.12.17] Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I have sent to you?
[2CO.12.18] I urged Titus, and I sent with him the brother. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?
[2CO.12.19] You think all this time that we are excusing ourselves to you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.
[2CO.12.20] For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and that I should be found by you such as you would not; lest there should be strife, jealousy, wrath, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
[2CO.12.21] lest, when I come again, my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of those who have sinned beforehand, and not repented of the impurity and immorality and lasciviousness which they have committed.
[2CO.13.1] This is the third time I am coming to you. At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established.
[2CO.13.2] I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
[2CO.13.3] seeing that you seek a proof of Christ that speaks in me; who towards you is not weak, but is mighty in you:
[2CO.13.4] for he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
[2CO.13.5] Test yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves. Or don't you know as to yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed you are disqualified.
[2CO.13.6] But I hope that you shall know that we are not disqualified.
[2CO.13.7] Now we pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do what is honorable, though we be as disapproved.
[2CO.13.8] For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
[2CO.13.9] For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong: this also we pray for, even your perfection.
[2CO.13.10] For this reason I write these things while absent, that I may not, when present, deal sharply, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
[2CO.13.11] Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfected; be comforted; be of the same mind; live in peace: and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
[2CO.13.12] Greet one another with a holy kiss.
[2CO.13.13] All the saints greet you.
[2CO.13.14] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
[GAL.1.1] Paul, an apostle (not from people, nor through humanity, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
[GAL.1.2] and all the brothers that are with me, to the churches of Galatia:
[GAL.1.3] Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
[GAL.1.4] who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father:
[GAL.1.5] to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
[GAL.1.6] I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel;
[GAL.1.7] which is not another gospel only there are some that trouble you, and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
[GAL.1.8] But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any gospel other than that which we preached to you, let him be accursed.
[GAL.1.9] As we have said before, so say I now again, If anyone preaches to you any gospel other than that which you received, let him be accursed.
[GAL.1.10] For am I now seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I should not be a servant of Christ.
[GAL.1.11] For I make known to you, brothers, as touching the gospel which was preached by me, that it is not according to humanity.
[GAL.1.12] For neither did I receive it from any person, nor was I taught it, but it came through revelation of Jesus Christ.
[GAL.1.13] For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure, and made havoc of it:
[GAL.1.14] and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
[GAL.1.15] But when it was the good pleasure of God, who set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
[GAL.1.16] to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
[GAL.1.17] neither did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me: but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus.
[GAL.1.18] Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and tarried with him fifteen days.
[GAL.1.19] But other of the apostles I did not see, except James the Lord's brother.
[GAL.1.20] Now concerning the things which I write to you, look, before God, I do not lie.
[GAL.1.21] Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
[GAL.1.22] And I was still unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ:
[GAL.1.23] but they only heard say, He that once persecuted us now preaches the faith of which he once made havoc;
[GAL.1.24] and they glorified God in me.
[GAL.2.1] Then after an interval of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
[GAL.2.2] And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I proclaim among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of repute, lest by any means I might be running, or had run, in vain.
[GAL.2.3] But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
[GAL.2.4] And that because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
[GAL.2.5] To whom we did not yield in subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
[GAL.2.6] But from those who seemed to be something, (whatever they were, it makes no matter to me: God does not accept man's person)-- they, I say, who seemed to be something gave nothing to me:
[GAL.2.7] But on the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the gospel of the circumcision
[GAL.2.8] (for he who worked for Peter for the apostleship of the circumcision worked for me also to the Gentiles);
[GAL.2.9] and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;
[GAL.2.10] only they wanted us to remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
[GAL.2.11] But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to the face, because he stood condemned.
[GAL.2.12] For before certain men came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision.
[GAL.2.13] And the rest of the Jews joined in his hypocrisy; so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
[GAL.2.14] But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles, and not as the Jews, how do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews?
[GAL.2.15] We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
[GAL.2.16] knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh be justified.
[GAL.2.17] But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.
[GAL.2.18] For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.
[GAL.2.19] For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God.
[GAL.2.20] I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
[GAL.2.21] I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
[GAL.3.1] O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?
[GAL.3.2] This only would I learn from you, Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
[GAL.3.3] Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now perfected in the flesh?
[GAL.3.4] Did you suffer so many things in vain? if it is indeed in vain.
[GAL.3.5] He therefore that supplies to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
[GAL.3.6] Even as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
[GAL.3.7] Know therefore that those who are of faith, these are sons of Abraham.
[GAL.3.8] And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, In you shall all the nations be blessed.
[GAL.3.9] So then those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
[GAL.3.10] For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is everyone who continues not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
[GAL.3.11] Now that no one is justified by the law before God, is evident: for, the righteous shall live by faith.
[GAL.3.12] And the law is not of faith; but, He that does them shall live in them.
[GAL.3.13] Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is everyone that hangs on a tree:
[GAL.3.14] that upon the Gentiles the blessing of Abraham might come in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
[GAL.3.15] Brothers, I speak from a human perspective: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
[GAL.3.16] Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He does not say, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to your seed, which is Christ.
[GAL.3.17] Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.
[GAL.3.18] For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.
[GAL.3.19] What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise has been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
[GAL.3.20] Now a mediator is not a mediator of one; but God is one.
[GAL.3.21] Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not: for if a law had been given which could make alive, truly righteousness would have been of the law.
[GAL.3.22] But the scripture confined all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
[GAL.3.23] But before faith came, we were kept in charge under the law, confined for the faith which should afterward be revealed.
[GAL.3.24] So that the law has become our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
[GAL.3.25] But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
[GAL.3.26] For you are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.
[GAL.3.27] For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.
[GAL.3.28] There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
[GAL.3.29] And if you are Christ's, then are you Abraham's seed, heirs according to the promise.
[GAL.4.1] But I say that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a servant, though he is lord of all;
[GAL.4.2] but is under guardians and managers until the term appointed by the father.
[GAL.4.3] So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
[GAL.4.4] but when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
[GAL.4.5] that he might redeem those that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
[GAL.4.6] And because you are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
[GAL.4.7] So you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.
[GAL.4.8] But at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those that by nature are not gods:
[GAL.4.9] but now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, to which you desire to be in bondage once more?
[GAL.4.10] You observe days, months, seasons, years.
[GAL.4.11] I am afraid for you, lest by any means I have labored over you in vain.
[GAL.4.12] I beg of you, brothers, be as I am; for I am as you are. You did me no wrong:
[GAL.4.13] but you know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you the first time:
[GAL.4.14] and that which was a trial to you in my flesh you did not despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
[GAL.4.15] Where then is that satisfaction of yours? for I testify to you, that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me.
[GAL.4.16] So have I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
[GAL.4.17] They zealously seek you in no good way; yes, they want to shut you out, that you may seek them.
[GAL.4.18] But it is always good to be zealously sought in a good matter, and not only when I am present with you.
[GAL.4.19] My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you—
[GAL.4.20] but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I am perplexed about you.
[GAL.4.21] Tell me, you that want to be under the law, do you not hear the law?
[GAL.4.22] For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.
[GAL.4.23] However, the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is through promise.
[GAL.4.24] Which things contain an allegory: for these are two covenants; one from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.
[GAL.4.25] Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and answers to the Jerusalem that now is, for she is in bondage with her children.
[GAL.4.26] But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.
[GAL.4.27] For it is written, Rejoice, barren that do not bear; break forth and cry, you that do not travail: for more are the children of the desolate than of the her that has the husband.
[GAL.4.28] Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.
[GAL.4.29] But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, so it is now.
[GAL.4.30] However, what does the scripture say? Cast out the handmaid and her son: for the son of the handmaid shall not inherit with the son of the freewoman.
[GAL.4.31] So, brothers, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.
[GAL.5.1] Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
[GAL.5.2] Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
[GAL.5.3] Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
[GAL.5.4] You are cut off from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
[GAL.5.5] For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.
[GAL.5.6] For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision means anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
[GAL.5.7] You were running well; who hindered you that you should not obey the truth?
[GAL.5.8] This persuasion did not come from him who calls you.
[GAL.5.9] A little leaven leavens the whole lump.
[GAL.5.10] I have confidence about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
[GAL.5.11] But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then has the offense of the cross been done away.
[GAL.5.12] I wish those who unsettle you would cut themselves off.
[GAL.5.13] For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only do not use your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love serve one another.
[GAL.5.14] For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
[GAL.5.15] But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
[GAL.5.16] But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
[GAL.5.17] For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other; that you may not do the things that you would.
[GAL.5.18] But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
[GAL.5.19] Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,
[GAL.5.20] idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, factions,
[GAL.5.21] envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, as I did forewarn you, that those who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
[GAL.5.22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
[GAL.5.23] gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
[GAL.5.24] And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
[GAL.5.25] If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
[GAL.5.26] Let us not be conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
[GAL.6.1] Brothers, even if a man is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself, lest you also be tempted.
[GAL.6.2] Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
[GAL.6.3] For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
[GAL.6.4] But let each prove his own work, and then he will have his glorying in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.
[GAL.6.5] For each will bear his own load.
[GAL.6.6] But let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.
[GAL.6.7] Do not be deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.
[GAL.6.8] For he that sows to his own flesh will of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap eternal life.
[GAL.6.9] And let us not be weary in doing good: for in due season we will reap, if we do not faint.
[GAL.6.10] So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
[GAL.6.11] See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.
[GAL.6.12] As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
[GAL.6.13] For not even they who receive circumcision keep the law themselves; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
[GAL.6.14] But far be it from me to glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
[GAL.6.15] For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
[GAL.6.16] And as many as will walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
[GAL.6.17] From now on let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.
[GAL.6.18] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
[EPH.1.1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
[EPH.1.2] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[EPH.1.3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:
[EPH.1.4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish in love:
[EPH.1.5] having planned us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
[EPH.1.6] to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
[EPH.1.7] in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
[EPH.1.8] which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and insight,
[EPH.1.9] making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he planned in him
[EPH.1.10] for an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
[EPH.1.11] in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;
[EPH.1.12] to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
[EPH.1.13] in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, - in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
[EPH.1.14] who is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.
[EPH.1.15] For this reason I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you show toward all the saints,
[EPH.1.16] cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
[EPH.1.17] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
[EPH.1.18] having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
[EPH.1.19] and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
[EPH.1.20] which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,
[EPH.1.21] far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
[EPH.1.22] and he put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,
[EPH.1.23] which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all.
[EPH.2.1] And you were made alive, when you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
[EPH.2.2] in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience;
[EPH.2.3] among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:
[EPH.2.4] but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
[EPH.2.5] even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have you been saved),
[EPH.2.6] and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus:
[EPH.2.7] that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:
[EPH.2.8] for by grace have you been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
[EPH.2.9] not of works, that no one should boast.
[EPH.2.10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we should walk in them.
[EPH.2.11] Therefore remember, that previously you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called uncircumcision by that which is called circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;
[EPH.2.12] that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
[EPH.2.13] But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made close by the blood of Christ.
[EPH.2.14] For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
[EPH.2.15] having abolished in his flesh the hostility, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace;
[EPH.2.16] and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the hostility thereby:
[EPH.2.17] and he came and preached peace to you that were far off, and peace to them that were close:
[EPH.2.18] for through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
[EPH.2.19] So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
[EPH.2.20] being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
[EPH.2.21] in whom all the building, fitly framed together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;
[EPH.2.22] in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.
[EPH.3.1] For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles,
[EPH.3.2] if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you;
[EPH.3.3] how that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,
[EPH.3.4] whereby, when you read, you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,
[EPH.3.5] which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
[EPH.3.6] that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel,
[EPH.3.7] of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given to me by the working of his power.
[EPH.3.8] To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
[EPH.3.9] and to make all people see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;
[EPH.3.10] to the intent that now to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
[EPH.3.11] according to the eternal purpose which he planned in Christ Jesus our Lord,
[EPH.3.12] in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
[EPH.3.13] Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
[EPH.3.14] For this reason I bow my knees to the Father,
[EPH.3.15] from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
[EPH.3.16] that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person;
[EPH.3.17] that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
[EPH.3.18] may be strong to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
[EPH.3.19] and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to all the fullness of God.
[EPH.3.20] Now to him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
[EPH.3.21] to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
[EPH.4.1] I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
[EPH.4.2] with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
[EPH.4.3] giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
[EPH.4.4] There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also you were called in one hope of your calling;
[EPH.4.5] one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
[EPH.4.6] one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
[EPH.4.7] But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
[EPH.4.8] Therefore he said, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.
[EPH.4.9] (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
[EPH.4.10] He that descended is the same also who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
[EPH.4.11] And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
[EPH.4.12] for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ:
[EPH.4.13] till we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown person, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
[EPH.4.14] that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
[EPH.4.15] but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
[EPH.4.16] from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the increase of the body to the building up of itself in love.
[EPH.4.17] This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,
[EPH.4.18] being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;
[EPH.4.19] who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
[EPH.4.20] But you did not so learn Christ;
[EPH.4.21] if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus:
[EPH.4.22] that you put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old person, that becomes corrupt after the lusts of deceit;
[EPH.4.23] and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
[EPH.4.24] and put on the new person, that after God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
[EPH.4.25] Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
[EPH.4.26] Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your anger:
[EPH.4.27] neither give place to the devil.
[EPH.4.28] Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have to give to him that has need.
[EPH.4.29] Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.
[EPH.4.30] And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed to the day of redemption.
[EPH.4.31] Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:
[EPH.4.32] and be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.
[EPH.5.1] Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
[EPH.5.2] and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
[EPH.5.3] But sexual immorality, and all impurity, or greed, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
[EPH.5.4] nor let filthiness, nor foolish talk, nor crude joking, which are not appropriate: but rather giving of thanks.
[EPH.5.5] For this you know, that no immoral person, nor unclean, nor greedy person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
[EPH.5.6] Let no one deceive you with empty words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
[EPH.5.7] Therefore do not be partakers with them;
[EPH.5.8] for you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
[EPH.5.9] (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
[EPH.5.10] proving what is pleasing to the Lord;
[EPH.5.11] and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
[EPH.5.12] for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
[EPH.5.13] But all things, when they are reproved, are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.
[EPH.5.14] Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon you.
[EPH.5.15] Look therefore carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
[EPH.5.16] redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
[EPH.5.17] Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
[EPH.5.18] And do not get drunk with wine, in which is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
[EPH.5.19] speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
[EPH.5.20] giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
[EPH.5.21] subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
[EPH.5.22] Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as to the Lord.
[EPH.5.23] For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the savior of the body.
[EPH.5.24] But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.
[EPH.5.25] Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
[EPH.5.26] that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
[EPH.5.27] that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
[EPH.5.28] Even so husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself:
[EPH.5.29] for no one ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also the church;
[EPH.5.30] because we are members of his body.
[EPH.5.31] For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
[EPH.5.32] This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.
[EPH.5.33] Nevertheless let each one of you also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
[EPH.6.1] Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
[EPH.6.2] Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
[EPH.6.3] that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.
[EPH.6.4] And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger: but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
[EPH.6.5] Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
[EPH.6.6] not with eye-service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
[EPH.6.7] with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
[EPH.6.8] knowing that whatever good thing each one does, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
[EPH.6.9] And, you masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening: knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.
[EPH.6.10] Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
[EPH.6.11] Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
[EPH.6.12] For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
[EPH.6.13] Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
[EPH.6.14] Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
[EPH.6.15] and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
[EPH.6.16] with all taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
[EPH.6.17] And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
[EPH.6.18] with all prayer and petition praying at all times in the Spirit, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
[EPH.6.19] and on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
[EPH.6.20] for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
[EPH.6.21] But that you also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
[EPH.6.22] whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
[EPH.6.23] Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[EPH.6.24] Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible.
[PHP.1.1] Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
[PHP.1.2] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[PHP.1.3] I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
[PHP.1.4] always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,
[PHP.1.5] for your partnership in furthering the gospel from the first day until now;
[PHP.1.6] being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus:
[PHP.1.7] even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
[PHP.1.8] For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercy of Christ Jesus.
[PHP.1.9] And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
[PHP.1.10] so that you may approve the things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;
[PHP.1.11] being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
[PHP.1.12] Now I want you to know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the progress of the gospel;
[PHP.1.13] so that my imprisonment became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;
[PHP.1.14] and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.
[PHP.1.15] Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of goodwill:
[PHP.1.16] the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel;
[PHP.1.17] but the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, thinking to add affliction to my imprisonment.
[PHP.1.18] What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
[PHP.1.19] For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
[PHP.1.20] according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
[PHP.1.21] For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
[PHP.1.22] But if to live in the flesh, this shall bring fruit from my work, yet what I shall choose I know not.
[PHP.1.23] But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
[PHP.1.24] yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
[PHP.1.25] And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith;
[PHP.1.26] that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my coming to you again.
[PHP.1.27] Only conduct yourselves worthily of the gospel of Christ: so that whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
[PHP.1.28] and in nothing terrified by the adversaries: which is for them a proof of destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;
[PHP.1.29] because to you it has been granted in behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer in his behalf:
[PHP.1.30] having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
[PHP.2.1] If there is therefore any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
[PHP.2.2] make my joy full, by being of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
[PHP.2.3] doing nothing through rivalry or conceit, but in humility estimating others better than yourselves;
[PHP.2.4] each of you not looking to his own interests, but each of you also to the interests of others.
[PHP.2.5] Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
[PHP.2.6] who, existing in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be on an equality with God,
[PHP.2.7] but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;
[PHP.2.8] and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
[PHP.2.9] Therefore also God highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
[PHP.2.10] that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the earth,
[PHP.2.11] and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
[PHP.2.12] So then, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
[PHP.2.13] for it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
[PHP.2.14] Do all things without murmurings and questionings:
[PHP.2.15] that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
[PHP.2.16] holding forth the word of life; that I may have a reason to boast in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
[PHP.2.17] Yes, and if I am poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all:
[PHP.2.18] and in the same way you also rejoice, and rejoice with me.
[PHP.2.19] But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
[PHP.2.20] For I have no one like-minded, who will truly care for your state.
[PHP.2.21] For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
[PHP.2.22] But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the gospel.
[PHP.2.23] Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how it will go with me:
[PHP.2.24] but I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall come shortly.
[PHP.2.25] But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your messenger and servant to my need;
[PHP.2.26] since he longed after you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick:
[PHP.2.27] for indeed he was sick nearly to death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
[PHP.2.28] I have sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
[PHP.2.29] Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:
[PHP.2.30] because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply what was lacking in your service toward me.
[PHP.3.1] Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
[PHP.3.2] Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.
[PHP.3.3] For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh:
[PHP.3.4] though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man thinks to have confidence in the flesh, I more:
[PHP.3.5] circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
[PHP.3.6] as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
[PHP.3.7] However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.
[PHP.3.8] Yes indeed, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
[PHP.3.9] and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
[PHP.3.10] that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
[PHP.3.11] if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
[PHP.3.12] Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
[PHP.3.13] Brothers, I do not count myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
[PHP.3.14] I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
[PHP.3.15] Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything you are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal to you:
[PHP.3.16] only, where to we have attained, by that same rule let us walk.
[PHP.3.17] Brothers, be imitators together of me, and mark those who so walk even as you have us for an example.
[PHP.3.18] For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
[PHP.3.19] whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
[PHP.3.20] For our citizenship is in heaven; from which also we wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:
[PHP.3.21] who shall change the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
[PHP.4.1] Therefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
[PHP.4.2] I urge Euodia, and I urge Syntyche, to be of the same mind in the Lord.
[PHP.4.3] Yes, I ask you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
[PHP.4.4] Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice.
[PHP.4.5] Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
[PHP.4.6] In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
[PHP.4.7] And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
[PHP.4.8] Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.
[PHP.4.9] The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do: and the God of peace will be with you.
[PHP.4.10] But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your regard for me; where you did indeed regard, but you lacked opportunity.
[PHP.4.11] Not that I speak in respect of need: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.
[PHP.4.12] I know how to be humbled, and I know how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to lack.
[PHP.4.13] I can do all things in him that strengthens me.
[PHP.4.14] Nevertheless you did well that you shared with my affliction.
[PHP.4.15] And you yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only;
[PHP.4.16] for even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.
[PHP.4.17] Not that I seek the gift; but I seek the fruit that increases to your account.
[PHP.4.18] But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
[PHP.4.19] And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
[PHP.4.20] Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
[PHP.4.21] Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren that are with me greet you.
[PHP.4.22] All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household.
[PHP.4.23] The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
[COL.1.1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
[COL.1.2] to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ that are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
[COL.1.3] We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
[COL.1.4] having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints,
[COL.1.5] because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, where you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
[COL.1.6] which has come to you; even as it is in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
[COL.1.7] even as you learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
[COL.1.8] who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
[COL.1.9] For this cause we also, since the day we heard, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
[COL.1.10] to walk worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
[COL.1.11] strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and longsuffering with joy;
[COL.1.12] giving thanks to the Father, who made us able to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
[COL.1.13] who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
[COL.1.14] in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of sins;
[COL.1.15] who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
[COL.1.16] for in him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him;
[COL.1.17] and he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
[COL.1.18] And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
[COL.1.19] For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fullness dwell;
[COL.1.20] and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens.
[COL.1.21] And you, being before alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works,
[COL.1.22] yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreprovable before him:
[COL.1.23] if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
[COL.1.24] Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
[COL.1.25] whereof I was made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,
[COL.1.26] the mystery which has been hid for ages and generations: but now has it been revealed to his saints,
[COL.1.27] to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
[COL.1.28] whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
[COL.1.29] whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.
[COL.2.1] For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
[COL.2.2] that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,
[COL.2.3] in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
[COL.2.4] This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasive speech.
[COL.2.5] For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.
[COL.2.6] As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
[COL.2.7] rooted and built up in him, and established in your faith, even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
[COL.2.8] See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of humans, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ:
[COL.2.9] for in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,
[COL.2.10] and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power:
[COL.2.11] in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
[COL.2.12] having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
[COL.2.13] And you, being dead through your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses;
[COL.2.14] having wiped out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
[COL.2.15] having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
[COL.2.16] Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day:
[COL.2.17] which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
[COL.2.18] Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which they have not seen, vainly puffed up by their fleshly mind,
[COL.2.19] and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with the growth of God.
[COL.2.20] If you died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
[COL.2.21] Handle not, nor taste, nor touch
[COL.2.22] (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?
[COL.2.23] Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
[COL.3.1] If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
[COL.3.2] Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
[COL.3.3] For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
[COL.3.4] When Christ, who is our life, will be revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
[COL.3.5] Therefore put to death your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
[COL.3.6] for which things' sake the wrath of God comes upon the children of disobedience:
[COL.3.7] in which you also once walked, when you lived in these things;
[COL.3.8] but now put away all these: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speech out of your mouth:
[COL.3.9] do not lie to each other; seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,
[COL.3.10] and have put on the new man, that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
[COL.3.11] where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
[COL.3.12] Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
[COL.3.13] forbearing each other, and forgiving each other, if anyone has a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do you:
[COL.3.14] and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.
[COL.3.15] And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
[COL.3.16] Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing each other with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
[COL.3.17] And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
[COL.3.18] Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
[COL.3.19] Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
[COL.3.20] Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
[COL.3.21] Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they are not discouraged.
[COL.3.22] Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
[COL.3.23] whatever you do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
[COL.3.24] knowing that from the Lord you will receive the recompense of the inheritance: you serve the Lord Christ.
[COL.3.25] For he that does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done: and there is no respect of persons.
[COL.4.1] Masters, provide for your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
[COL.4.2] Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;
[COL.4.3] praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
[COL.4.4] that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.
[COL.4.5] Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
[COL.4.6] Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
[COL.4.7] All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow worker in the Lord:
[COL.4.8] I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our state and that he may comfort your hearts;
[COL.4.9] together with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will make known to you everything that happens here.
[COL.4.10] Aristarchus my fellow prisoner salutes you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you received commands; if he comes to you, receive him),
[COL.4.11] and Jesus who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, men who have been a comfort to me.
[COL.4.12] Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
[COL.4.13] For I bear him witness, that he has a great zeal for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those in Hierapolis.
[COL.4.14] Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas salute you.
[COL.4.15] Salute the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church that is in their house.
[COL.4.16] And when this letter has been read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
[COL.4.17] And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.
[COL.4.18] The salutation of me Paul with my own hand. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.
[1TH.1.1] Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
[1TH.1.2] We always give thanks to God for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers;
[1TH.1.3] remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
[1TH.1.4] knowing, brothers loved by God, your election,
[1TH.1.5] because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as you know what kind of people we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
[1TH.1.6] And you became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;
[1TH.1.7] so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
[1TH.1.8] For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we need not to say anything.
[1TH.1.9] For they themselves report about us what kind of reception we had with you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
[1TH.1.10] and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
[1TH.2.1] For yourselves know, brothers, our entering in to you, that it has not been in vain:
[1TH.2.2] but having suffered before and been treated shamefully at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
[1TH.2.3] For our exhortation is not of error, nor of impurity, nor in deceit:
[1TH.2.4] but even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proves our hearts.
[1TH.2.5] For neither at any time were we found using flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of greed, God is witness;
[1TH.2.6] nor seeking glory from men, neither from you, nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
[1TH.2.7] But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse cherishes her own children:
[1TH.2.8] even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
[1TH.2.9] For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
[1TH.2.10] You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our behavior toward you who believe:
[1TH.2.11] as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and testifying, every one of you, as a father does his own children,
[1TH.2.12] to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
[1TH.2.13] And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you that believe.
[1TH.2.14] For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;
[1TH.2.15] who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
[1TH.2.16] forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
[1TH.2.17] But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:
[1TH.2.18] because we wanted to come to you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us.
[1TH.2.19] For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
[1TH.2.20] For you are our glory and our joy.
[1TH.3.1] Therefore when we could no longer endure it, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
[1TH.3.2] and sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;
[1TH.3.3] that no one should be moved by these afflictions; for you know that here we are appointed to this.
[1TH.3.4] For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it happened, and you know.
[1TH.3.5] For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure it, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.
[1TH.3.6] But now when Timothy came to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also to see you;
[1TH.3.7] for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:
[1TH.3.8] for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
[1TH.3.9] For what thanksgiving can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
[1TH.3.10] night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
[1TH.3.11] Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you:
[1TH.3.12] and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also toward you;
[1TH.3.13] to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
[1TH.4.1] Finally then, siblings, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, even as you do walk, that you abound more and more.
[1TH.4.2] For you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
[1TH.4.3] For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you abstain from fornication;
[1TH.4.4] that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
[1TH.4.5] not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;
[1TH.4.6] that no one transgress and wrong his brother in the matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
[1TH.4.7] For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
[1TH.4.8] Therefore he who rejects, rejects not man, but God, who gave his Holy Spirit to you.
[1TH.4.9] But concerning love of the siblings you have no need that one write to you: for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
[1TH.4.10] for indeed you do it toward all the siblings who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, siblings, that you abound more and more;
[1TH.4.11] and that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
[1TH.4.12] that you may walk becomingly toward them that are outside, and may have need of nothing.
[1TH.4.13] But we would not have you ignorant, siblings, concerning them that fall asleep; that you sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.
[1TH.4.14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
[1TH.4.15] For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left to the coming of the Lord, shall in no way precede them that are fallen asleep.
[1TH.4.16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
[1TH.4.17] then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
[1TH.4.18] Therefore comfort one another with these words.
[1TH.5.1] But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.
[1TH.5.2] For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.
[1TH.5.3] When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no way escape.
[1TH.5.4] But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief.
[1TH.5.5] For you are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
[1TH.5.6] so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
[1TH.5.7] For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
[1TH.5.8] But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
[1TH.5.9] For God appointed us not to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
[1TH.5.10] who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
[1TH.5.11] Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also you do.
[1TH.5.12] But we ask you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
[1TH.5.13] and to esteem them greatly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
[1TH.5.14] And we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.
[1TH.5.15] See that none render to anyone evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.
[1TH.5.16] Rejoice always;
[1TH.5.17] pray without ceasing;
[1TH.5.18] in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
[1TH.5.19] Quench not the Spirit;
[1TH.5.20] despise not prophesyings;
[1TH.5.21] prove all things; hold fast to that which is good;
[1TH.5.22] abstain from every form of evil.
[1TH.5.23] And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[1TH.5.24] Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it.
[1TH.5.25] Brothers, pray for us.
[1TH.5.26] Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
[1TH.5.27] I adjure you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brothers.
[1TH.5.28] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
[2TH.1.1] Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;
[2TH.1.2] Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[2TH.1.3] We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another abounds;
[2TH.1.4] so that we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure;
[2TH.1.5] which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer:
[2TH.1.6] if so it is a righteous thing with God to repay tribulation to those that trouble you,
[2TH.1.7] and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,
[2TH.1.8] rendering vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those that do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
[2TH.1.9] who will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
[2TH.1.10] when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all those who believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
[2TH.1.11] To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power;
[2TH.1.12] that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[2TH.2.1] Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him;
[2TH.2.2] to not be quickly shaken from your mind, nor troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, as if the day of the Lord is here;
[2TH.2.3] let no one deceive you in any way: for it will not be, except the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
[2TH.2.4] he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God.
[2TH.2.5] Do you not remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things?
[2TH.2.6] And now you know what restrains him, that he may be revealed in his own time.
[2TH.2.7] For the mystery of lawlessness already works: only there is one who restrains now, until he is taken out of the way.
[2TH.2.8] And then will be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming;
[2TH.2.9] even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
[2TH.2.10] and with all deceit of unrighteousness for those who perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
[2TH.2.11] And for this cause God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie:
[2TH.2.12] that they all might be judged who did not believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
[2TH.2.13] But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning for salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
[2TH.2.14] whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[2TH.2.15] So then, brothers, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word, or by letter from us.
[2TH.2.16] Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
[2TH.2.17] comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
[2TH.3.1] Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also it is with you;
[2TH.3.2] and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked people; for all have not faith.
[2TH.3.3] But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
[2TH.3.4] And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you both do and will do the things which we command.
[2TH.3.5] And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
[2TH.3.6] Now we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received from us.
[2TH.3.7] For you know how you ought to imitate us: for we did not behave ourselves disorderly among you;
[2TH.3.8] neither did we eat bread at any man's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
[2TH.3.9] not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
[2TH.3.10] For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.
[2TH.3.11] For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.
[2TH.3.12] Now those who are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
[2TH.3.13] But you, brothers, do not be weary in well-doing.
[2TH.3.14] And if any does not obey our word by this letter, note that person, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
[2TH.3.15] And yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
[2TH.3.16] Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
[2TH.3.17] The salutation of me Paul with my own hand, which is the token in every letter: so I write.
[2TH.3.18] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
[1TI.1.1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;
[1TI.1.2] to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
[1TI.1.3] As I urged you to stay at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that you might charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine,
[1TI.1.4] nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship which is in faith;
[1TI.1.5] but the goal of the command is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith;
[1TI.1.6] from which things some having missed the mark have turned aside to vain talking;
[1TI.1.7] desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm.
[1TI.1.8] But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,
[1TI.1.9] as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
[1TI.1.10] for the immoral, for homosexuals, for enslavers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
[1TI.1.11] according to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
[1TI.1.12] I thank him that enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service;
[1TI.1.13] though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: however, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
[1TI.1.14] and the grace of our Lord abounds exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
[1TI.1.15] Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:
[1TI.1.16] however for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an example of those that should later believe on him to eternal life.
[1TI.1.17] Now to the King eternal, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
[1TI.1.18] This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you might wage the good warfare;
[1TI.1.19] holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith:
[1TI.1.20] of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
[1TI.2.1] I exhort therefore, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all people;
[1TI.2.2] for kings and all that are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.
[1TI.2.3] This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
[1TI.2.4] who desires all people to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
[1TI.2.5] For there is one God, one mediator also between God and humanity, himself human, Christ Jesus,
[1TI.2.6] who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times;
[1TI.2.7] for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
[1TI.2.8] I want therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
[1TI.2.9] In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest clothing, with decency and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly clothing;
[1TI.2.10] but (which becomes women professing godliness) through good works.
[1TI.2.11] Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.
[1TI.2.12] But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to have authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
[1TI.2.13] For Adam was formed first, then Eve;
[1TI.2.14] and Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived has fallen into transgression:
[1TI.2.15] but she shall be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
[1TI.3.1] Faithful is the saying, If a man seeks the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
[1TI.3.2] The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, orderly, hospitable, able to teach;
[1TI.3.3] not a drinker, no striker, but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
[1TI.3.4] one that rules well his own house, having children in subjection with all gravity;
[1TI.3.5] (but if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
[1TI.3.6] not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
[1TI.3.7] Moreover he must have a good testimony from those that are outside; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
[1TI.3.8] Deacons, in the same way, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy gain;
[1TI.3.9] holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
[1TI.3.10] And let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blameless.
[1TI.3.11] Women in the same way must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
[1TI.3.12] Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
[1TI.3.13] For those who have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
[1TI.3.14] These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
[1TI.3.15] but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
[1TI.3.16] And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, received up in glory.
[1TI.4.1] But the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
[1TI.4.2] through the hypocrisy of liars branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron,
[1TI.4.3] forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
[1TI.4.4] For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving:
[1TI.4.5] for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
[1TI.4.6] If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good teaching which you have followed.
[1TI.4.7] But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise yourself toward godliness:
[1TI.4.8] for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
[1TI.4.9] This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.
[1TI.4.10] For to this end we labor and struggle, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
[1TI.4.11] Order and teach these things.
[1TI.4.12] Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
[1TI.4.13] Until I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
[1TI.4.14] Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
[1TI.4.15] Be diligent in these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your progress may be evident to all.
[1TI.4.16] Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
[1TI.5.1] Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; younger men as brothers,
[1TI.5.2] older women as mothers; younger women as sisters, in all purity.
[1TI.5.3] Honor widows who are really widows.
[1TI.5.4] But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
[1TI.5.5] Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
[1TI.5.6] But she who lives in self-indulgence is dead while she lives.
[1TI.5.7] These things command, that they may be blameless.
[1TI.5.8] But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
[1TI.5.9] Do not let a widow be enrolled under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
[1TI.5.10] well reported for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
[1TI.5.11] But refuse younger widows: for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
[1TI.5.12] having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith.
[1TI.5.13] And besides, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, talking about things they should not.
[1TI.5.14] I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
[1TI.5.15] For some have already turned aside after Satan.
[1TI.5.16] If any woman who believes has widows, let her relieve them, and do not burden the church, that it may relieve those who are really widows.
[1TI.5.17] Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and teaching.
[1TI.5.18] For the scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.
[1TI.5.19] Do not receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.
[1TI.5.20] Those who sin, rebuke in the sight of all, that the rest also may fear.
[1TI.5.21] I charge you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without bias, doing nothing by partiality.
[1TI.5.22] Do not lay hands hastily on anyone, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep yourself pure.
[1TI.5.23] Do not drink water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.
[1TI.5.24] Some men’s sins are evident, going before to judgment; and some men also they follow after.
[1TI.5.25] In the same way also there are good works that are evident; and such as are otherwise cannot be hidden.
[1TI.6.1] Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.
[1TI.6.2] And those that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather let them serve them, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.
[1TI.6.3] If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and does not agree with sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is according to godliness;
[1TI.6.4] they are conceited, knowing nothing, but with a morbid interest about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions,
[1TI.6.5] constant friction of people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, supposing that godliness is a means of gain.
[1TI.6.6] But godliness with contentment is great gain:
[1TI.6.7] for we brought nothing into the world, for we can't carry anything out;
[1TI.6.8] but having food and covering, we will be content with these.
[1TI.6.9] But they that are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
[1TI.6.10] For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
[1TI.6.11] But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
[1TI.6.12] Fight the good fight of the faith, take hold of the eternal life, whereunto you were called, and did confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
[1TI.6.13] I charge you in the sight of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;
[1TI.6.14] that you keep the commandment, without spot, without reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
[1TI.6.15] which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
[1TI.6.16] who only has immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.
[1TI.6.17] Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not haughty, nor have their hopes set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
[1TI.6.18] that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, generous;
[1TI.6.19] laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.
[1TI.6.20] O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the profane babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
[1TI.6.21] which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you.
[2TI.1.1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
[2TI.1.2] to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
[2TI.1.3] I thank God, whom I serve from my ancestors in a pure conscience, as I unceasingly remember you in my prayers, night and day
[2TI.1.4] longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
[2TI.1.5] having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in you also.
[2TI.1.6] For this cause I remind you to stir up the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
[2TI.1.7] For God did not give us a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
[2TI.1.8] Do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;
[2TI.1.9] who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal times,
[2TI.1.10] but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
[2TI.1.11] for which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
[2TI.1.12] For this cause I also suffer these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
[2TI.1.13] Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
[2TI.1.14] That good thing which was committed to you guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
[2TI.1.15] This you know, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
[2TI.1.16] May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;
[2TI.1.17] but, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me
[2TI.1.18] (the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day); and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, you know very well.
[2TI.2.1] You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
[2TI.2.2] And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
[2TI.2.3] Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
[2TI.2.4] No soldier entangles himself in the affairs of this life, that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
[2TI.2.5] And if also a man competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
[2TI.2.6] The farmer who labors must be the first to partake of the crops.
[2TI.2.7] Give thought to what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
[2TI.2.8] Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my gospel:
[2TI.2.9] wherein I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned.
[2TI.2.10] Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the chosen, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
[2TI.2.11] Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:
[2TI.2.12] if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
[2TI.2.13] if we are faithless, he remains faithful; for he cannot deny himself.
[2TI.2.14] Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they do not argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
[2TI.2.15] Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, handling correctly the word of truth.
[2TI.2.16] But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed to more ungodliness,
[2TI.2.17] and their word will eat as does a gangrene: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
[2TI.2.18] men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.
[2TI.2.19] Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those who are his: and, Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
[2TI.2.20] Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay; and some for honor, and some for dishonor.
[2TI.2.21] If a man therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, suitable for the master’s use, prepared to every good work.
[2TI.2.22] But flee youthful lusts, and follow righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
[2TI.2.23] But refuse foolish and ignorant questions, knowing that they give rise to strife.
[2TI.2.24] And the servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
[2TI.2.25] in humility correcting those who oppose; if perhaps God may give them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
[2TI.2.26] and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
[2TI.3.1] But know this, that in the last days grievous times will come.
[2TI.3.2] For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
[2TI.3.3] without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
[2TI.3.4] traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
[2TI.3.5] holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. From these also turn away.
[2TI.3.6] For of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive weak-willed women laden with sins, led away by various desires,
[2TI.3.7] always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
[2TI.3.8] And as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith.
[2TI.3.9] But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all, as also that of those men came to be.
[2TI.3.10] But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
[2TI.3.11] persecutions, sufferings; what things happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. But out of them all the Lord delivered me.
[2TI.3.12] Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
[2TI.3.13] But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
[2TI.3.14] But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
[2TI.3.15] And that from a child you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
[2TI.3.16] Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.
[2TI.3.17] That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely to every good work.
[2TI.4.1] I charge you in the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
[2TI.4.2] preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.
[2TI.4.3] For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own desires;
[2TI.4.4] and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
[2TI.4.5] But be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
[2TI.4.6] For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.
[2TI.4.7] I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
[2TI.4.8] from now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me at that day; and not only to me, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
[2TI.4.9] Be diligent to come to me shortly:
[2TI.4.10] for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
[2TI.4.11] Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you; for he is useful to me for ministering.
[2TI.4.12] But Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.
[2TI.4.13] The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, bring when you come, and the books, especially the parchments.
[2TI.4.14] Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his deeds:
[2TI.4.15] of whom be careful, for he greatly withstood our words.
[2TI.4.16] At my first defense no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.
[2TI.4.17] But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
[2TI.4.18] The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me to his heavenly kingdom: to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
[2TI.4.19] Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.
[2TI.4.20] Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.
[2TI.4.21] Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brothers.
[2TI.4.22] The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
[TIT.1.1] Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
[TIT.1.2] in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;
[TIT.1.3] but in its own times manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
[TIT.1.4] to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
[TIT.1.5] For this cause left I you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
[TIT.1.6] if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
[TIT.1.7] For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of ill-gotten gain;
[TIT.1.8] but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;
[TIT.1.9] holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convince the contradictors.
[TIT.1.10] For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
[TIT.1.11] whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain.
[TIT.1.12] One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.
[TIT.1.13] This testimony is true. For this cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
[TIT.1.14] not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
[TIT.1.15] To the pure, all things are pure: but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
[TIT.1.16] They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and for every good work worthless.
[TIT.2.1] But speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine:
[TIT.2.2] that older men be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in patience:
[TIT.2.3] that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
[TIT.2.4] that they may instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
[TIT.2.5] to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God not be blasphemed:
[TIT.2.6] likewise exhort the younger men to be sober-minded:
[TIT.2.7] in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,
[TIT.2.8] sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
[TIT.2.9] Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing to them in all things; not contradicting;
[TIT.2.10] not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
[TIT.2.11] For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people,
[TIT.2.12] instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
[TIT.2.13] looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;
[TIT.2.14] who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
[TIT.2.15] These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.
[TIT.3.1] Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
[TIT.3.2] to speak evil of no one, to be no brawlers, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all people.
[TIT.3.3] For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
[TIT.3.4] But when the kindness of God our Savior, and his love toward humanity, appeared,
[TIT.3.5] not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
[TIT.3.6] which he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior;
[TIT.3.7] that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
[TIT.3.8] This is a faithful saying, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, to the end that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to people:
[TIT.3.9] but avoid foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
[TIT.3.10] A divisive person after a first and second warning refuse;
[TIT.3.11] knowing that such a one is perverted, and sins, being self-condemned.
[TIT.3.12] When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, give diligence to come to me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.
[TIT.3.13] Help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, so that nothing be lacking for them.
[TIT.3.14] And let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary needs, that they be not unfruitful.
[TIT.3.15] All that are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all.
[PHM.1.1] Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
[PHM.1.2] and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
[PHM.1.3] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
[PHM.1.4] I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,
[PHM.1.5] hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
[PHM.1.6] that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, toward Christ.
[PHM.1.7] For I had much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
[PHM.1.8] Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
[PHM.1.9] yet for love's sake I rather appeal, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:
[PHM.1.10] I appeal to you for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,
[PHM.1.11] who once was useless to you, but now is useful to you and to me:
[PHM.1.12] whom I have sent back to you in person, that is, my own heart:
[PHM.1.13] whom I would have preferred to keep with me, that in your stead he might minister to me in the bonds of the gospel:
[PHM.1.14] but without your consent I desired to do nothing; that your goodness should not be as of obligation, but of your own free will.
[PHM.1.15] For perhaps he therefore was parted for a season, that you should have him forever;
[PHM.1.16] no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
[PHM.1.17] If therefore you count me a partner, receive him as myself.
[PHM.1.18] But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account;
[PHM.1.19] I Paul write this with my own hand, I will repay it: that I say not to you that you owe to me even your own self besides.
[PHM.1.20] Yes, brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: refresh my heart in Christ.
[PHM.1.21] Having confidence in your obedience I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
[PHM.1.22] But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.
[PHM.1.23] Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you;
[PHM.1.24] and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.
[PHM.1.25] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
[HEB.1.1] God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets by various ways and in various manners,
[HEB.1.2] has in these last days spoken to us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;
[HEB.1.3] who being the brightness of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made cleansing of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
[HEB.1.4] having become by so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they.
[HEB.1.5] For to which of the angels did he say at any time, You are my Son, today have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?
[HEB.1.6] And when he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, And let all the angels of God worship him.
[HEB.1.7] And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire:
[HEB.1.8] but of the Son he says, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; and the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
[HEB.1.9] You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.
[HEB.1.10] And, You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands:
[HEB.1.11] they will perish; but you remain: and they all will grow old as a garment does;
[HEB.1.12] and as a mantle you will roll them up, as a garment, and they will be changed: but you are the same, and your years will not fail.
[HEB.1.13] But of which of the angels has he said at any time, Sit on my right hand, till I make your enemies the footstool of your feet?
[HEB.1.14] Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of those that will inherit salvation?
[HEB.2.1] Therefore we ought to pay more attention to the things that were heard, so that we do not drift away from them.
[HEB.2.2] For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty;
[HEB.2.3] how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? Which at the beginning was spoken through the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard;
[HEB.2.4] God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
[HEB.2.5] For he did not subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.
[HEB.2.6] But one has somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that you are mindful of him? Or the son of man, that you care for him?
[HEB.2.7] You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of your hands:
[HEB.2.8] You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.
[HEB.2.9] But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste death for everyone.
[HEB.2.10] For it was fitting for him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
[HEB.2.11] For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one; for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
[HEB.2.12] saying, I will declare your name to my brothers, in the midst of the congregation will I sing your praise.
[HEB.2.13] And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God has given me.
[HEB.2.14] Since then the children share in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil;
[HEB.2.15] and might deliver all those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
[HEB.2.16] For surely he does not take hold of angels, but he takes hold of the offspring of Abraham.
[HEB.2.17] Therefore it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in all things, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
[HEB.2.18] For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
[HEB.3.1] Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus;
[HEB.3.2] who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
[HEB.3.3] For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he who built the house has more honor than the house.
[HEB.3.4] For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.
[HEB.3.5] And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;
[HEB.3.6] but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
[HEB.3.7] Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you will hear his voice,
[HEB.3.8] do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, like in the day of the trial in the wilderness,
[HEB.3.9] where your fathers tried me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years.
[HEB.3.10] Therefore I was displeased with this generation, and said, They always go astray in their heart: But they did not know my ways;
[HEB.3.11] as I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest.
[HEB.3.12] Take care, brothers, lest there will be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God:
[HEB.3.13] but encourage each other day by day, so long as it is called Today; lest anyone of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:
[HEB.3.14] for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold firm the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
[HEB.3.15] while it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation.
[HEB.3.16] For who, when they heard, provoked? indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt by Moses?
[HEB.3.17] And with whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
[HEB.3.18] And to whom swore he that they would not enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
[HEB.3.19] And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
[HEB.4.1] Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
[HEB.4.2] For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as also they; but the word of hearing did not profit them, because they were not united by faith with those who heard.
[HEB.4.3] For we who have believed enter into that rest; just as he has said, As I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
[HEB.4.4] For he has said somewhere of the seventh day in this way, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;
[HEB.4.5] and in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest.
[HEB.4.6] Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,
[HEB.4.7] he again defines a certain day, Today, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as has been said before), Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
[HEB.4.8] For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have afterward spoken of another day.
[HEB.4.9] There remains therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.
[HEB.4.10] For he that has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
[HEB.4.11] Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no one fall after the same example of disobedience.
[HEB.4.12] For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
[HEB.4.13] And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
[HEB.4.14] Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
[HEB.4.15] For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
[HEB.4.16] Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
[HEB.5.1] For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
[HEB.5.2] who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is encompassed with weakness;
[HEB.5.3] and because of it he is obligated, just as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
[HEB.5.4] And no man takes the honor to himself, but when he is called by God, just as was Aaron.
[HEB.5.5] So Christ also did not glorify himself to be made a high priest, but he that spoke to him, You are my Son, Today I have begotten you:
[HEB.5.6] as he says also in another place, You are a priest forever After the order of Melchizedek.
[HEB.5.7] Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
[HEB.5.8] though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;
[HEB.5.9] and having been made perfect, he became to all them that obey him the source of eternal salvation;
[HEB.5.10] named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
[HEB.5.11] About him we have many things to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
[HEB.5.12] For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you have need again that someone teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and have become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.
[HEB.5.13] For everyone that partakes of milk is without experience in the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.
[HEB.5.14] But solid food is for full-grown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
[HEB.6.1] Therefore leaving the elementary teaching of the Christ, let us press on to perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
[HEB.6.2] of the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
[HEB.6.3] And this will we do, if God permits.
[HEB.6.4] For as to those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
[HEB.6.5] and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
[HEB.6.6] and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
[HEB.6.7] For the land which drinks in the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth herbs meet for those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God:
[HEB.6.8] but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near to being cursed; whose end is to be burned.
[HEB.6.9] But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this way.
[HEB.6.10] For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
[HEB.6.11] And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end:
[HEB.6.12] that you be not sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
[HEB.6.13] For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
[HEB.6.14] saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.
[HEB.6.15] And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
[HEB.6.16] For men swear by the greater: and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
[HEB.6.17] Wherein God, desiring to show more clearly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
[HEB.6.18] that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
[HEB.6.19] which we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
[HEB.6.20] where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
[HEB.7.1] For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
[HEB.7.2] to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;
[HEB.7.3] without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), abides a priest continually.
[HEB.7.4] Now consider how great this man was, to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.
[HEB.7.5] And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest's office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of the brothers, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham:
[HEB.7.6] but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes of Abraham, and has blessed him that has the promises.
[HEB.7.7] But without any dispute the less is blessed by the better.
[HEB.7.8] And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.
[HEB.7.9] And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes;
[HEB.7.10] for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.
[HEB.7.11] Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?
[HEB.7.12] For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
[HEB.7.13] For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no man has given attendance at the altar.
[HEB.7.14] For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.
[HEB.7.15] And what we say is yet more abundantly clear, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,
[HEB.7.16] who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:
[HEB.7.17] for it is witnessed of him, You are a priest forever After the order of Melchizedek.
[HEB.7.18] For there is a disannulling of a former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness
[HEB.7.19] (for the law made nothing perfect), and bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
[HEB.7.20] And inasmuch as it is not without the taking of an oath
[HEB.7.21] (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that says of him, Jehovah swore and will not repent himself, You are a priest forever);
[HEB.7.22] by so much also has Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.
[HEB.7.23] And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because by death they are hindered from continuing:
[HEB.7.24] but he, because he abides forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.
[HEB.7.25] Therefore also he is able to save completely those that draw near to God through him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.
[HEB.7.26] For such a high priest became us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
[HEB.7.27] who needs not daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.
[HEB.7.28] For the law appoints men high priests, having weakness; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, appoints a Son, perfected forevermore.
[HEB.8.1] Now the main point in what has been said is this: We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
[HEB.8.2] a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
[HEB.8.3] For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
[HEB.8.4] Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;
[HEB.8.5] who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, he says, that you make all things according to the pattern that was shown you in the mount.
[HEB.8.6] But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.
[HEB.8.7] For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
[HEB.8.8] For finding fault with them, he says, Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
[HEB.8.9] not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says Jehovah.
[HEB.8.10] For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Jehovah; I will put my laws into their mind, and on their heart also will I write them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
[HEB.8.11] And they shall not teach every man his fellow citizen, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, from the least to the greatest of them.
[HEB.8.12] For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins will I remember no more.
[HEB.8.13] In that he says, A new covenant he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxes aged is near to vanishing away.
[HEB.9.1] Now even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.
[HEB.9.2] For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, in which were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.
[HEB.9.3] And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;
[HEB.9.4] having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid around with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
[HEB.9.5] and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak in detail.
[HEB.9.6] Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;
[HEB.9.7] but into the second the high priest alone goes, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people:
[HEB.9.8] the Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;
[HEB.9.9] which is a figure for the present time; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshiper perfect,
[HEB.9.10] being only (with foods and drinks and diverse washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
[HEB.9.11] But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
[HEB.9.12] nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
[HEB.9.13] For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctifies to the cleanness of the flesh:
[HEB.9.14] how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
[HEB.9.15] And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
[HEB.9.16] For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it.
[HEB.9.17] For a testament is of force where there has been death: for it does never avail while he that made it lives.
[HEB.9.18] Wherefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
[HEB.9.19] For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
[HEB.9.20] saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded toward you.
[HEB.9.21] Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.
[HEB.9.22] And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
[HEB.9.23] It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
[HEB.9.24] For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
[HEB.9.25] nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own;
[HEB.9.26] else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages has he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
[HEB.9.27] And inasmuch as it is appointed to men once to die, and after this comes judgment;
[HEB.9.28] so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, to salvation.
[HEB.10.1] For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make those who draw close perfect.
[HEB.10.2] Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.
[HEB.10.3] But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.
[HEB.10.4] For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
[HEB.10.5] Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, But a body you prepared for me;
[HEB.10.6] In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure:
[HEB.10.7] Then I said, Lo, I have come (In the roll of the book it is written of me) To do your will, O God.
[HEB.10.8] Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you did not desire, neither had pleasure therein (which are offered according to the law),
[HEB.10.9] then he has said, Lo, I have come to do your will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.
[HEB.10.10] By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
[HEB.10.11] And every priest indeed stands day by day ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:
[HEB.10.12] but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down on the right hand of God;
[HEB.10.13] from that time waiting till his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.
[HEB.10.14] For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
[HEB.10.15] And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after he has said,
[HEB.10.16] This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them;
[HEB.10.17] then he says, And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
[HEB.10.18] Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
[HEB.10.19] Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
[HEB.10.20] by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
[HEB.10.21] and having a great priest over the house of God;
[HEB.10.22] let us draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,
[HEB.10.23] let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:
[HEB.10.24] and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
[HEB.10.25] not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but encouraging one another; and so much the more, as you see the day drawing near.
[HEB.10.26] For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
[HEB.10.27] but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.
[HEB.10.28] A man that has set aside Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses:
[HEB.10.29] of how much worse punishment, do you think, shall he be judged worthy, who has trodden underfoot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
[HEB.10.30] For we know him that said, Vengeance belongs to me, I will recompense. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
[HEB.10.31] It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
[HEB.10.32] But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings;
[HEB.10.33] partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partners with those who were so used.
[HEB.10.34] For you both had compassion on those in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.
[HEB.10.35] Cast not away therefore your boldness, which has great recompense of reward.
[HEB.10.36] For you have need of endurance, that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
[HEB.10.37] For yet a very little while, He that comes shall come, and shall not delay.
[HEB.10.38] But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
[HEB.10.39] But we are not of those who shrink back unto perdition; but of those who have faith unto the saving of the soul.
[HEB.11.1] Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
[HEB.11.2] For by it the people of old gained approval.
[HEB.11.3] By faith we understand that the worlds have been prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.
[HEB.11.4] By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and through it he being dead still speaks.
[HEB.11.5] By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found, because God had taken him up: for he had the testimony that he had been pleasing to God.
[HEB.11.6] And without faith it is impossible to please him; for the one who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.
[HEB.11.7] By faith Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, with reverence prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
[HEB.11.8] By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
[HEB.11.9] By faith he lived as a stranger in the land of promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
[HEB.11.10] For he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
[HEB.11.11] By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
[HEB.11.12] Therefore, there was born even of one, and him as good as dead, as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand by the seashore.
[HEB.11.13] These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
[HEB.11.14] For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
[HEB.11.15] And if indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
[HEB.11.16] But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he has prepared a city for them.
[HEB.11.17] By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac: and he who had received the promises was offering up his only son;
[HEB.11.18] even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall your descendants be called:
[HEB.11.19] accounting that God is able to raise up even from the dead; from where he did also receive him back as a figure.
[HEB.11.20] By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.
[HEB.11.21] By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.
[HEB.11.22] By faith Joseph, when he was near death, made mention of the exodus of the children of Israel; and gave instructions about his bones.
[HEB.11.23] By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a special child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
[HEB.11.24] By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
[HEB.11.25] choosing rather to suffer ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
[HEB.11.26] considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he was looking to the reward.
[HEB.11.27] By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
[HEB.11.28] By faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
[HEB.11.29] By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians, trying to do, were drowned.
[HEB.11.30] By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.
[HEB.11.31] By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.
[HEB.11.32] And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:
[HEB.11.33] who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
[HEB.11.34] quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
[HEB.11.35] Women received their dead by resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their release; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
[HEB.11.36] and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
[HEB.11.37] they were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tested, they were killed with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented
[HEB.11.38] (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.
[HEB.11.39] And these all, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive the promise,
[HEB.11.40] God having provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
[HEB.12.1] Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
[HEB.12.2] looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
[HEB.12.3] For consider him that has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you do not grow weary, fainting in your souls.
[HEB.12.4] You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:
[HEB.12.5] and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, My son, do not regard lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by him;
[HEB.12.6] For whom the Lord loves he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives.
[HEB.12.7] It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with children; for what child is there whom his father does not discipline?
[HEB.12.8] But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are not legitimate children, but illegitimate.
[HEB.12.9] Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them respect: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
[HEB.12.10] For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
[HEB.12.11] All discipline seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields peaceable fruit to those that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.
[HEB.12.12] Therefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees;
[HEB.12.13] and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.
[HEB.12.14] Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord:
[HEB.12.15] looking carefully lest there be any man that falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;
[HEB.12.16] lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, as Esau, who for one meal sold his own birthright.
[HEB.12.17] For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind, though he sought it diligently with tears.
[HEB.12.18] For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, and that burned with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
[HEB.12.19] and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken to them;
[HEB.12.20] for they could not endure that which was commanded, If even a beast touch the mountain, it will be stoned;
[HEB.12.21] and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:
[HEB.12.22] but you have come to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
[HEB.12.23] to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
[HEB.12.24] and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
[HEB.12.25] See that you do not refuse him that speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more will we not escape who turn away from him that warns from heaven:
[HEB.12.26] whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more will I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.
[HEB.12.27] And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
[HEB.12.28] Therefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:
[HEB.12.29] for our God is a consuming fire.
[HEB.13.1] Let brotherly love continue.
[HEB.13.2] Forget not to show love to strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
[HEB.13.3] Remember those in bonds, as bound with them; and those that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.
[HEB.13.4] Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
[HEB.13.5] Be free from the love of money; content with what you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, neither will I forsake you.
[HEB.13.6] So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: What will man do to me?
[HEB.13.7] Remember those that led you, who spoke to you the word of God; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.
[HEB.13.8] Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
[HEB.13.9] Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by foods, wherein those that occupied themselves were not profited.
[HEB.13.10] We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tent.
[HEB.13.11] For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.
[HEB.13.12] Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside the gate.
[HEB.13.13] Let us therefore go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.
[HEB.13.14] For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after that which is to come.
[HEB.13.15] Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.
[HEB.13.16] But do not forget doing good and sharing: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
[HEB.13.17] Obey those that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that will give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this would be unprofitable for you.
[HEB.13.18] Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
[HEB.13.19] And I exhort you the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
[HEB.13.20] Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,
[HEB.13.21] make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
[HEB.13.22] But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
[HEB.13.23] Know that our brother Timothy has been set free; with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.
[HEB.13.24] Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. They of Italy greet you.
[HEB.13.25] Grace be with you all.
[JAM.1.1] James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are scattered abroad: Greetings.
[JAM.1.2] Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials;
[JAM.1.3] knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
[JAM.1.4] And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
[JAM.1.5] But if any of you lacks wisdom, let them ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to them.
[JAM.1.6] But let them ask in faith, without any doubting: for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.
[JAM.1.7] For that person ought not to expect that they will receive anything from the Lord;
[JAM.1.8] being a double-minded person, unstable in all their ways.
[JAM.1.9] But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in their high position;
[JAM.1.10] and the rich person is to glory in their humiliation; because like flowering grass they will pass away.
[JAM.1.11] For the sun rises with a scorching wind, and withers the grass; and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed: so too the rich person in the midst of their pursuits will fade away.
[JAM.1.12] Blessed is the person who endures temptation; for when they have been approved, they will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.
[JAM.1.13] Let no one say when they are tempted, I am being tempted by God; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself does not tempt anyone:
[JAM.1.14] but each one is tempted when they are carried away and enticed by their own desire.
[JAM.1.15] Then when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
[JAM.1.16] Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
[JAM.1.17] Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
[JAM.1.18] Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
[JAM.1.19] This you know, my beloved brothers. But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;
[JAM.1.20] for the anger of person does not produce the righteousness of God.
[JAM.1.21] Therefore putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.
[JAM.1.22] But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
[JAM.1.23] For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, they are like a person who looks at their natural face in a mirror;
[JAM.1.24] for once they have looked at themselves and gone away, they have immediately forgotten what kind of person they were.
[JAM.1.25] But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this person will be blessed in what they do.
[JAM.1.26] If anyone thinks themselves to be religious, and yet does not bridle their tongue but deceives their own heart, this person's religion is worthless.
[JAM.1.27] Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
[JAM.2.1] My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
[JAM.2.2] For if a person with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and a poor person in dirty clothing also comes in,
[JAM.2.3] and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothing, and say, Sit here in a good place; and you say to the poor person, Stand there, or sit here under my footstool;
[JAM.2.4] have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
[JAM.2.5] Listen, my beloved brothers; did not God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
[JAM.2.6] But you have dishonored the poor person. Do not the rich oppress you, and drag you into court?
[JAM.2.7] Do they not blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
[JAM.2.8] If, however, you fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well:
[JAM.2.9] but if you show favoritism, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
[JAM.2.10] For whoever keeps the whole law, yet stumbles in one point, is guilty of all.
[JAM.2.11] For he who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, but kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.
[JAM.2.12] So speak, and so act, as people who are to be judged by a law of liberty.
[JAM.2.13] For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy: mercy triumphs over judgment.
[JAM.2.14] What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but does not have works? Can faith save him?
[JAM.2.15] If a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
[JAM.2.16] and one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled; and yet you do not give them what is necessary for the body; what does it profit?
[JAM.2.17] Even so faith, if it does not have works, is dead, being by itself.
[JAM.2.18] Yes, someone will say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
[JAM.2.19] You believe that God is one; you do well: the demons also believe, and shudder.
[JAM.2.20] But will you know, O vain person, that faith without works is dead?
[JAM.2.21] Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
[JAM.2.22] You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
[JAM.2.23] and the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.
[JAM.2.24] You see that by works a person is justified, and not by faith only.
[JAM.2.25] And in like manner was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works, in that she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
[JAM.2.26] For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so faith apart from works is dead.
[JAM.3.1] My brothers, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.
[JAM.3.2] For in many things we all stumble. If any man stumbles not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
[JAM.3.3] Now if we put bits into the horses' mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
[JAM.3.4] Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by fierce winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, wherever the will of the pilot wishes.
[JAM.3.5] So the tongue also is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
[JAM.3.6] And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
[JAM.3.7] For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind:
[JAM.3.8] but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil; it is full of deadly poison.
[JAM.3.9] Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we people, who are made after the likeness of God:
[JAM.3.10] out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not so to be.
[JAM.3.11] Does a fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?
[JAM.3.12] Can a fig tree, my brothers, produce olives, or a vine figs? neither can salt water produce sweet.
[JAM.3.13] Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
[JAM.3.14] But if you have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
[JAM.3.15] This wisdom is not a wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
[JAM.3.16] For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
[JAM.3.17] But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
[JAM.3.18] And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
[JAM.4.1] Where do conflicts and disputes among you come from? do they not come from your desires that fight within your members?
[JAM.4.2] You desire, and do not have: you kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: you fight and struggle; you do not have, because you do not ask.
[JAM.4.3] You ask, and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, so you may spend it on your pleasures.
[JAM.4.4] You adulterous people, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes themselves an enemy of God.
[JAM.4.5] Or do you think the scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us longs to envy?
[JAM.4.6] But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
[JAM.4.7] Be subject therefore to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
[JAM.4.8] Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
[JAM.4.9] Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
[JAM.4.10] Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
[JAM.4.11] Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. He that speaks evil of a brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
[JAM.4.12] One only is the lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy: but who are you who judges your neighbor?
[JAM.4.13] Come now, you that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:
[JAM.4.14] whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
[JAM.4.15] For you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.
[JAM.4.16] But now you glory in your boastings: all such glorying is evil.
[JAM.4.17] Therefore to anyone who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.
[JAM.5.1] Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
[JAM.5.2] Your riches have rotted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
[JAM.5.3] Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure in the last days.
[JAM.5.4] Look, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who harvested have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
[JAM.5.5] You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and taken your pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
[JAM.5.6] You have condemned, you have killed the righteous one; he does not resist you.
[JAM.5.7] Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
[JAM.5.8] You also be patient; establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.
[JAM.5.9] Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door.
[JAM.5.10] Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
[JAM.5.11] Look, we consider them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
[JAM.5.12] But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yes be yes, and your no, no; that you may not fall under judgment.
[JAM.5.13] Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.
[JAM.5.14] Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
[JAM.5.15] and the prayer of faith will heal him that is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him.
[JAM.5.16] Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The supplication of a righteous person avails much in its working.
[JAM.5.17] Elijah was a person of like passions with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
[JAM.5.18] And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
[JAM.5.19] My brothers, if any among you goes astray from the truth, and someone turns him back,
[JAM.5.20] let him know, that the one who turns a sinner from the error of his ways will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
[1PE.1.1] Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are sojourning in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
[1PE.1.2] according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
[1PE.1.3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
[1PE.1.4] to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
[1PE.1.5] who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
[1PE.1.6] In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been put to grief by various trials,
[1PE.1.7] that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
[1PE.1.8] whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you do not see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory,
[1PE.1.9] receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
[1PE.1.10] Concerning this salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
[1PE.1.11] searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them pointed to, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow them.
[1PE.1.12] To them it was revealed that not to themselves, but to you, did they minister these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
[1PE.1.13] Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
[1PE.1.14] as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to your former desires in your ignorance,
[1PE.1.15] but just as he who called you is holy, be you yourselves also holy in all your behavior;
[1PE.1.16] because it is written, You shall be holy; for I am holy.
[1PE.1.17] And if you call on him as Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear,
[1PE.1.18] knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your futile way of life handed down from your ancestors;
[1PE.1.19] but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ:
[1PE.1.20] who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of the times for your sake,
[1PE.1.21] who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
[1PE.1.22] Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth to unfeigned love of the brothers, love one another from a pure heart fervently:
[1PE.1.23] having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and abides.
[1PE.1.24] For, All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of it as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls:
[1PE.1.25] But the word of the Lord abides forever. And this is the word of good news which was preached to you.
[1PE.2.1] Putting away therefore all malice, and all deceit, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking,
[1PE.2.2] as newborn babies, long for the spiritual milk which is without deceit, that you may grow thereby to salvation,
[1PE.2.3] if you have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
[1PE.2.4] to whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
[1PE.2.5] you also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
[1PE.2.6] Because it is contained in scripture, Look, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believes on him shall not be put to shame.
[1PE.2.7] For you therefore who believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
[1PE.2.8] and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
[1PE.2.9] But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
[1PE.2.10] who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
[1PE.2.11] Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and travelers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
[1PE.2.12] having good conduct among the Gentiles; that, in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
[1PE.2.13] Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
[1PE.2.14] or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
[1PE.2.15] For so is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
[1PE.2.16] as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
[1PE.2.17] Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
[1PE.2.18] Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
[1PE.2.19] For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
[1PE.2.20] For what glory is it, if, when you sin, and are harshly treated, you shall take it with patience? but if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you shall take it with patience, this is acceptable with God.
[1PE.2.21] For hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps:
[1PE.2.22] who committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth:
[1PE.2.23] who, when he was reviled, did not revile again; when he suffered, did not threaten; but committed himself to him that judges righteously:
[1PE.2.24] who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
[1PE.2.25] For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
[1PE.3.1] In the same way, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any obey not the word, they may without a word be gained by the behavior of their wives;
[1PE.3.2] seeing your respectful and pure behavior.
[1PE.3.3] Let your adornment not be external—braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses;
[1PE.3.4] but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
[1PE.3.5] For in this way formerly, the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands;
[1PE.3.6] as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you are now, if you do well and are not frightened by any fear.
[1PE.3.7] You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
[1PE.3.8] To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;
[1PE.3.9] not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for this you were called, so that you might inherit a blessing.
[1PE.3.10] For, The one who desires life, to love and see good days, must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from speaking deceit.
[1PE.3.11] They must turn away from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.
[1PE.3.12] For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears attend to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
[1PE.3.13] And who is he who will harm you, if you prove zealous for what is good?
[1PE.3.14] But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation and do not be troubled,
[1PE.3.15] but in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and respect;
[1PE.3.16] and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
[1PE.3.17] For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
[1PE.3.18] For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that he might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
[1PE.3.19] in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits now in prison,
[1PE.3.20] who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.
[1PE.3.21] Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
[1PE.3.22] who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to him.
[1PE.4.1] For as much then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
[1PE.4.2] that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh to the desires of men, but to the will of God.
[1PE.4.3] For the time past may suffice to have worked the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in sensuality, lusts, excessive wine, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries:
[1PE.4.4] wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
[1PE.4.5] who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
[1PE.4.6] For to this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
[1PE.4.7] But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore of sound mind, and be sober to prayer:
[1PE.4.8] and above all things be fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covers a multitude of sins:
[1PE.4.9] using hospitality one to another without murmuring:
[1PE.4.10] according to what each has received, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
[1PE.4.11] if anyone speaks, speaking as oracles of God; if anyone ministers, ministering as of the strength which God supplies: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
[1PE.4.12] Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which comes upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened to you:
[1PE.4.13] but in as much as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also you may rejoice with exceeding joy.
[1PE.4.14] If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests on you.
[1PE.4.15] For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or a busybody in other men's matters:
[1PE.4.16] but if as a Christian, let them not be ashamed; but let them glorify God in this name.
[1PE.4.17] For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if it begins first at us, what shall be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
[1PE.4.18] And if the righteous scarcely are saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?
[1PE.4.19] Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.
[1PE.5.1] The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who also am a partaker of the glory that will be revealed:
[1PE.5.2] Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not by force, but willingly, according to the will of God; and not for dishonest gain, but eagerly;
[1PE.5.3] neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but becoming examples to the flock.
[1PE.5.4] And when the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.
[1PE.5.5] Likewise, you younger, be subject to the elders. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
[1PE.5.6] Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
[1PE.5.7] casting all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.
[1PE.5.8] Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,
[1PE.5.9] whom resist steadfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brothers who are in the world.
[1PE.5.10] And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself perfect, establish, strengthen, you.
[1PE.5.11] To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
[1PE.5.12] By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: stand firm in it.
[1PE.5.13] She that is in Babylon, elect together with you, greets you; and so does Mark my son.
[1PE.5.14] Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all that are in Christ.
[2PE.1.1] Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
[2PE.1.2] Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
[2PE.1.3] seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;
[2PE.1.4] by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
[2PE.1.5] Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in virtue knowledge;
[2PE.1.6] and in knowledge self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness;
[2PE.1.7] and in godliness brotherly kindness; and in brotherly kindness love.
[2PE.1.8] For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[2PE.1.9] For he that lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
[2PE.1.10] Therefore, brothers, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you shall never stumble:
[2PE.1.11] for thus shall be richly supplied to you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
[2PE.1.12] Therefore I shall be ready always to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the truth which is with you.
[2PE.1.13] And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by way of reminder;
[2PE.1.14] knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
[2PE.1.15] Yes, I will give diligence that at every time you may be able after my departure to call these things to remembrance.
[2PE.1.16] For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
[2PE.1.17] For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:
[2PE.1.18] and this voice we ourselves heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy mount.
[2PE.1.19] And we have the word of prophecy made more sure; to which you do well to pay attention, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
[2PE.1.20] knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
[2PE.1.21] For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spoke from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
[2PE.2.1] But false prophets also arose among the people, as among you also there will be false teachers, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
[2PE.2.2] And many will follow their destructive ways; by reason of whom the way of the truth will be evil spoken of.
[2PE.2.3] And in greed they will exploit you with fabricated words: whose sentence now from of old is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
[2PE.2.4] For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
[2PE.2.5] and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
[2PE.2.6] and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example to those that should live ungodly;
[2PE.2.7] and delivered righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the immoral way of life of the wicked
[2PE.2.8] (for that righteous man dwelt among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds):
[2PE.2.9] the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
[2PE.2.10] but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the desire of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble to revile dignities:
[2PE.2.11] whereas angels, though greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord.
[2PE.2.12] But these, like unreasoning creatures, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters they are ignorant of, will in their destroying surely be destroyed,
[2PE.2.13] suffering wrong as the wages of wrongdoing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceits while they feast with you;
[2PE.2.14] having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls; having a heart exercised in greed; children of cursing;
[2PE.2.15] forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
[2PE.2.16] but was rebuked for his own transgression: a mute donkey spoke with man's voice and restrained the madness of the prophet.
[2PE.2.17] These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.
[2PE.2.18] For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the desires of the flesh, by already having escaped, those who are barely escaping from those who live in error;
[2PE.2.19] promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by the same he is brought into bondage.
[2PE.2.20] For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
[2PE.2.21] For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
[2PE.2.22] It has happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
[2PE.3.1] This is now, beloved, the second letter that I write to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
[2PE.3.2] that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles:
[2PE.3.3] knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come with mocking, walking after their own desires,
[2PE.3.4] and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
[2PE.3.5] For this they willingly forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and through water, by the word of God;
[2PE.3.6] by which means the world that then existed was overflowed with water, perished:
[2PE.3.7] but the heavens that now exist, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
[2PE.3.8] But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
[2PE.3.9] The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
[2PE.3.10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
[2PE.3.11] Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy living and godliness,
[2PE.3.12] looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
[2PE.3.13] But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
[2PE.3.14] Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
[2PE.3.15] And count the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
[2PE.3.16] as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
[2PE.3.17] You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
[2PE.3.18] But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
[1JO.1.1] That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we looked at, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life
[1JO.1.2] (and the life was shown, and we have seen, and testify, and tell you of the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was shown to us);
[1JO.1.3] that which we have seen and heard we tell to you also, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
[1JO.1.4] and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.
[1JO.1.5] And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
[1JO.1.6] If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:
[1JO.1.7] but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
[1JO.1.8] If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
[1JO.1.9] If we admit our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
[1JO.1.10] If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
[1JO.2.1] My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
[1JO.2.2] And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
[1JO.2.3] And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
[1JO.2.4] The one who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
[1JO.2.5] but whoever keeps his word, truly in him has the love of God been perfected. By this we know that we are in him:
[1JO.2.6] the one who says he abides in him ought to walk even as he walked.
[1JO.2.7] Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which you heard.
[1JO.2.8] Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines.
[1JO.2.9] The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
[1JO.2.10] The one who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
[1JO.2.11] But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
[1JO.2.12] I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
[1JO.2.13] I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, little children, because you know the Father.
[1JO.2.14] I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
[1JO.2.15] Do not love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
[1JO.2.16] For everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
[1JO.2.17] And the world passes away, and the lust thereof; but the one who does the will of God abides forever.
[1JO.2.18] Little children, it is the last hour: and as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come; from this we know that it is the last hour.
[1JO.2.19] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
[1JO.2.20] But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
[1JO.2.21] I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
[1JO.2.22] Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
[1JO.2.23] Whoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father: the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
[1JO.2.24] Therefore let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son, and in the Father.
[1JO.2.25] And this is the promise which he promised us, even eternal life.
[1JO.2.26] These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
[1JO.2.27] And as for you, the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you will abide in him.
[1JO.2.28] And now, little children, abide in him; so that, if he is manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
[1JO.2.29] If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does righteousness is born of him.
[1JO.3.1] See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
[1JO.3.2] Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
[1JO.3.3] And everyone that has this hope set on him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
[1JO.3.4] Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
[1JO.3.5] And you know that he was revealed to take away sins; and in him there is no sin.
[1JO.3.6] Whoever remains in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him.
[1JO.3.7] Little children, let no one lead you astray: the one who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous:
[1JO.3.8] the one who does sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
[1JO.3.9] Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
[1JO.3.10] In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
[1JO.3.11] For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
[1JO.3.12] not as Cain was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
[1JO.3.13] Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
[1JO.3.14] We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He that does not love remains in death.
[1JO.3.15] Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
[1JO.3.16] By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
[1JO.3.17] But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God stay in him?
[1JO.3.18] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in action and truth.
[1JO.3.19] Hereby we will know that we are of the truth, and will reassure our heart before him:
[1JO.3.20] because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
[1JO.3.21] Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
[1JO.3.22] and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
[1JO.3.23] And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he gave us commandment.
[1JO.3.24] And he that keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
[1JO.4.1] Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
[1JO.4.2] By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;
[1JO.4.3] and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it comes; and now it is in the world already.
[1JO.4.4] You are from God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
[1JO.4.5] They are from the world: therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.
[1JO.4.6] We are from God: he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
[1JO.4.7] Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God.
[1JO.4.8] He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.
[1JO.4.9] In this was the love of God revealed in us, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.
[1JO.4.10] In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
[1JO.4.11] Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
[1JO.4.12] No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is perfected in us.
[1JO.4.13] By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
[1JO.4.14] And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
[1JO.4.15] Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
[1JO.4.16] And we have known and believed the love that God has in us. God is love; and he that remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
[1JO.4.17] In this is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.
[1JO.4.18] There is no fear in love: but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment; and he who fears is not made perfect in love.
[1JO.4.19] We love, because he first loved us.
[1JO.4.20] If a man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
[1JO.4.21] And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God loves his brother also.
[1JO.5.1] Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loves the parent loves the child that is born.
[1JO.5.2] By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.
[1JO.5.3] For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.
[1JO.5.4] For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
[1JO.5.5] And who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
[1JO.5.6] This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.
[1JO.5.7] And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.
[1JO.5.8] For there are three that bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
[1JO.5.9] If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he has borne witness concerning his Son.
[1JO.5.10] He that believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he that does not believe God has made him a liar; because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning his Son.
[1JO.5.11] And the witness is this, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
[1JO.5.12] He that has the Son has the life; he that does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
[1JO.5.13] These things I have written to you that believe in the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life.
[1JO.5.14] And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us:
[1JO.5.15] and if we know that he hears us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
[1JO.5.16] If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death: I do not say that he should ask about that.
[1JO.5.17] All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not leading to death.
[1JO.5.18] We know that whoever is born of God sins not; but he that is born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
[1JO.5.19] We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the evil one.
[1JO.5.20] And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
[1JO.5.21] Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
[2JO.1.1] The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all those who know the truth;
[2JO.1.2] for the truth's sake which abides in us, and it will be with us forever:
[2JO.1.3] Grace, mercy, peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
[2JO.1.4] I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.
[2JO.1.5] And now I ask you, lady, not as though I write a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
[2JO.1.6] And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
[2JO.1.7] For many deceivers have entered into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.
[2JO.1.8] Watch yourselves, that you do not lose the things which we have worked for, but that you receive a full reward.
[2JO.1.9] Whoever goes onward and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God: he who abides in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.
[2JO.1.10] If anyone comes to you, and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting:
[2JO.1.11] for he who gives him a greeting partakes in his evil works.
[2JO.1.12] Having many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be made full.
[2JO.1.13] The children of your chosen sister greet you.
[3JO.1.1] The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
[3JO.1.2] Beloved, I pray that in all things you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
[3JO.1.3] For I rejoiced greatly, when siblings came and testified to your truth, even as you walk in truth.
[3JO.1.4] I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
[3JO.1.5] Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you do toward the brothers and toward strangers,
[3JO.1.6] who have testified to your love before the church: whom you will do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God:
[3JO.1.7] because for the sake of the Name they went forth, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
[3JO.1.8] We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.
[3JO.1.9] I wrote something to the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us.
[3JO.1.10] Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he does, prating against us with wicked words: and not content with these, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would he forbids and casts them out of the church.
[3JO.1.11] Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He that does good is of God: he that does evil has not seen God.
[3JO.1.12] Demetrius has the witness of all, and of the truth itself: yes, we also bear witness: and you know that our witness is true.
[3JO.1.13] I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to write them to you with ink and pen:
[3JO.1.14] but I hope shortly to see you, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.
[JDE.1.1] Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
[JDE.1.2] Mercy to you and peace and love be multiplied.
[JDE.1.3] Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
[JDE.1.4] For certain people have crept in secretly, even those who were of old written about beforehand to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
[JDE.1.5] Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that Jehovah, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
[JDE.1.6] And angels that did not keep their own position, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
[JDE.1.7] Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
[JDE.1.8] Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.
[JDE.1.9] But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, did not dare bring against him a railing judgment, but said, May the Lord rebuke you.
[JDE.1.10] But these speak evil of whatever things they do not know; and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things they are destroyed.
[JDE.1.11] Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran greedily in the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
[JDE.1.12] These are they who are hidden rocks in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;
[JDE.1.13] wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
[JDE.1.14] And about these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, Jehovah came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
[JDE.1.15] to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
[JDE.1.16] These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaks great swelling words), showing respect of persons for advantage.
[JDE.1.17] But you, beloved, remember the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
[JDE.1.18] that they said to you, In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.
[JDE.1.19] These are those who make separations, sensual, not having the Spirit.
[JDE.1.20] But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
[JDE.1.21] keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
[JDE.1.22] And show mercy to some, who are in doubt;
[JDE.1.23] and save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
[JDE.1.24] Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,
[JDE.1.25] to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and forever. Amen.
[REV.1.1] The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants, the things that must soon happen: and he sent and made it known by his angel to his servant John;
[REV.1.2] who testified to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all things that he saw.
[REV.1.3] Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it: for the time is near.
[REV.1.4] John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before his throne;
[REV.1.5] and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him that loves us, and released us from our sins by his blood;
[REV.1.6] and he made us to be a kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
[REV.1.7] Look, he is coming with the clouds; and every eye will see him, and those who pierced him; and all the families of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
[REV.1.8] I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
[REV.1.9] I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island that is called Patmos, because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
[REV.1.10] I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet
[REV.1.11] saying, What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
[REV.1.12] And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden candlesticks;
[REV.1.13] and in the middle of the candlesticks one like a son of man, clothed with a garment reaching down to the foot, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle.
[REV.1.14] And his head and his hair were white as wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
[REV.1.15] and his feet like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
[REV.1.16] And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shines in its strength.
[REV.1.17] And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
[REV.1.18] and the Living one; and I was dead, and look, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
[REV.1.19] Write therefore the things which you see, and the things which are, and the things which shall happen hereafter;
[REV.1.20] the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are seven churches.
[REV.2.1] To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, he that walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
[REV.2.2] I know your works, and your toil and patience, and that you cannot endure evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false;
[REV.2.3] and you have patience and did endure for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.
[REV.2.4] But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
[REV.2.5] Remember therefore where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I come to you and will move your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent.
[REV.2.6] But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
[REV.2.7] He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him that overcomes, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
[REV.2.8] And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things says the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:
[REV.2.9] I know your tribulation, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
[REV.2.10] Fear none of the things which you are about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
[REV.2.11] He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.
[REV.2.12] And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These things says he that has the sharp two-edged sword:
[REV.2.13] I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is; and you hold fast my name, and did not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
[REV.2.14] But I have a few things against you, because you have there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
[REV.2.15] So do you also have some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.
[REV.2.16] Repent therefore; or else I come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
[REV.2.17] He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him that overcomes, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he that receives it.
[REV.2.18] And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass:
[REV.2.19] I know your works, and your love and faith and ministry and patience, and that your last works are more than the first.
[REV.2.20] But I have this against you, that you allow the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess; and she teaches and seduces my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
[REV.2.21] And I gave her time that she should repent; and she wills not to repent of her fornication.
[REV.2.22] Behold, I cast her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works.
[REV.2.23] And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts: and I will give to each one of you according to your works.
[REV.2.24] But to you I say, to the rest that are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who know not the deep things of Satan, as they are called; I cast upon you no other burden.
[REV.2.25] Nevertheless, that which you have, hold fast till I come.
[REV.2.26] And he that overcomes, and he that keeps my works to the end, to him will I give authority over the nations:
[REV.2.27] and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also have received of my Father:
[REV.2.28] and I will give him the morning star.
[REV.2.29] He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
[REV.3.1] And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things says he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know your works, that you have a name that you live, and you are dead.
[REV.3.2] Wake up, and establish the things that remain, which were about to die: for I have not found your works perfected before my God.
[REV.3.3] Remember therefore how you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
[REV.3.4] But you have a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they will walk with me in white; for they are worthy.
[REV.3.5] He that overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
[REV.3.6] He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
[REV.3.7] And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens and no one will shut, and shuts and no one opens:
[REV.3.8] I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and did not deny my name.
[REV.3.9] Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
[REV.3.10] Because you kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to test them that dwell upon the earth.
[REV.3.11] I come quickly: hold fast what you have, that no one takes your crown.
[REV.3.12] He that overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
[REV.3.13] He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
[REV.3.14] And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God:
[REV.3.15] I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you were cold or hot.
[REV.3.16] So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
[REV.3.17] Because you say, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and do not know that you are the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
[REV.3.18] I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness is not revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
[REV.3.19] As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
[REV.3.20] Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
[REV.3.21] He that overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
[REV.3.22] He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
[REV.4.1] After these things I looked, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, like as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.
[REV.4.2] Immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne;
[REV.4.3] and he who sat was like in appearance to a jasper stone and a sardius: and there was a rainbow around the throne, similar to an emerald to look upon.
[REV.4.4] Around the throne were twenty-four thrones: and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments; and on their heads were crowns of gold.
[REV.4.5] And out of the throne proceed lightnings and voices and thunders. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;
[REV.4.6] and before the throne, as it were a sea of glass similar to crystal; and in the middle of the throne, and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
[REV.4.7] And the first creature was similar to a lion, and the second creature similar to a calf, and the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was similar to a flying eagle.
[REV.4.8] And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes around and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.
[REV.4.9] And when the living creatures will give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
[REV.4.10] the twenty-four elders will fall down before him who sits on the throne, and will worship him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
[REV.4.11] Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for you did create all things, and because of your will they existed, and were created.
[REV.5.1] And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
[REV.5.2] And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?
[REV.5.3] And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look into it.
[REV.5.4] And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look into it.
[REV.5.5] And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome to open the book and its seven seals.
[REV.5.6] And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.
[REV.5.7] And he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
[REV.5.8] And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
[REV.5.9] And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy are you to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were slain, and purchased for God with your blood people of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
[REV.5.10] and made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they reign upon the earth.
[REV.5.11] And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,
[REV.5.12] saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that has been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might, and honor, and glory, and blessing.
[REV.5.13] And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them, I heard saying, To him that sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever.
[REV.5.14] And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshiped.
[REV.6.1] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.
[REV.6.2] And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
[REV.6.3] And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.
[REV.6.4] And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat on it, it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword.
[REV.6.5] And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat on it had a balance in his hand.
[REV.6.6] And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and do not hurt the oil and the wine.
[REV.6.7] And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.
[REV.6.8] And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat on it, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And authority was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and famine, and death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
[REV.6.9] And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
[REV.6.10] and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?
[REV.6.11] And there was given to each of them a white robe; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow servants also and their brothers, who were to be killed even as they were, should have fulfilled their course.
[REV.6.12] And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;
[REV.6.13] and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.
[REV.6.14] And the sky was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
[REV.6.15] And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the chief captains, and the rich and the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;
[REV.6.16] and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
[REV.6.17] for the great day of their wrath has come; and who is able to stand?
[REV.7.1] After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.
[REV.7.2] And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
[REV.7.3] saying, Do not harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.
[REV.7.4] And I heard the number of those who were sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
[REV.7.5] From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed; from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand;
[REV.7.6] from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand;
[REV.7.7] from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand;
[REV.7.8] from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand; from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.
[REV.7.9] After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and there were palm branches in their hands;
[REV.7.10] and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.
[REV.7.11] And all the angels were standing around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God,
[REV.7.12] saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
[REV.7.13] And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and from where did they come?
[REV.7.14] And I said to him, My lord, you know. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
[REV.7.15] Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
[REV.7.16] They will hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither will the sun strike on them, nor any heat:
[REV.7.17] for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to fountains of waters of life: and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
[REV.8.1] And when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
[REV.8.2] And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and seven trumpets were given to them.
[REV.8.3] And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
[REV.8.4] And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.
[REV.8.5] And the angel took the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
[REV.8.6] And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
[REV.8.7] And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
[REV.8.8] And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
[REV.8.9] and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, that had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
[REV.8.10] And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
[REV.8.11] and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
[REV.8.12] And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was struck, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for a third part of it, and the night in like manner.
[REV.8.13] And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.
[REV.9.1] And the fifth angel blew his trumpet: and I saw a star from heaven fallen to the earth; and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss.
[REV.9.2] And he opened the pit of the abyss; and smoke went up out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
[REV.9.3] And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
[REV.9.4] And it was told them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such people as do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
[REV.9.5] And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.
[REV.9.6] And in those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it; and they will desire to die, and death escapes from them.
[REV.9.7] And the shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as people's faces.
[REV.9.8] And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
[REV.9.9] And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to war.
[REV.9.10] And they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt people five months.
[REV.9.11] They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he has the name Apollyon.
[REV.9.12] The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.
[REV.9.13] And the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,
[REV.9.14] saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, Release the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates.
[REV.9.15] And the four angels were released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill a third part of people.
[REV.9.16] And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them.
[REV.9.17] And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates as of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone: and the heads of the horses are as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone.
[REV.9.18] By these three plagues was the third part of people killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
[REV.9.19] For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails: for their tails are like serpents, and have heads; and with them they hurt.
[REV.9.20] And the rest of people, who were not killed with these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:
[REV.9.21] and they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.
[REV.10.1] And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was on his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;
[REV.10.2] and he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;
[REV.10.3] and he cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars: and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
[REV.10.4] And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.
[REV.10.5] And the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,
[REV.10.6] and swore by him that lives forever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are in it, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will be delay no longer:
[REV.10.7] but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good news which he declared to his servants the prophets.
[REV.10.8] And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that stands on the sea and on the earth.
[REV.10.9] And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he says to me, Take it, and eat it up; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.
[REV.10.10] And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.
[REV.10.11] And they say to me, You must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.
[REV.11.1] And there was given me a reed like a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those that worship therein.
[REV.11.2] But the court which is outside the temple leave out, and do not measure it; for it has been given to the nations: and they will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
[REV.11.3] And I will give to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
[REV.11.4] These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth.
[REV.11.5] And if any man desires to hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and if any man desires to hurt them, in this way must he be killed.
[REV.11.6] These have the power to shut the sky, that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they will.
[REV.11.7] And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends from the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
[REV.11.8] And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
[REV.11.9] And from among the peoples and tribes and languages and nations do they look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and do not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
[REV.11.10] And those that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they send gifts to one another; because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth.
[REV.11.11] And after the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those who beheld them.
[REV.11.12] And they heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
[REV.11.13] And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand people: and the rest were frightened, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
[REV.11.14] The second woe is past: behold, the third woe comes quickly.
[REV.11.15] And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he will reign forever and ever.
[REV.11.16] And the twenty-four elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshiped God,
[REV.11.17] saying, We give you thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.
[REV.11.18] And the nations were angry, and your wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who fear your name, the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.
[REV.11.19] And the temple of God that is in heaven was opened; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
[REV.12.1] And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
[REV.12.2] and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor pain and in agony to give birth.
[REV.12.3] And another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
[REV.12.4] And his tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
[REV.12.5] And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
[REV.12.6] And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
[REV.12.7] And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels made war with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
[REV.12.8] and they did not prevail, neither was their place found any more in heaven.
[REV.12.9] And the great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
[REV.12.10] And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now has come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers is thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
[REV.12.11] And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they did not love their life even to death.
[REV.12.12] Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the Devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.
[REV.12.13] And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male child.
[REV.12.14] And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
[REV.12.15] And the serpent threw water as a river out of his mouth after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
[REV.12.16] And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon threw out of his mouth.
[REV.12.17] And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:
[REV.12.18] and he stood on the sand of the sea.
[REV.13.1] And I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads names of blasphemy.
[REV.13.2] And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
[REV.13.3] And I saw one of his heads as though it had been slain to death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;
[REV.13.4] and they worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast? and who is able to make war with him?
[REV.13.5] And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and authority to continue forty-two months was given to him.
[REV.13.6] And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, those that dwell in heaven.
[REV.13.7] And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.
[REV.13.8] And all that dwell on the earth will worship him, every one whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that has been slain.
[REV.13.9] If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
[REV.13.10] If anyone is for captivity, into captivity he goes: if anyone will kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
[REV.13.11] And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.
[REV.13.12] And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he makes the earth and those that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed.
[REV.13.13] And he does great signs, that he should even make fire come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of people.
[REV.13.14] And he deceives those that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to those that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who has the stroke of the sword and lived.
[REV.13.15] And it was given to him to give breath to it, even to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
[REV.13.16] And he causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there should be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;
[REV.13.17] and that no one should be able to buy or to sell, except those that have the mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.
[REV.13.18] Here is wisdom. He that has understanding, let him count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man: and his number is six hundred sixty-six.
[REV.14.1] And I looked, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
[REV.14.2] And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard was as the voice of harpists harping with their harps:
[REV.14.3] and they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
[REV.14.4] These are those who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, to be the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
[REV.14.5] And in their mouth was found no lie: they are without blemish.
[REV.14.6] And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good news to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people;
[REV.14.7] and he said with a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come: and worship him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.
[REV.14.8] And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
[REV.14.9] And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
[REV.14.10] he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
[REV.14.11] and the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
[REV.14.12] Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
[REV.14.13] And I heard the voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on: yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow them.
[REV.14.14] And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
[REV.14.15] And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a great voice to him who sat on the cloud, Send your sickle, and reap: for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
[REV.14.16] And he who sat on the cloud cast his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
[REV.14.17] And another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
[REV.14.18] And another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire; and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Send your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
[REV.14.19] And the angel cast his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
[REV.14.20] And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
[REV.15.1] And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having seven plagues, which are the last, for in them is finished the wrath of God.
[REV.15.2] And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and those that come victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having harps of God.
[REV.15.3] And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are your ways, you King of the ages.
[REV.15.4] Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? for you only are holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before you; for your righteous acts have been made manifest.
[REV.15.5] And after these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
[REV.15.6] and there came out from the temple the seven angels that had the seven plagues, arrayed with precious stone, bright and pure, and wearing golden belts around their chests.
[REV.15.7] And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
[REV.15.8] And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels should be finished.
[REV.16.1] And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth.
[REV.16.2] And the first went, and poured out his bowl upon the earth; and it became a harmful and painful sore upon the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
[REV.16.3] And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead person; and every living soul died in the sea.
[REV.16.4] And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and they became blood.
[REV.16.5] And I heard the angel of the waters saying, You are righteous, who is and who was, you Holy one, because you judged these things;
[REV.16.6] for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood you have given them to drink: they deserve it.
[REV.16.7] And I heard the altar saying, Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.
[REV.16.8] And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given to it to scorch people with fire.
[REV.16.9] And people were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues; and they did not repent to give him glory.
[REV.16.10] And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
[REV.16.11] and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their works.
[REV.16.12] And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrise.
[REV.16.13] And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as frogs:
[REV.16.14] for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together to the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
[REV.16.15] (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
[REV.16.16] And they gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew Har-magedon.
[REV.16.17] And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and a great voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done:
[REV.16.18] and there were lightnings, and sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since people were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great.
[REV.16.19] And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
[REV.16.20] And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
[REV.16.21] And great hail, every stone about a weight of a talent, comes down out of heaven upon people: and people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceedingly great.
[REV.17.1] And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot that sits on many waters;
[REV.17.2] with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
[REV.17.3] And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
[REV.17.4] And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even the unclean things of her fornication,
[REV.17.5] and on her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
[REV.17.6] And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.
[REV.17.7] And the angel said to me, Why did you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
[REV.17.8] The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into perdition. And those who dwell on the earth shall wonder, those whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall come.
[REV.17.9] Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits:
[REV.17.10] and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a little while.
[REV.17.11] And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes into perdition.
[REV.17.12] And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.
[REV.17.13] These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
[REV.17.14] These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they also shall overcome that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.
[REV.17.15] And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
[REV.17.16] And the ten horns that you saw, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.
[REV.17.17] For God put it in their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be accomplished.
[REV.17.18] And the woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.
[REV.18.1] After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
[REV.18.2] And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and has become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.
[REV.18.3] For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich by the power of her wantonness.
[REV.18.4] And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you do not partake in her sins, and that you do not receive of her plagues:
[REV.18.5] for her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
[REV.18.6] Render to her even as she rendered, and double to her the double according to her works: in the cup which she filled, fill to her double.
[REV.18.7] However much she glorified herself, and lived wantonly, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no way see mourning.
[REV.18.8] Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.
[REV.18.9] And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
[REV.18.10] standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour is your judgment come.
[REV.18.11] And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buys their merchandise anymore;
[REV.18.12] merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyme wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
[REV.18.13] and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep; and of horses and chariots, and slaves; and souls of men.
[REV.18.14] And the fruits which your soul desired are gone from you, and all things that were dainty and splendid are perished from you, and you shall find them no more at all.
[REV.18.15] The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;
[REV.18.16] saying, Woe, woe, the great city, she that was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearl!
[REV.18.17] for in one hour so great wealth is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and everyone that sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gained their living by sea, stood afar off,
[REV.18.18] and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the great city?
[REV.18.19] And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! For in one hour is she made desolate.
[REV.18.20] Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you saints, and you apostles, and you prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.
[REV.18.21] And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
[REV.18.22] And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatever craft, shall be found any more at all in you; and the sound of a mill shall be heard no more at all in you;
[REV.18.23] and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery were all the nations deceived.
[REV.18.24] And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
[REV.19.1] After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:
[REV.19.2] for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
[REV.19.3] And a second time they said, Hallelujah. And her smoke goes up forever and ever.
[REV.19.4] And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God that sits on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.
[REV.19.5] And a voice came from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you that fear him, the small and the great.
[REV.19.6] And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
[REV.19.7] Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.
[REV.19.8] And it was given to her that she should clothe herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
[REV.19.9] And he says to me, Write, Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are true words of God.
[REV.19.10] And I fell down before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, Do not do that: I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers that hold the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
[REV.19.11] And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat on it is called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
[REV.19.12] His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems; and he has a name written which no one knows but he himself.
[REV.19.13] And he is clothed in a garment dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
[REV.19.14] And the armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure.
[REV.19.15] And out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations: and he will rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
[REV.19.16] And he has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
[REV.19.17] And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come and be gathered together to the great supper of God;
[REV.19.18] that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and enslaved, the small and the great.
[REV.19.19] And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
[REV.19.20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that performed the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those that had received the mark of the beast and those that worshiped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burns with brimstone:
[REV.19.21] and the rest were killed with the sword of him that sat on the horse, even the sword which came forth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
[REV.20.1] And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
[REV.20.2] And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
[REV.20.3] and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.
[REV.20.4] And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as did not worship the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
[REV.20.5] The rest of the dead did not live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
[REV.20.6] Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: over these, the second death has no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
[REV.20.7] And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
[REV.20.8] and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
[REV.20.9] And they went up over the width of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city: and fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
[REV.20.10] And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
[REV.20.11] And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
[REV.20.12] And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
[REV.20.13] And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
[REV.20.14] And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.
[REV.20.15] And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
[REV.21.1] And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and the sea is no more.
[REV.21.2] And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
[REV.21.3] And I heard a great voice from the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.
[REV.21.4] And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, anymore: the first things have passed away.
[REV.21.5] And he who sits on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said, Write: for these words are faithful and true.
[REV.21.6] And he said to me, They are done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him who is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely.
[REV.21.7] He who overcomes will inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
[REV.21.8] But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
[REV.21.9] And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls that were full of the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
[REV.21.10] And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
[REV.21.11] having the glory of God: her light was like to a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:
[REV.21.12] having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
[REV.21.13] on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
[REV.21.14] And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
[REV.21.15] And he who spoke with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and its gates and its wall.
[REV.21.16] And the city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as the width: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the width and the height of it are equal.
[REV.21.17] And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a person, that is, of an angel.
[REV.21.18] And the construction of its wall was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like pure glass.
[REV.21.19] The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
[REV.21.20] the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
[REV.21.21] And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
[REV.21.22] And I saw no temple in it: for Jehovah God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
[REV.21.23] And the city has no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God lightens it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
[REV.21.24] And the nations will walk by its light: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.
[REV.21.25] And its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there):
[REV.21.26] and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:
[REV.21.27] and there will in no way enter into it anything unclean, or he who makes an abomination and a lie: but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
[REV.22.1] And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
[REV.22.2] in the middle of its street. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
[REV.22.3] And there will be no more curse: and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him;
[REV.22.4] and they will see his face; and his name will be on their foreheads.
[REV.22.5] And there will be no night there; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God will shine on them: and they will reign forever and ever.
[REV.22.6] And he said to me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show to his servants the things which must soon happen.
[REV.22.7] And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.
[REV.22.8] And I, John, am he who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that showed me these things.
[REV.22.9] And he says to me, Don't do that: I am a fellow-servant with you and with your siblings the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: worship God.
[REV.22.10] And he says to me, Don't seal up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is near.
[REV.22.11] He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
[REV.22.12] Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each one according to their work.
[REV.22.13] I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
[REV.22.14] Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
[REV.22.15] Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone that loves and practices falsehood.
[REV.22.16] I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
[REV.22.17] And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that hears, let him say, Come. And he that is thirsty, let him come: he that desires, let him take the water of life freely.
[REV.22.18] I testify to every human that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book:
[REV.22.19] and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
[REV.22.20] He who testifies these things says, Yes: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.
[REV.22.21] The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. Amen.